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UN / DEATH PENALTY
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegates he was “troubled” by the application of the death penalty for offences that do not meet the threshold under international human rights law of “most…
2 July 2014
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GENEVA / HRC LIBYA WRAP
UN human rights investigators denied today that they had heard any reports of cannibalism following claims by Libya to the Human Rights Council that Libyan rebels had been involved in cannibalism. CH…
9 June 2011
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SOUTH SUDAN / PANYUME YEI
A high-level delegation led by the Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, travelled into the heart of opposition territory in the central Equatorias, the only part…
17 April 2019
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UN / WOMEN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE LAUNCH
A new UN report says that millions of women worldwide continue to experience injustice, violence and inequality in their homes, the workplace and public life and calls on governments to take urgent…
6 July 2011
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COTE D’IVOIRE / RETURNEES
Displaced families return home from Liberia to face new challenges as conflict recedes in Côte d'Ivoire. UNICEF
4 May 2011
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UN / LIBYA
The chairman of the committee monitoring sanctions imposed on Libya, Portuguese Ambassador Jose Filipe Moraes Cabral, told the Council today that an efficient implementation of the sanctions regime…
28 March 2011
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UN / OUTERSPACE WRAP
The General Assembly is set to pass a resolution declaring 12 April, "International Day of the Human Space Mission." The 100th Russian astronaut in space Oleg Kotov told Unifeed today that…
7 April 2011
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UN / LIBYA
Speaking to reporters today, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Libya Abdul Elah Al-Khatib urged Libyan parties "to increase their focus on working towards a political solution…
11 July 2011
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SOUTH SUDAN / DISPLACED RETURN
A dozen displaced people have chosen to voluntarily return to their homes in South Sudan’s Jonglei region with the support of the UN Mission in the country. UNMISS
18 April 2019
Concerts
UN Day Concert 1983
1983 UN Day Concert at the General Assembly Hall in New York: The National Orchestra and Chorus of Spain, conducted by Jesús López Cobos, pianist Alicia de Larrocha, soprano Montserrat Caballé, and…
24 October 1983
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SOMALIA / DISPLACED
A devastating drought has forced more than 135,000 Somalis to flee so far this year. UNHCR estimates that a quarter of Somalia's 7.5 million population are now either internally displaced or…
13 July 2011
General Assembly
34th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 50th Session - Part 1
Text promoting multilingualism introduced in General Assembly to ensure language consideration in UN recruitment at the 34th plenary meeting of the 50th session.
20 October 1995