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Edited News , Press Conferences | FAO , UNICEF , WFP , WHO
Approximately 735 million people face hunger today, compared to 613 million in 2019, the UN said on Wednesday.
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
“The Russian Federation’s senseless war on Ukraine continues to generate severe and far-reaching violations of human rights,” said UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday, during a UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on Ukraine.
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Edited News | UNITED NATIONS , UNOG
The UN’s top rights official Volker Türk on Tuesday urged respect for religious tolerance and respect during a debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva where Member States convened in response to the recent burning of the holy Quran in the Swedish capital.
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today spoke at an urgent debate at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on "the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries".
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Edited News | WFP
Chad-Sudanese border: WFP boosts support for refugees uprooted by conflict. UN humanitarians in Chad expressed concern on Tuesday at surging numbers of people fleeing conflict in Sudan and confirmed that that they have scaled up the Organization’s response to help the wounded and malnourished.
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Edited News , Press Conferences | WMO
Global sea surface temperatures reached a record high in May, June and July – and the warming El Niño weather pattern is only just getting started - experts at the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.
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Edited News , Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNOG
The UN Human Rights Office is concerned at the militarization of public security in Honduras, including military operations in prisons and military command and control of the prison system, spokesperson Marta Hurtado told the bi-weekly press briefing in Geneva on Friday.
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Edited News | UNITED NATIONS , UNOG
Jenin: Significant damage and loss of life after Israel’s military operation, says UNRWA
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Edited News , Press Conferences
More than 800 children had been killed or maimed by the end of last year since the coup began in February 2021, most victims of indiscriminate attacks by junta forces, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, told journalists on Thursday at a press...
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Edited News | OHCHR
Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, following the remarks at the Interactive dialogue on Myanmar at 53rd session of the Human Rights Council