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Syrian war at ‘worst point’ in four years, says Commission of Inquiry head

·October 28, 2023·1 min read

Paulo Pinheiro spoke to UN News this week after presenting his latest report to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, which examines a range of social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues. The Syrian war, which began in March 2011, is at its “worst point” in four years, he said,...

Commission of Inquiry finds further evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

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·October 21, 2023·2 min read

The report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, published on Friday, follows a study issued in March. It documents additional indiscriminate attacks with explosive weapons, resulting in deaths, injuries and the destruction and damage of civilian objects. For example, 24 people, mostly women and children, were...

UN needed ‘now more than ever’: European Commission President

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·July 16, 2023·2 min read

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is in the Belgian capital to participate in the second high-level dialogue between the global body and the European Union (EU), following on from a meeting last July. The two days of talks will centre around issues that include Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its ripple...

UN commission examines threats to global education goal

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·April 10, 2023·5 min read

The issue is under the microscope this week at the latest session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), taking place at UN Headquarters in New York. Delivering opening remarks, Ms. Mohammed began by highlighting the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, who have been banned from high...

Impunity driving violence in South Sudan, UN rights commission says

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·April 3, 2023·2 min read

The report by the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan details how perpetrators of the most serious crimes – including widespread attacks against civilians and extrajudicial killings – go unpunished, with senior Government officials and military implicated in serious violations. “Over several years, our findings have consistently shown...