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From left: UN flag at the Headquarters, in New York; the Deputy Secretary-General holds a copy of the UNCTAD SDG report; UN peacekeepers in the field; Secretary-General with women members of his Senior Management Team.
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UN News 2018 Recap: In Case You Missed It

25 December 2018
UN Affairs

At UN News, 2018 kicked off with UNICEF’s “challenge” to all nations to make sure more newborns survive their first days of life by ensuring they are protected from treatable diseases as well as having access to proven, low-cost health solutions in their first months.

Students protest in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua. (file July 2018)
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Nicaragua: UN rights chief ‘alarmed’ by imminent expulsion of key human rights groups

21 December 2018
Human Rights

After the Nicaraguan Government announced that it has asked two key human rights institutions to leave the country, the UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, said on Friday that she was “extremely alarmed” by a decision that means, in effect, there will be “no functioning independent human rights bodies left in Nicaragua”.

A migrant sits in a patch of light entering through one of only two windows as he tries to warm himself up at a detention centre, located in Libya, 1 February 2017. At the time of UNICEF’s visit, 160 men were being detained there.
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UN report sheds light on ‘unimaginable horrors’ faced by migrants and refugees in Libya, and beyond

20 December 2018
Migrants and Refugees

Migrants and refugees are being subjected to "unimaginable horrors" from the moment they enter Libya, throughout their stay in the country and – if they make it that far – during their attempts to cross the Mediterranean, according to a report released on Thursday, by the United Nations political mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN human rights office (OHCHR).

Secretary-General António Guterres (2nd left) and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (left) with winners of the UN Prize in the Field of Human Rights at the General Assembly's commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Human rights champions from across the world receive top UN prize

18 December 2018
Human Rights

The “clear and profound” guidelines enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “have made it the world’s most widely translated document”, the UN Secretary-General told the General Assembly on Tuesday at an event to commemorate the Declaration’s 70th Anniversary, marked 10 December.

Rapper and activist RobenX, in an interview with UN News ahead of a performance to commemorate Human Rights Day at the United Nations Office in Geneva. 12 Dec 2018.
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Rap star who uses music to shrug off bullying and depression, tells his story at UN Geneva

13 December 2018
Interviews

Growing up with albinism was so difficult for Robdarius Brown that he was tempted to take his own life. Now he’s a rap star and activist who challenges discrimination to help others like him, who face bullying and worse because their hair, eyes and skin lack colour. In an interview with UN News, RobenX, as he's known, tells Daniel Johnson how music has  helped him do this.

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Ravina Shamdasani, OHCHR spokesperson briefs the press at the Palais des Nations. 7 September 2018.
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Papua demonstrators must be allowed freedom to assert their rights: OHCHR

7 December 2018
Interviews

The mass arrest of demonstrators in Indonesia who were attempting to mark a national day for indigenous people in the east of the archipelago, has been condemned by the UN human rights office, OHCHR. Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani explained to UN News on Friday, what’s behind these latest developments.

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14-year-old finalist from Kazakhstan in “Kids 4 Human Rights” international art contest, 2018.
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More than 17,000 children worldwide paint a picture of human rights

5 December 2018
Human Rights

More than 17,000 children from around the globe have drawn pictures depicting their passion for human rights in an international art competition honoring the upcoming 70th anniversary of the ground-breaking Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Researcher Rebecca Adami in the UN News radio studio at UN Headquarters in New York.
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Human Rights declaration 'wasn’t going to be much of anything', men said

5 December 2018
Interviews

Women have left an indelible mark on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but when they first started working on it, men were “thinking that the declaration wasn’t going to be much of anything." That's according to Stockholm University researcher, Rebecca Adami, whose book "Women and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" was launched this week at the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York.  Ms. Adami spoke with UN News's Paulina Greer.

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The Mobile Film Festival, 2018, celebrates Human Rights through the one-minute videos of filmmakers from around the globe.
Mobile Film Festival

Human rights on film: Festival celebrates mobile-made movies, for a cause

4 December 2018
Interviews

For the 14th year in a row, the Mobile Film Festival rounded up videos from around the world to promote emerging talent from around this globe, this time, with the support of the UN. The Festival founder, Bruno Smadja, told Cristina Silveiro of UN News why making the competitiong accessible has been so important. 

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The Mobile Film Festival, 2018, celebrates Human Rights through the one-minute videos of filmmakers from around the globe.
Mobile Film Festival

Human rights on film: International festival celebrates mobile phone films for a cause

4 December 2018
Human Rights

In honor of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, marked 10 December, the United Nations has allied with the Mobile Film Festival to host a special edition of its annual international film competition, now in its 14th year.