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GENEVA / COTE D’IVOIRE HUMAN RIGHTS
UN human rights spokesperson Rupert Colville said today that recent events in Cote d'Ivoire were an "international crime, quite possibly a crime against humanity and we are very concerned…
18 March 2011
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SERBIA / KURDISH REFUGEE
After a harrowing journey to Europe, a Kurdish teen from Iraq starts a new life in Belgrade, Serbia. UNHCR
16 April 2019
General Assembly
26th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 50th Session - Part 2
High level officials address the general debate of the 50th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 25 September - 11 October 1995).
10 October 1995
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IMF / ANNUAL MEETINGS
The IMF and World Bank Annual meetings formally began today with an urgent call for action to rebalance the global economy from the Fund's Managing Director Christine Lagarde. IMF
23 September 2011
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OHCHR / AFGHANISTAN TORTURE DETENTION
In its latest report on the treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghanistan published today, the UN documents an encouraging reduction in the number of cases of torture since 2016, but notes…
17 April 2019
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UN / PALESTINE MANSOUR
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour presented a letter to the President of the Security Council denouncing the recent incidents at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. UNIFEED - UNTV
5 November 2014
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FIJI / ORGANIC ISLAND
Cicia island in Fiji is remote. Untouched by tourism and industry, the environment here is pristine - and its one thousand inhabitants intend to keep it this way. In 2006, the elders banned the use…
30 August 2014
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SUDAN / ABYEI SECURITY COUNCIL WRAP
The Security Council said the taking over of Abyei by Government of Sudan troops on Sunday constituted a serious violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in 2005 to end two decades…
23 May 2011
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VIENNA/ NUCLEAR UPDATE
The IAEA today reported that the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has issued a "Roadmap towards Restoration from the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station" which…
19 April 2011
Economic and Social Council
ECOSOC Session 2019 Financing for Development Forum
World ‘Not Keeping Pace’ in implementing Sustainable Development Goals, Secretary-General stresses, as development financing forum begins at 1st and 2nd meetings.
15 April 2019
General Assembly
28th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 50th Session - Part 2
High level officials address the general debate of the 50th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 25 September - 11 October 1995).
11 October 1995
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UN / LIBYA BAN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that the dramatic scenes in Tripoli were a testament to the courage and determination of the Libyan people to seek a free and democratic future and that…
22 August 2011