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![Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). [UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Rupert-Colville-12.jpg "Briefing by the Unied Nations Information Service ( UNIS ).")
The UN Human Rights Office is deeply concerned about human rights violations against Muslims in the Rohinga community in Rakhine State and other regions of Myanmar. Rupert Colville,…
19 Jun 2013 / Listen /Secretary-General highlights three major challenges facing peacekeeping
![Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) visits a military peacekeeping training centre in Huairou District of Beijing. [UN Photo/ Evan Schneider]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/SG-CHINA-PEACEKEEPING.jpg "SG on a visit to the Peacekeeping Centre of the Ministry of Defense, Huairou District, Beijing")
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has highlighted three major challenges facing UN peacekeeping. In remarks at China's Peacekeeping Training Centre in Beijing on Wednesday, the Secretary-General said the first challenge we face is to…
19 Jun 2013 / Listen /Myanmar must tackle discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities: Pillay
The government of Myanmar is being urged to devote urgent attention to tackling the continuing discrimination against ethnic and…
19 Jun 2013 / Listen /World Oceans Day focuses on climate change and Pacific Islanders
![Locals in Tebikenikora, a village in Kiribati. [UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pacificisland.jpg "pacificisland")
The impact of climate change and degradation in one particular area of the world was highlighted during the observance…
18 Jun 2013 / Listen /A Vietnamese child with disability inspires others
Children with disabilities are often discriminated against and excluded from society, leaving them among the most vulnerable in the…
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