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More than 1.5 million have fled Ukraine: UN

06 Mar 2022

Gulf Today Report The head of the United Nations’ refugee agency says that more than 1.5 million refugees have crossed from Ukraine into neighboring countries since Russia invaded. Filippo...

UAE stresses the importance of proactively addressing exclusion, inequality and conflict

11 Nov 2021

Gulf Today Report The UAE stressed the importance of prevention and proactive action in addressing issues of exclusion, inequality and conflict, during the Security Council's open debate on...

US seeks to return to UN human rights body

24 Feb 2021

The United States will seek election to the UN Human Rights Council later this year, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, marking the Biden administration’s latest international...

UN rights body agrees to hold urgent debate on Belarus

14 Sep 2020

The Human Rights Council agreed on Monday to hold an urgent debate on the human rights situation in Belarus, following a request from Germany which described a “steep deterioration” of...

World hunger worsening as coronavirus weighs and obesity rises: UN

14 Jul 2020

Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry, with the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating already worsening trends this year, according to a United Nations report published Monday. ...

2.5m kids in Yemen face hunger and malnutrition amid pandemic: UNICEF

27 Jun 2020

Around 2.4 million children below the age of 5 in Yemen were facing hunger and malnutrition due to a shortage of humanitarian aid funding amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to...

UN rights experts condemn Israel’s annexation plan

16 Jun 2020

UN human rights experts said on Tuesday that Israel's plan to annex significant parts of the occupied West Bank would violate international law banning the taking of territory...

UN rights council agrees to urgent debate on racism, police violence

15 Jun 2020

The UN's top rights body Monday agreed to a request from African countries to urgently debate racism and police brutality this week following unrest in the US and...

World court orders Myanmar to take steps to protect Rohingya from atrocities

23 Jan 2020

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population from persecution and atrocities, and preserve evidence of alleged crimes...

China's zero-waste activists fight overconsumption

21 Jan 2020

Parcels piled high at sorting centres and drivers speeding down bike lanes to deliver takeout lunches are ubiquitous sights in urban China, where e-commerce and delivery apps have taken over...

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