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UKRAINE: Eastern Ukraine conflict continues to take heavy toll on civilians
16/Окт/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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SOUTH SUDAN: Steps to tackle widespread sexual violence
16/Окт/2014 News
[13 October 2014] – Back from her first visit to South Sudan, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary...
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SYRIA: Release of 70 Kurdish children after 120 days in captivity
16/Окт/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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IRAQ: ‘Staggering array’ of gross human rights abuses
16/Окт/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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SOMALIA: Forced displacement shows ‘no signs of easing,’ UN agency warns
16/Окт/2014 News
[16 September 2014] – Alarming circumstances such as forced evictions, drought, conflict and lack of livelihood have...
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SYRIA: UN child rights envoy ‘appalled’ by deadly school attacks in Homs
6/Окт/2014 News
[2 October 2014] – The United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui today...
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GAZA: Not a single child untouched by recent Gaza conflict
30/Сен/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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ARMED CONFLICT: New UN-Arab League pact aims to better protect children affected by armed conflict
26/Сен/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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HEALTH: A human rights approach to reducing child deaths
26/Сен/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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DEATH PENALTY: At high-level event, UN officials call for end to death penalty
26/Сен/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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