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New protests hit Iraq as UN envoy warns of infiltration
Oct 28, 2019 09:53Students and schoolchildren have joined protests in the capital Baghdad and cities in southern Iraq, defying the education minister who had warned them against partaking in the unrest.
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UN says Turkish offensive in north Syria displaced nearly 180,000 people
Oct 25, 2019 13:08The United Nations says Turkey’s now-suspended offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Syria has displaced about 180,000 people, including tens of thousands of children.
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UN deploying team in Chile to investigate human rights violations allegations
Oct 25, 2019 12:04The United Nations said on Friday it would send a mission to Chile to investigate allegations of rights violations, as announced this week by UN human rights boss Michelle Bachelet, a former president of Chile.
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A UN treaty guarantees youth rights everywhere on earth—except the United States
Oct 22, 2019 16:43One notable children’s rights violation in the United States today is the separation of migrant children from their parents. Others include the practice of trying children as young as 10 years old as adults in criminal courts and locking up minors convicted of crimes in adult prisons – at times in solitary confinement. Also corporal punishment remains legal in public schools in 19 American states and no state has outlawed the practice for parents.
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WHO says cholera has killed over 910 people in Yemen since January
Oct 22, 2019 02:32The World Health Organization (WHO) says cholera has killed more than 910 people in war-torn Yemen since January and nearly 700,000 suspected cholera cases has been reported.
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UN, WHO fail to open humanitarian medical air bridge for Yemenis: Health minister
Oct 19, 2019 12:20The Yemeni minister of public health and population has criticized the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) for their failure to open a humanitarian medical air bridge for Yemeni civilians, who are suffering from conditions that cannot be treated inside the war-battered Arab country.
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UN chief welcomes Turkey pause in Syria assault
Oct 18, 2019 02:01United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed "any efforts" to de-escalate the situation in northern Syria and protect civilians, a UN spokesman said in a statement on Thursday after Turkey agreed to pause its military operation in the region.
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Venezuela wins seat on UN Human Rights Council; Caracas hails it as ‘victory’
Oct 17, 2019 17:39Venezuela has won a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) despite fierce attacks from US-allied Latin American countries opposed to President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
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UN decries 'unprecedented' civilian casualties in Afghanistan
Oct 17, 2019 14:01The United Nations says an "unprecedented" number of civilians were killed or injured in the third quarter of 2019 across violence-wracked Afghanistan, calling the violence "totally unacceptable."
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Turkey may be 'responsible' for executions of Kurds in Syria: UN
Oct 16, 2019 04:46The United Nations has warned that reported summary executions of civilians in northeastern Syria carried out by Turkish-backed Takfiri terrorists could constitute a “war crime,” and that the Ankara government could be “deemed responsible.”