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16/Oct/2014 News

[8 October 2014] – While the fragile month-long ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is a welcome step towards ending the conflict...

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16/Oct/2014 News

[13 October 2014] – Back from her first visit to South Sudan, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary...

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16/Oct/2014 News

[3 October 2014] – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today welcomed the release of 70 Kurdish children, who were...

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16/Oct/2014 News

[2 October 2014] – A “staggering array” of gross human rights abuses and “acts of violence of an increasingly sectarian...

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16/Oct/2014 News

[16 September 2014] – Alarming circumstances such as forced evictions, drought, conflict and lack of livelihood have...

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6/Oct/2014 News

[2 October 2014] – The United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui today...

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30/Sep/2014 News

There is not a single child who has not been adversely affected by the recent conflict in Gaza, according to the UN.

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26/Sep/2014 News

[22 September 2014] – The United Nations and the League of Arab States today signed an agreement to strengthen the...

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26/Sep/2014 News

Infant child mortality not just a health matter, but also a human rights concern, says new Human Rights chief.

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26/Sep/2014 News

UN officials declare the continuing application of capital punishment to be a “primitive” practice which has no place in the 21st century.

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