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Edited News | UNHCR
The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testimonies from people forced to flee the unchecked advance of Rwanda-backed M23...
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Press Conferences | UNHCR , UN WOMEN , ILO , WMO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, UN...
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Press Conferences | HRC , OHCHR
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing speaks on the subject: "Who benefits from a manufactured migration crisis and what has that to do with the housing crisis?"
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Press Conferences | UNHCR , WHO , WFP
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Health...
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Edited News | UNHCR
Close to 80,000 have fled DR Congo amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have pushed tens of thousands to flee across borders with no sign of the exodus stopping, the UN refugee...
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Press Conferences | IPU
Launch of new report on Women in Parliament
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Press Conferences | HRC
Hostage-taking as torture - annual thematic report to the Human Rights Council of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday delivered his global update to the Human Rights Council, highlighting key issues and trends, and the human rights situation in more than 30 countries.
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Statements | HRC
Global update by the High Commissioner
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Edited News | OHCHR
The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that the human rights situation in Myanmar was among the worst in the world.