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Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. (file)
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UN experts urge China to ‘immediately and unconditionally’ release human rights lawyer

24 November 2017
Voicing concern that the trial of a human rights lawyer – leading to his imprisonment – fell short of international standards, a group of United Nations rights experts has appealed to the Government for the lawyer’s immediate and unconditional release.
Wang Yi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-second session.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

China, at UN Assembly, urges DPRK not to go ‘further along a dangerous direction’

22 September 2017
There is still hope for peace, ‘and we must not give up’ on solving the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told world leaders at the United Nations today, while urging the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) not to go “further along a dangerous direction.”
Wang Jing, who's been with the My Dream troupe for more than 30 years. "I am proud to have worked with them so long," she said during rehearsals at the UN in Geneva.
UN Photo

Disabilities needn't be a show-stopper, say performers

31 August 2017
General News

A deaf and partially sighted musical dance act from China is putting on a major show at the UN to convey a positive message about disability.

The name of the troupe is My Dream China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe.

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Gugulethu Jemaine Nyathi from Zimbabwe studies engineering at Jiangsu University in China.
UN News/Dianne Penn

Multilingualism promotes respect: Zimbabwean student in China

24 July 2017
General News

Growing up in a multilingual home has taught a young woman from Zimbabwe to value all cultures.

Gugulethu Jemaine Nyathi said having parents who speak different languages has served her well as she pursues an engineering degree at Jiangsu University in China.

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Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
UN Photo/Pierre Albouy

World loses 'principled champion,' says UN rights chief on death of China's Liu Xiaobo

13 July 2017
The top United Nations human rights official today expressed his deep sorrow at the news that China's “iconic” peace and democracy figure, Liu Xiaobo, has died at the age of 61.
Source: OHCHR

Concerned about Liu Xiaobo, UN rights office urges access to jailed rights defender

7 July 2017
The United Nations human rights office today expressed great concern about the health of Liu Xiaobo and urged access to the jailed Nobel laureate and his wife, Liu Xia.
Commemoration Ceremony and Parade on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. The event was held in Juba, South Sudan at the Headquarters of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) - 2016. UN File Photo/JC McIlwaine

Participating in UN peacekeeping a “positive thing” for China

25 May 2017
General News

Contributing to UN peacekeeping efforts has been a “positive thing” for military and police officers from China, according to a senior official with the country’s army.

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Jewish people seeking visas in front of the Japanese consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Photo/ NPO Chiune Sugihara Visas For Life

Story of “Japan’s Schindler” shows how one can make a difference

27 January 2017
General News

A Japanese diplomat who rescued 6,000 Jewish families fleeing Nazi persecution in Lithuania showed how one person can make a difference, Cellin Gluck, the Director of a movie entitled "Persona Non Grata" has said.

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Xi Jinping.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

“Win-win development” a key global goal, says China’s President Xi

18 January 2017
General News

President Xi Jinping of China visited the UN in Geneva on Wednesday where he said that his country is committed to “win-win development” whose gains can be shared by all.

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