Venezuela

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with President Nicolas Maduro Moros of Venezuela, in Havana, Cuba.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Ban urges all parties in Venezuela to reduce polarization and engage sincerely in dialogue process

28 October 2016
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the Vatican’s joining of the ongoing initiative by former Heads of State and Government to promote dialogue between the Government of Venezuela and the country’s political opposition, under the auspices of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).
Sudanese refugees prepare to fly from Kenya to Brazil.
UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau

UN and Africa: focus on Refugee Olympians, Mali and African youth

11 August 2016
UN and Africa

South Sudan Olympians say “being a refugee is only a status”

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UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

In crisis, Venezuela is “cracking down” on its media

9 August 2016
General News

Venezuela is “cracking down” on media workers during a time of economic and political crisis and failing to meet its obligations under international human rights law.

That’s according to David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression.

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UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ at erosion of media freedom in Venezuela – UN human rights office

4 August 2016
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, and the Inter-American Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Edison Lanza, expressed concern at the eroding media freedom in Venezuela, citing a number of reported incidents of harassments of journalists and media groups.
Homage to LGBTI victims of Orlando, Florida attacks, at the US Mission to the United Nations, in New York.
UN Radio/Laura Jarriel

UN Gender Focus: LBTI people and High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS

16 June 2016
UN Gender Focus

“Huge numbers” of LBTI people “killed and injured around the world”

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Ravina Shamsadani, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
UN Multimedia

UN rights office ‘surprised’ by Venezuela’s ruling against reconciliation bill

12 April 2016
The United Nations human rights office today expressed concern about yesterday’s ruling by Venezuela’s top court against a bill that could serve as the basis for a path of dialogue and reconciliation in that country.