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DR Congo emergency: Next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies
28 January 2025
The latest reports from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from UN teams on the ground indicate a fast-deteriorating situation on Tuesday amid an ongoing assault by M23 rebels on the provincial capital.
Dead bodies lie in the streets, hospitals are overwhelmed and there has…
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New Permanent Representative of Malta Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
27 January 2025
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Randolph De Battista, the new Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. De…
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DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds
27 January 2025
As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix underscored the critical state of the battle for eastern DRC’s regional capital Goma, describing the crisis as “volatile and dangerous”.
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Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime
27 January 2025
A report from UN human rights investigators for Syria released on Monday has laid bare the systematic use of arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances by the deposed Assad regime.
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Darfur: ICC Prosecutor urges immediate action to address atrocities
27 January 2025
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday called on the UN Security Council to act decisively to address the worsening atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region.
Briefing ambassadors, Karim Khan highlighted the urgent need for justice and accountability as violence and…
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‘Hold fast to our common humanity’: UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated
27 January 2025
Hate continues to grow at an alarming speed, and the world must do more to fight growing antisemitism the UN Secretary-General said on Monday, honouring the victims of the Holocaust and those who survived the Nazi death camps.
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Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’
27 January 2025
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on the US Government to consider “additional exemptions” to a directive which pauses nearly all foreign aid for 90 days.
President Trump’s executive order a week ago called for all foreign aid to be re-evaluated to ensure that it…
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UN officials call for ceasefire compliance after 15 people killed in Lebanon
26 January 2025
Top UN officials in Lebanon are calling for compliance with the ongoing ceasefire after reports that Israeli forces killed 15 people, including a Lebanese soldier, along the buffer zone with Israel, which Israel was due to withdraw from on Sunday under the agreement.
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‘We have a duty to stand against intolerance’: UN human rights chief
26 January 2025
On this day, 80 years ago, some 7,000 prisoners who had been left to starve in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camps were liberated by allied soldiers.
Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said the…
