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No food deliveries to Gaza as border closures continue
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The UN emergency food relief agency has not been able to transport any aid into the Gaza Strip, due to the ongoing closure of all border crossing points, which is now in its twelfth day, the UN Spokesperson said on Friday.
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770th Meeting, 32nd Session, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
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Consideration of the European Union
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Rights probe alleges sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli forces used as ‘method of war’
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Senior human rights investigators reporting to the UN Human Rights Council alleged on Thursday that sexual and gender-based violence by Israeli security forces against Palestinians – including children - have been increasingly used “as a method of war” following the 7 October 2023 attacks that...
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‘Is this just a long, beautiful dream?’: Syrian filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab on her country’s future
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For Waad Al-Kateab, the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria in December 2024 felt almost unreal. “I thought the ending of my story was dying in exile,” she told UN News. “And it just happened out of the blue.”
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In Bangladesh, UN chief vows to prevent Rohingya suffering as aid cuts loom
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during his visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, vowed to do everything in his power to prevent further hardship as drastic aid cuts threaten food supplies and other critical relief efforts.
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Iran protests: Human Rights Council probe condemns online, app-based repression
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The Iranian Government has continued to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of civilians including young children as part of a concerted effort to crush dissent, investigators mandated by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday.
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Reject bigotry and discrimination, UN chief says, urging everyone to combat Islamophobia
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The UN Secretary-General has urged everyone to speak out against xenophobia and discrimination to combat a “disturbing rise” in anti-Muslim bigotry.
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Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced tens of thousands of families, with children particularly at risk, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
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‘Without us, there is no future’: Youth take over UN Women’s Commission
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“Support us and include us” to achieve real progress on advancing equal rights for all, young leaders told the Commission on the Status of Women, as the forum wrapped up the first week of its annual session at the UN Headquarters, in New York, on Friday.
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El cambio climático dispara el precio del café un 40%
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Debido al prologado clima seco en Vietnam, las excesivas lluvias en Indonesia, y las condiciones climáticas secas y calurosas en Brasil la producción de café se ha visto afectada. La subida de precios muestra una necesidad de invertir más en tecnología, e investigación y desarrollo en el sector...
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