Gisma: The story of brutal death of woman in the wilderness of Darfur
11 september 2025 - 19:09:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - This time the death was not caused by hanging or pulling the victim chained to [...] Full text...
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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - This time the death was not caused by hanging or pulling the victim chained to [...] Full text...
Girls as young as 10 kidnapped, raped in eastern DRC
10 september 2025 - 10:08:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In North and South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), women and girls [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief denounces ‘glorification of violence’ and attack on rule of law
08 september 2025 - 13:15:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called a worldwide “glorification of violence” [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief denounces Mali's authoritarian drift, growing repression
07 september 2025 - 05:38:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief sounded the alarm on Thursday over the deteriorating political situation in [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
07 september 2025 - 05:33:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
06 september 2025 - 17:16:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...
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Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups
06 september 2025 - 07:15:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sanctions imposed by the United States on three prominent and well-respected Palestinian human rights groups are [...] Full text...
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‘Reparatory justice’ key to ending racism against Africans and their descendants
04 september 2025 - 07:23:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments, academia and other stakeholders must “double down on delivering reparatory justice” for people from the [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: UN denounces restrictions on civic space ahead of presidential election
03 september 2025 - 08:50:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief on Tuesday denounced restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon [...] Full text...
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Egypt: UN denounces 'rotation' as a tool for prolonged arbitrary detention
26 august 2025 - 15:40:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief urged Cairo on Tuesday to end a practice of arbitrary detention [...] Full text...
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Sudan govt welcomes UN rights agency's condemnation of attacks on civilians by rival RSF
24 august 2025 - 06:56:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday commended the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights for condemning the [...] Full text...
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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief
22 august 2025 - 19:07:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, [...] Full text...
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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief
22 august 2025 - 14:37:24New York, US (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff
21 august 2025 - 20:01:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States must stop ramping up sanctions against officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), [...] Full text...
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Rights office urges Uganda to release opposition leaders on bail
14 august 2025 - 05:36:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Wednesday expressed serious concern at repeated denials of bail [...] Full text...
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DRC, Rwanda meet on implementation of Washington peace agreement
09 august 2025 - 14:23:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first Joint Security Coordination Mechanism meeting for the implementation of the Peace Agreement between [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief slams Israeli plan to take military control of Gaza; says it must stop now
08 august 2025 - 13:00:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
07 august 2025 - 05:15:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a [...] Full text...
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'We sleep hungry': UNRWA staff member describes daily struggles of Gaza residents (By UN News)
05 august 2025 - 06:17:13Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As civilians in Gaza face starvation and humanitarian aid is insufficient, Manar, an employee of [...] Full text...
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Torture, threats and arbitrary arrests: UN warns of ‘serious abuses’ against Afghans forced to return
24 july 2025 - 19:00:37New York, US (PANA) - Afghans returning to their country face “serious violations” of their human rights committed by the [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief deplores killing of dozens of civilians in Sudan
17 july 2025 - 19:06:58Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday issued a strong worded statement [...] Full text...
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We need to value women in sport, UN rights chief says
17 july 2025 - 15:16:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the midst of the Women’s Euro football championship in Switzerland, Volker Türk, the UN human [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Civilians under fire in record numbers as attacks surge
15 july 2025 - 16:09:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Relentless missile and drone strikes by Russian forces have killed and injured hundreds of civilians in [...] Full text...
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Forced transfer of Gaza population not acceptable, UN says
09 july 2025 - 09:47:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war continues to rage in the Gaza Strip, pending a hypothetical ceasefire, the UN [...] Full text...
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UN rights office urges restraint in Kenya as fresh protests turn deadly
08 july 2025 - 20:55:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed deep concern over the killing of at least [...] Full text...
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A different type of mistreatment of a journalist held by militias in Sudan’s war By Mohamed Osman Adam
08 july 2025 - 17:52:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For almost eleven months, I fought to restore self-esteem so that I could resume writing and [...] Full text...
