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Over 30,000 children risk death in famine-hit Tigray: UN
"Without humanitarian access to scale up our response, an estimated 30,000-plus severely malnourished children in those highly inaccessible areas are at high...
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Child labour swells for first time in two decades: UN
In a joint report, the International Labour Organization and the UN children's agency UNICEF said the number in child labour stood at 160 million at the start of 2020, an increase of 8.4 million in four years.
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'Butcher of Bosnia' Mladic faces final genocide verdict
Mladic was found guilty of genocide for personally overseeing the massacre at the supposedly UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica as part of a campaign to drive out Muslims.
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Pandemic plunges 100 mn more workers into poverty: UN
The ILO's annual World Employment and Social Outlook report indicated that the planet would be 75 million jobs short at the end of this year compared to if the pandemic had not occurred.
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Climate talks resume online as pressure to act grows
The talks, nominally hosted by the United Nations climate change programme in the German city of Bonn, will all be informal, meaning that no decisions will be taken during the three-week discussions.
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UN urges independent probe as Colombia unrest death toll rises
In just over a month of unrest, 59 people have died across Colombia according to official data, with more than 2,300 civilians and uniformed personnel injured.
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UN body orders probe of 'systematic' abuses in Israel, Palestinian areas
The resolution, which passed with 24 of the council's 47 members in favour, will spur an unprecedented level of scrutiny on abuses and their 'root causes' in the decades-long Middle East conflict.
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Israel's attacks on Gaza may constitute 'war crimes': UN rights chief
Michelle Bachelet voiced deep concern about the surge in deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians earlier this month.
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UN takes new step towards international cybercrime treaty
Called "Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes," the resolution -- co-drafted with Equatorial Guinea -- focuses on the work of a special committee launched in 2019.
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UN urges 'political process' amid Gaza reconstruction
As thousands of Gazans slowly tried to piece back together their lives, top UN staff visited the territory after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire Friday halted 11 days of mutual bombardment, where they warned of the deep psychological trauma of the violence.
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UN chief: We must apply wartime logic to COVID response inequalities
Antonio Guterres warned the crisis was far from over despite rapidly advancing vaccination rollouts in wealthy parts of the world.
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At UN, Palestinian envoy, Israel accuse each other of 'genocide'
The Palestinian foreign minister and Israel's ambassador both leveled accusations of 'genocide' during a special United Nations debate Thursday as deadly crossfire between Israeli forces and Palestinian militant groups entered its 11th day.
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Attacks between Israel, Palestinian militants 'unacceptable': Guterres
The Gaza health ministry has put the toll slightly higher, at 230 Palestinians killed, 65 of them children.
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UN 'alarmed' by Tanzania return of fleeing Mozambicans
Jihadists swooped on the coastal town on March 24. The attack marked a major intensification in an insurgency that has wreaked havoc across northeastern Cabo Delgado province for over three years as the militants seek to establish a caliphate.
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Putin, UN urge Israel, Palestinians to halt fighting
The Israeli army has launched hundreds of air strikes on the Gaza Strip since Monday, while Palestinian militants have launched more than 1,000 rockets in some of the worst violence in seven years.
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UN urged to create commission to probe US police violence
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union were among the dozens of groups that made the request in a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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UN 'deeply concerned' at escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence
"We condemn all violence and all incitement to violence and ethnic division and provocations," spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva.
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Malnutrition strikes children in DR Congo's fragile Kasai region
Acute malnutrition stalks the diamond-rich but fragile Kasai region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -- the world's worst-hit country in terms of food insecurity, according to the UN.
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Over 17,500 displaced in fresh Burkina violence: UN
More than 1,300 people have been killed and one million have fled violence since 2015, when jihadists emerged in the formerly tranquil West African nation.
