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Government Offices of Sweden/Ninni Andersson

News in Brief 14 December 2018

14 December 2018
News in Brief
  • Yemen ceasefire deal: ‘Potential’ now to restore humanitarian lifeline to millions
  • DRC pre-election violence must end, says UN Human Rights chief
  • Nicaraguan NGOs under risk from de-registration ruling – OHCHR
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UNCTAD/Jan Hoffmann

News in Brief 03 October 2018

3 October 2018
News in Brief
  • Trade war threatens outlook for global shipping, warns new UNCTAD report
  • ‘Preventing violence and exploitation of children is everyone’s business’: Deputy UN chief
  • Indonesia: CERF allocates $15 million to bolster relief assistanc
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MINUSCA

UN police investigating ‘hideous crime’ as 9 displaced civilians are killed in Central African Republic

7 September 2018
Interviews

Perpetrators behind the killing of nine mostly-female internally displaced civilians, in the town of Bria, Central African Republic (CAR), must be brought to justice, the UN peacekeeping operation in the country, MINUSCA, said on Friday.  Spokesperson for the Mission, Vladimir Monteiro spoke to UN News's Cristina Silveiro.

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UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

News In Brief 05 September 2018

5 September 2018
News in Brief
  • Top UN official in Iraq calls for calm following Basra fatalities
  • Burundi Government involved in summary executions: UN investigators
  • A quarter of the world’s adults are inactive
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UNHCR/Tarik Argaz

News In Brief 04 September 2018

4 September 2018
News in Brief
  • Clashes see Tripoli residents shelled in their own homes: UN agencies
  • UNRWA needs $200 million to continue operations in 2018
  • Caution urged in Nicaragua after UN rights team is expelled
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UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre

News In Brief 09 August 2018

9 August 2018
News in Brief
  • Secretary-General nominates next UN Human Rights High Commissioner
  • Casualties in Israel and Gaza following overnight violence
  • Syrian aid to East Ghouta hampered by access restrictions
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UNDP Zimbabwe/Sirak Gebrehiwot

‘Exercise restraint,’ UN chief urges Zimbabwe after post-election violence

1 August 2018
Peace and Security

After troops reportedly fired on demonstrators protesting election results in Zimbabwe, leaving three dead, the United Nations Secretary-General on Thursday called on the country’s political leaders, and the population at large, to "exercise restraint and reject any form of violence".

UNSCO

People of Gaza ‘can’t understand silence of international community’

24 July 2018
Interviews

The people of Gaza “can’t understand the silence of the international community” over the “suffering” they are enduring; that’s according to Jamie McGoldrick, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.  Mr. McGoldrick, who visited the Gaza Strip last week, spoke with UN News.

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Artículo 66

Nicaragua must end demonstrator killings and seek a political solution in wake of ‘absolutely shocking’ death toll: UN chief

17 July 2018
Human Rights

The United Nations Secretary-General has called on the Nicaraguan Government to end violence against demonstrators which has cost an estimated 280 lives, and begin a national “political dialogue” to end the crisis which has gripped the country for nearly three months.

UNHCR/Gloria Ramazani

News In Brief 13 July 2018

13 July 2018
News in Brief
  • UNHCR appeals for aid amid harrowing Eastern DRC violence
  • More than 800,000 displaced face cold and heavy rain in Ethiopia: IOM
  • Yemen: IOM resumes voluntary repatriations from Hudaydah port
  • Iceland to take US seat on Human Rights Council
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