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Both pro- and anti-government forces in Syria have become increasingly violent and reckless with human life, according to a report launched by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria. CH UNTV
Both pro- and anti-government forces in Syria have become increasingly violent and reckless with human life, according to a report launched by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria. CH UNTV
The United Nations (UN) today (19 February) warned they were unable to reach all those who needed humanitarian assistance in war torn Syria. CH UNTV
The UN Human Rights office has said that Sudan’s air strike on a refugee camp in neighbouring South Sudan could be an “international crime.” The bombing of a refugee camp in South Sudan’s Unity state threatens to raise tensions with Sudan in the violence-plagued border region. CH UNTV
A new UN report details numerous human rights violations during the pre-electoral period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and warns that such incidents could threaten the democratic process and result in post-electoral violence. CH UNTV / RECENT
A UN report released today which tracked the environmental changes the planet has gone through over the past 20 years says that rapid action is needed to curb resource depletion and ensure human activities do not destroy the environment that supports economies and sustains life. CH UNTV / FILE
Heavy rainfall in Thailand has resulted in the worst flooding in more than five decades, with 370 people killed and vast swathes of the country’s 29 provinces, including the capital, Bangkok, inundated. More than 2.1 million people are estimated to be affected. Spokesperson for the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Clare Nullis, told reporters in Geneva [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met British Politician Lord Michael Bates in Geneva today. Lord Bates is half way through a 3,000-mile walk from Greece to London to try and highlight the Olympic Truce, which calls for all conflict to cease during the Olympic Games. CH UNTV
At a press conference in Geneva, Paulo Pinheiro, the head of a UN independent inquiry into alleged human rights violations during Syria’s crackdown on dissent, has called on local authorities to give his team greater access. CH UNTV
The UN independent expert on Somalia Shamsul Bari told the Human Rights Council that the famine and the “vicious” armed conflict in the country is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today. CH UNTV
Addressing the UN Human Rights Council today, Libyan Minister of Justice and Human Rights Mohammed Al-Allagi said “the post-February 17th Libya is quite a different country” adding that “the sacrifices made by our young people will not happen for nothing.” The Council also met on Yemen and Syria. CH UNTV