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Pakistan urged to halt Afghan deportations to avoid ‘human rights catastrophe’
27 October 2023
Pakistan’s plan to deport “undocumented” foreign nationals will disproportionately affect more than 1.4 million Afghans in the country, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, expressing alarm.
OHCHR is urging the authorities to halt deportations, which are set to…
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Gaza: Testimonies highlight grim plight of civilians expecting to die
27 October 2023
The UN’s top human rights official issued a new appeal on Friday for an end to the Israel-Palestine crisis and the release of all hostages, amid rising civilian deaths and reports that children's names have been written on their arms so that they can be identified in case they die in the rubble…
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Explainer: What is a UN General Assembly emergency special session and why it matters
27 October 2023
As the UN’s 193 Member States meet on how to address the ongoing Israel-Palestine crisis, we took a look at how the current rarely convened General Assembly emergency special session came about, what it means and why it matters.
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Explainer: Fighting for facts amid crisis in Israel and Gaza
27 October 2023
As much needed aid starts to trickle into besieged Gaza, a war over facts is ratcheting up as conflicting narratives about the situation on the ground are being fuelled by social media.
Harmful disinformation about the ongoing conflict in the wake of the 7 October attacks by Hamas against Israel…
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‘History is judging us all,’ Guterres says in fresh appeal for Gaza aid access
27 October 2023
With the humanitarian system in Gaza on the verge of "total collapse", UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday again appealed for greater aid access to the besieged enclave, where “misery is growing by the minute.”
His call came just hours before UN agencies reported…
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Syrian war at ‘worst point’ in four years, says Commission of Inquiry head
27 October 2023
The world cannot forget about Syria, the Head of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the country has said, while also highlighting how the war there is connected to the conflict raging in the Middle East.
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World News in Brief: Ukraine aid convoy, attacks in South Sudan, radioactive discharge update
27 October 2023
Humanitarian operations continue to deliver life-saving assistance in Ukraine, amid ongoing attacks across the country, the UN said on Friday.
A UN inter-agency convoy reached the front-line community of Huliaipole, located in the Zaporizhzhia region, bringing…
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Gaza crisis: General Assembly adopts resolution calling for ‘humanitarian truce’, civilian protection
27 October 2023
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a major resolution on the Gaza crisis, calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities.”
The resolution breaks the deadlock at the UN over a…
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UN General Assembly adopts Gaza resolution calling for immediate and sustained ‘humanitarian truce’
26 October 2023
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza. It also demands “continuous, sufficient and unhindered” provision of lifesaving supplies and services for civilians trapped inside the enclave, as news reports suggest…
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Israel-Palestine: Gazans ‘left with nothing but impossible choices’
26 October 2023
Day 19 of the Gaza conflict comes on the heels of the deadliest 24 hours so far amid hospitals shutting down, while UN humanitarians reiterated urgent calls on Thursday for all civilians to be protected and hostages released.
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