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Human rights must anchor the digital age, says UN rights chief Türk
08 july 2025 - 05:59:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As digital technologies rapidly reshape every aspect of society, the UN’s top human rights official has [...] Full text...
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Adhering to bans on mines only in peace time will not work: UN rights chief
03 july 2025 - 06:36:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Wednesday expressed grave alarm that six European countries are [...] Full text...
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Human rights can be a ‘strong lever for progress’ in climate change, says UN rights chief
30 june 2025 - 18:15:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief flags rising gender-based violence
25 june 2025 - 05:41:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gender-based violence is rising - especially in conflict – something which is a “shameless repudiation of [...] Full text...
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For too long, ‘unbound horrors’ have unfolded in Sudan - says UN rights chief
21 june 2025 - 05:38:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hostilities continue to escalate across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, with reports of civilian casualties, sexual violence, [...] Full text...
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‘Behind each crisis, people are suffering,’ Türk tells Human Rights Council
17 june 2025 - 07:47:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and [...] Full text...
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DRC: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say
17 june 2025 - 07:22:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rwandan-backed rebels, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) troops, and allied militias have all committed human [...] Full text...
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ICC judges express support for colleagues sanctioned by US
13 june 2025 - 07:41:09The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) expressed solidarity with their colleagues who have recently [...] Full text...
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US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief
07 june 2025 - 07:12:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The US Government’s announcement of sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on [...] Full text...
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‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves
04 june 2025 - 18:49:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya, UN News [...] Full text...
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'Shocked' UN rights chief says sites of gross human rights violations in Libya must be sealed and impartially investigated
04 june 2025 - 10:38:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday he was shocked by revelations of gross [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for bold climate action grounded in human rights
04 june 2025 - 07:50:04London, UK (PANA) - The UN’s top rights official warned on Tuesday that humanity’s survival is inseparable from the health [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub
03 june 2025 - 12:46:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting
23 may 2025 - 17:22:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan [...] Full text...
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UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
16 may 2025 - 20:23:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...] Full text...
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UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
16 may 2025 - 20:20:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...] Full text...
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US deportations raise serious human rights concerns
13 may 2025 - 19:05:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has voiced concern over the recent deportation of [...] Full text...
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New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30
07 may 2025 - 18:21:10Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Grim details emerged on Wednesday of Israeli airstrikes on a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering [...] Full text...
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Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation
04 may 2025 - 12:42:10Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people [...] Full text...
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Journalism facing new threats from AI and censorship - UN rights chief
03 may 2025 - 08:55:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must do everything to ensure that free and independent news reporting can thrive, the UN [...] Full text...
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Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation
02 may 2025 - 17:44:37Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN rights chief appeals for greater protection of civilians in besieged El Fasher
02 may 2025 - 08:05:12Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - New More than 500 civilians have been killed in North Darfur state, Sudan, over the [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: UN condemns harsh prison sentences in 'conspiracy' case
25 april 2025 - 12:59:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The recent lengthy prison sentences handed down to 37 people in Tunisia in the "conspiracy" case [...] Full text...
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UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge
14 april 2025 - 20:31:58New York, US (PANA) - The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine
07 april 2025 - 14:14:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sunday for an investigation into the Russian [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza
04 april 2025 - 15:44:31New York, US (PANA) - The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: UN rights chief condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum
03 april 2025 - 17:14:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight for Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent [...] Full text...
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Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief
03 april 2025 - 09:16:56New York, US (PANA) - 2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 [...] Full text...
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Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave
02 april 2025 - 08:32:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief denounces a 'frightening proliferation of racist violence and hate crimes'
28 march 2025 - 08:06:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is facing a "frightening proliferation of racist violence and hate crimes," the UN human [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market
26 march 2025 - 19:21:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has again called for greater protection of civilians in [...] Full text...
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Niger: Mosque attack which killed 44 should be ‘wake-up call’, says rights chief
26 march 2025 - 08:25:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a [...] Full text...
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Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children's early development: Rights chief
14 march 2025 - 08:27:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty and [...] Full text...
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Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts
11 march 2025 - 20:01:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk [...] Full text...
