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Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market
26 March 2025
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Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressing a General Assembly meeting. (file)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has again called for greater protection of civilians in war-torn Sudan following deadly army airstrikes in North Darfur earlier this week.…
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Biological weapons ‘must not only be unthinkable but also impossible’
26 March 2025
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Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria.
The world came together 50 years ago to ban biological weapons and in today’s volatile geopolitical climate we can ill-afford to let this moral safeguard “…
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UN Mission urges restraint as South Sudan crisis deepens
26 March 2025
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Взрыв мины на окраине города Лори в Южном Судане.
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint and uphold the peace agreement as violence escalates and reports emerge of the detention of First Vice President Riek Machar…
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Director-General's remarks on the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
25 March 2025
Tatiana Valovaya
International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2025Tuesday 25 March 2025 at 1.00 p.m.Room XXIV, Palais des NationsRemarks delivered on behalf of the Director-General by Ms. Kira Kruglikova, Director, Division of Administration,United Nations Office at Geneva …
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Director-General's remarks for the Opening of the Exhibition "Portraits of Resilience"
25 March 2025
Tatiana Valovaya
Opening of the exhibition “Portraits of Resilience”organized by the Permanent Missions of France and the United KingdomTuesday, 25 March 2025 at 1.00 p.m.Bar Serpent, E Building, Palais des NationsRemarks delivered by Ms. Lidiya Grigoreva, Cheffe de Cabinet, Office of the Director-General, United Nations Office at GenevaExcellencies, Ladies…
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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns
25 March 2025
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Newborns at a maternity and childrens hospital in in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record low – but this achievement is under threat due to a chronic lack of investment in routine humanitarian work and…
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Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’
25 March 2025
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Details from the permanent memorial in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said…
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‘Fragility and hope’ mark new era in Syria amid ongoing violence and aid struggles
25 March 2025
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The Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen (centre), talks to the media at Sednaya prison.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing to the devastating violence on the coast earlier this month, which marked a grim…
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Migrant deaths in Asia hit record high in 2024, UN data reveals
25 March 2025
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A border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan. (file)
The year 2024 marked the deadliest on record for migrants in Asia, with at least 2,514 lives lost along the region’s perilous migration routes, according to new data from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM…
