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Civilians fleeing attacks by extremist groups in Burkina Faso must be allowed to shelter in neighbouring countries and not sent back, amid a spike in violence and horrifying rights abuses, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Edited News | WMO
As wildfires raged across Southern Europe and North Africa, top UN and partner agency climate scientists said on Thursday that it was virtually certain that July 2023 will be the warmest on record.
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Mass arbitrary and indefinite detentions of children without legal process in northeast Syria need to cease immediately, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Ms. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, said on Friday.
Edited News | WHO
Global warming that is marked by higher average temperatures, precipitation and longer periods of drought could prompt a record number of dengue fever infections worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
Edited News | WMO
As global temperatures reach unprecedented levels, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday warned of an increased risk of death as intense heatwaves continued to grip parts of Europe, Asia, North Africa and the United States.
Edited News | UNHCR , UNITED NATIONS , UNOG
Resurgent violence between non-state armed groups and government forces across North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has displaced 2.8 million people since March 2022, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday.
Edited News , Press Conferences | UNITED NATIONS
Despite many challenges there is a path to end AIDS by 2030 if countries prove that there is a political and financial choice, said a new global report ‘The Path that ends AIDS’ launched on Thursday by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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Approximately 735 million people face hunger today, compared to 613 million in 2019, the UN said on Wednesday.
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“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.