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GENEVA / US DEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) expressed deep concern about the fourth prison inmate executed in eight days by lethal injection in Arkansas, United States. UNTV CH
28 April 2017
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UN / CHINA WANG YI
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the situation on the Korean Peninsula was under grave tension and at a critical point calling for a “suspension for suspension” approach as a breakthrough for…
28 April 2017
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GENEVA / MIGRANTS TORTURE VICTIMS
Two-thirds of the nearly 50,000 victims of torture supported every year by the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture are migrants and refugees, according to the UN Office for the High Commissioner…
28 April 2017
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PAKISTAN / HOST COMMUNITIES
Thousands of displaced in Bannu, Pakistan are choosing to stay with relatives, friends or even strangers in order to avoid living in Government camps as they wish to preserve their tradition of…
18 August 2014
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UN / DPRK MINISTERIAL MEETING
United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the international community’s “reactive” approach in addressing the North Korean nuclear issue “must come to an end,” adding that “failing to act…
28 April 2017
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ROME / FAMINE FAO WFP
The world is facing one of the largest food crises in decades, with 30 million people in four countries — north-eastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen — severely food insecure, many on the…
28 April 2017
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UN / TILLERSON
United States Secretary of State Rex Wayne Tillerson met with Secretary-General António Guterres after presiding a Security Council meeting on North Korea. UNIFEED
28 April 2017
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UN / WESTERN SAHARA
The Security Council unanimously adopted a draft resolution to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year. UNIFEED
28 April 2017
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GENEVA / HUMAN RIGHTS ZEID
A number of governments around the world are responding to violence by themselves violating international human rights standards, the UN Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said at a…
1 May 2017
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PORTUGAL / IRAQI PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
A large family, consisting of four generations of Palestinian-Iraqis, is adapting to their new lives in Batalha, a small town in Portugal. In September 2015, the Mayor of Batalha decided it was time…
1 May 2017
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UN / INDIGENOUS DAKOTA ACCESS
The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, told journalists that “the right processes in terms of consulting indigenous peoples and obtaining their free, prior…
1 May 2017
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GENEVA / SOMALIA MALNUTRITION
Some 1.4 million children in drought-hit Somalia are projected to suffer acute malnutrition this year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced today in Geneva. UNTV CH
2 May 2017