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A child sitting at a desk in a school that was attacked, in Idlib, Syria. 2016.

Idlib deal could save three million ‘from catastrophe’ says UN chief, as militants are urged to lay down arms

20 September 2018

Peace and Security

News Story

Karen Koning Abuzayd (right), member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, speaking to UN News's Daniel Johnson (left) on 12 September 2018, at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Governments must re-think their role in Syria conflict: UN rights investigator

12 September 2018

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A camp in northern rural Aleppo for displaced people that fled the violence in Afrin, Syria. 26 July 2018.

A record one million Syrians displaced over six months, during six key battles: UN investigators

12 September 2018

Peace and Security

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More than one million Venezuelans have left their country fleeing political violence, crime and widespread shortages. Many, like this family, are seeking shelter at Simon Bolivar Square in Boa Vista, Roraima, northern Brazil.

Human rights chief calls for international probe on Venezuela, following ‘shocking accounts of extrajudicial killings’

22 June 2018

News Story

Harjalleh collective shelter hosted 15,754 people displaced from east Ghouta, Syria.

Siege of Syria’s eastern Ghouta ‘barbaric and medieval’, says UN Commission of Inquiry

20 June 2018

News Story

A boy walks past severely destroyed houses in a neighborhood in eastern Aleppo, Syria.

Victims of Syrian conflict ‘denied any meaningful justice,’ says UN-mandated panel

6 March 2018

News Story

With thousands in need of life-saving aid, a convoy consisting of 46 truckloads of health and nutrition supplies will provide some relief. .

UN food relief agency and partners deliver much-needed aid to Syria’s east Ghouta

5 March 2018

Humanitarian Aid

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Nearly 400,000 people live in besieged Eastern Ghouta, comprising 94 per cent of the total number of people besieged across Syria. (file)

Those responsible for war crimes in Syria ‘will be held accountable for what they have done,’ says UN rights chief

2 March 2018

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Two boys collect tree branches to make fire wood in Kafar Batna village in Rural Damascus, Syria.

Syria: UN urges an end to hostilities, warns of grave and deepening humanitarian crisis

6 February 2018

Humanitarian Aid

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