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3 Months After Coup, Concrete Action Needed to End Repression (Nairobi) – Security forces in Sudan have repeatedly attacked or otherwise used excessive unnecessary force, including lethal force,...

Human Rights Council Forty-ninth session 28 February–1 April 2022 Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Summary The recommendations in the present report are drawn primarily from the...

Foreword This is a critical moment for the world, and for development. A planetary emergency and the pandemic have depleted the world’s natural resources and widened poverty and inequality. Up to one...

2 February 2022, Baghdad – The Ministry of Health in Iraq, together with the World Health Organization (WHO), launched the first gender-based violence strategic plan, 2022–2026, on 31 January 2022...

BAGHDAD, 2 February 2022. – “4 children have died (3 boys and 1 girl) and 2 have been maimed over the last week, as a result of incidents related to explosive ordnances in two locations in Iraq...

Human Rights Council Forty-ninth session 28 February–1 April 2022 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High...

Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against...

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DAMASCUS, 1 February 2022 – 3,996,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine arrived on 26 of January to Syria donated by Italy through the COVAX facility. In May last year, as...

Lebanese crisis forcing youth out of learning, robbing them of their futures: UNICEF survey “The crisis is depriving adolescents and youth of the stability that is so important at their age. It...

Tonnes of COVID-19 health-care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems Geneva, 1 February 2022 - Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the...

NEW YORK, 1 February 2022 – Catherine Russell took office today as UNICEF’s new Executive Director, becoming the fourth woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history. “It is an honor and a...

As consistently reported by UN Iraq, drought and water scarcity are pressing concerns, and the marshlands of southern Iraq are among the worst affected areas. With annual evaporation varying from 2.5...

Over 82 000 refugees and migrants returned to Libya since deals were struck Conditions for refugees and migrants in Libya ‘hellish’ The European Union must stop helping to return people to hellish...

BENGHAZI – In partnership with the Ministry of Education of the Libyan Government of National Unity, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a central kitchen project in the...

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Khartoum – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan has received a GBP 6 million (US$ 8.24 million) contribution from UKaid. This flexible funding will enable WFP to provide emergency...

Tripoli, 30 January 2022 – United Nations agencies reinforced their commitment to support people in Libya’s South during a visit to Sabha of a UN delegation, that included Special Advisor of the UN...

CPI 2021: HIGHLIGHTS AND INSIGHTS 180 countries. 180 scores. How does your country measure up? Two years into the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals...

FSO Safer tanker could trigger major oil disaster, study shows Beirut, Lebanon – Without a swift resolution, an explosion or leak from the rusting oil tanker FSO Safer off the coast of Yemen could...