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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (17 July) told followers of the Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo that one thing that makes him really angry is talking to leaders who fail to protect human rights. SINA WEIBO
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (17 July) told followers of the Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo that one thing that makes him really angry is talking to leaders who fail to protect human rights. SINA WEIBO
UNESCO today awarded its Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences to scientist from Egypt, Mexico and South Africa. UNESCO
The UN’s Special Representative for Yemen, Jamal Benomar, today (17 July) said food insecurity and malnutrition levels in Yemen “are among the highest now in the world.” UNTV
A top UN peacekeeping official today (17 July) said the UN Security Council has lauded the efforts of the Lebanese government to protect that country from the effects of the crisis in neighboring Syria.UNTV
The number of refugees having fled Somalia due to the conflict and drought, has now passed one million but, according the spokesman for the UN Refugee Agency, the exodus is slowing. CH UNTV