Slow progress for women helping forge peace, Security Council warned
Protecting womenâs rights and promoting greater inclusion is a proven strategy for peace and stability, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the Security Council on...
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Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory illegal: UN rights commission
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Israelâs occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful under international law due to its permanence and the Israeli governmentâs de facto annexation policies, a UN-appointed Commission...
Children in Africa five times less likely to learn basics: New report
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African leaders gathered in Mauritius on Thursday, to mull solutions to the education gap highlighted by a new UN education agency report which shows children...
Rights experts calls for urgent action to implement South Sudan peace deal
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Progress on the 2018 peace agreement for South Sudan has been âextremely slowâ, UN human rights experts said on Wednesday, calling for urgent action to...
Guterres highlights UN partnership with India, as powerhouse for the SDGs
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres is in India, and he began his official visit on Wednesday by attending a tribute to the victims of the 2008 terrorist attacks that...
Tigray conflict is a health crisis for 6 million people, and âthe world is not paying attentionâ: Tedros
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The Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the international community and the media on Wednesday to give the crisis in Ethiopia âthe attention...
Somalia: UNICEF warns of unprecedented child deaths
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Thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in Somalia are at risk of dying, the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday, urging donors to...
Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness
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Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, if governments...
âUndeniable need for accountabilityâ in Ukraine as violations mount
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The Independent Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, presented its first detailed written report to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, which concludes that there are...
Tigray: Fighting Must End, Urges Guterres, Amid âStaggeringâ Level Of Need
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Fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia is âspiralling out of controlâ, and there is no military solution to end nearly two years of brutal...