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Guterres condemns assault against UN peacekeepers in Cyprus
19 August 2023
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أحد حفظة السلام الأممين في قوة الأمم المتحدة في قبرص، يشارك في دورية في المنطقة العازلة.
The UN chief has condemned an assault on Friday by Turkish Cypriot security forces against ‘blue helmets’ serving with the peacekeeping force on the divided Mediterranean island…
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Panel Discussion on Deinstitutionalisation
18 August 2023
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held an interactive panel discussion to mark the one-year anniversary of the Committee’s Guidelines on deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies.
Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, Committee…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
18 August 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Daniel Johnson of the United Nations Information Service(UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Metrological Organization and the World Health Organization.
World Humanitarian Day…
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Commend Mongolia on Initiatives Promoting Sign Language, Ask Questions on Accessibility Measures and the Legal Capacity of Persons with Disabilities
18 August 2023
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of Mongolia on its…
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First Person: ‘Immense psychological injuries’ following 2003 attack on UN Baghdad
18 August 2023
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The Canal Hotel, which served as the UN's headquarters in Iraq, was bombed in 2003.
A former member of staff of the World Food Programme (WFP) has been talking about the “immense psychological injuries” he has suffered following the deadly terrorist attack on the UN offices at the…
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Afghans are ‘out of options’ and desperately need realistic alternatives to poppy cultivation
18 August 2023
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A female beneficiary of a UNODC alternative development project feeding her chickens in Dogabad village, Kabul, Afghanistan.
As Afghanistan’s widespread economic crisis drags on and jobs become scarcer, the women of Dogabad village are finding innovative…
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Protecting humanitarians 20 years after deadly Baghdad attack, amid rising risks
18 August 2023
UN Photo/Loey Felipe
A wreath is laid at UN Headquarters in New York in memory of the UN personnel who were killed and injured in the attack on the UN's office in Baghdad in 2003.
The United Nations on Friday paid tribute to 22 staff members killed in the bombing of its headquarters in Iraq…
