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DPR Korea’s latest missile launch a ‘grave threat’ to regional stability

·November 5, 2024·6 min read

The missile, launched on 31 October at approximately 7:11am local time, reportedly flew for 1 hour and 26 minutes, covered approximately 1,000 kilometres, reaching an altitude of over 7,000 kilometres before landing in the sea. “The DPRK described this latest launch as a ‘very crucial test’ that ‘updated the recent...

Gaza: UN expert on sexual violence in conflict reiterates grave concern for hostages

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·December 22, 2023·3 min read

Pramila Patten, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, called for the immediate, safe, and unconditional release of all those who remain in captivity. Ms. Patten met this week with the mother of one of the young women taken hostage who expressed the pain, despair and helplessness that...

Sudan: UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave

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·July 13, 2023·2 min read

The victims, who included members of the Masalit ethnic community, were allegedly killed last month by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militia, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said, citing credible information. Local people were forced to dispose of the bodies in a mass grave outside the regional...

315,000 grave violations against children in conflict over 18 years: UNICEF

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·June 5, 2023·3 min read

The UN-verified figures were reported by the agency as States, donors and the humanitarian community meet in Norway, for the Oslo Conference on Protecting Children in Armed Conflict. The 315,000 incidents were recorded in more than 30 conflict situations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. They include more than...

Afghanistan still a grave humanitarian crisis, senior aid official says

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·March 1, 2023·2 min read

Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, updated journalists in New York on developments in a country where 28 million people now depend on aid to survive. Immense humanitarian needs “Afghanistan remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 2023, notwithstanding, of course, the recent devastating earthquakes...

UN publishes new guidance on curbing child abduction and other ‘grave violations’ in war |

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·July 19, 2022·2 min read

Special Representative Virginia Gamba, said the guidelines would aid monitoring and reporting on the abduction of children in armed conflict, and help “address this complex grave violation of children’s rights in times of war.” There are six grave violations identified by the UN which serve as the basis for gathering...