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Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities
11 march 2025 - 15:54:15New York, US (PANA) - States must do more to prevent cyberbullying and overcome unequal access to assistive technology which [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN reports 'widespread' abuse of detainees in conflict
07 march 2025 - 11:32:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new United Nations report released on Thursday highlights a "widespread pattern" of arbitrary detention, torture [...] Full text...
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UN report reveals brutal attacks targeting Muslims, refugees in Central African Republic
05 march 2025 - 20:44:25New York, US (PANA) - A UN report released on Wednesday has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations [...] Full text...
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Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the disappeared, Human Rights Council hears
05 march 2025 - 19:19:49New York, US (PANA) - The people of Syria’s painful search for a peaceful future took centre stage at the [...] Full text...
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Human rights apply to arms transfers, says UN
05 march 2025 - 07:33:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the number of violent conflicts reaches “the highest level since World War II,” arms transfers [...] Full text...
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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief
04 march 2025 - 07:30:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan to [...] Full text...
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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief
03 march 2025 - 20:22:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan [...] Full text...
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Sudan is a powder keg with growing risk of war crimes, UN warns
28 february 2025 - 06:18:34Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - Sudan is a flashpoint, with a growing risk of atrocity crimes and mass starvation deaths, [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council: Türk calls out ‘dehumanizing’ narratives on Gaza
27 february 2025 - 21:24:29New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “abhorrent, [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executions
25 february 2025 - 16:29:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human Rights Council [...] Full text...
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World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists
24 february 2025 - 12:02:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the [...] Full text...
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DRC: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by M23 fighters
18 february 2025 - 16:29:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious [...] Full text...
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UN rights office warns of ‘dangerous tipping point’ as abuses surge in Sudan
18 february 2025 - 15:43:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday sounded the alarm over escalating rights abuses in [...] Full text...
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UN Rights Council launches inquiry into atrocities in eastern DR Congo
09 february 2025 - 17:51:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Human Rights Council has agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Rights chief warns crisis could worsen, without international action
07 february 2025 - 15:32:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns reported executions in Sudan as starvation risks rise
04 february 2025 - 07:41:51New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General expressed deep alarm on Monday over reports of summary executions of civilians [...] Full text...
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Summary executions, sexual violence reported in eastern DRC war
01 february 2025 - 05:59:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the humanitarian situation "rapidly deteriorates" in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN rights chief ‘alarmed’ by summary executions, attacks
31 january 2025 - 22:12:47Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced deep alarm over reports [...] Full text...
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UN agencies warn of worsening humanitarian and rights situation in eastern DR Congo
31 january 2025 - 20:33:28New York, US (PANA) - United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief launches $500 million global appeal
31 january 2025 - 05:26:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Thursday launched an appeal for $500 million to fund [...] Full text...
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‘We have a duty to stand against intolerance’: UN human rights chief
27 january 2025 - 06:48:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world marks Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker [...] Full text...
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UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in West Bank
26 january 2025 - 05:16:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in the Jenin [...] Full text...
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DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack
24 january 2025 - 21:44:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have [...] Full text...
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UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in occupied West Bank
24 january 2025 - 19:48:06Geneva, Switzerland( PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in the [...] Full text...
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Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise - UN rights chief
18 january 2025 - 05:30:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan is taking an “even more dangerous turn for civilians”, UN High Commissioner [...] Full text...
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‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk
14 january 2025 - 05:55:53London, UK (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human rights [...] Full text...
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It’s not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chief
12 january 2025 - 06:49:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Social media posts inciting hate and division have “real world consequences” and there is a responsibility [...] Full text...
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‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse
04 january 2025 - 08:06:14New York, US (PANA) - With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health [...] Full text...
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Israel attacks push Gaza healthcare ‘to brink of collapse’
01 january 2025 - 12:51:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, have pushed [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies
21 december 2024 - 06:55:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: Arbitrary arrests and detentions include 87 children
19 december 2024 - 05:06:18Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudanese women and girls who are refusing to accept an arranged marriage are among [...] Full text...
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‘Racial justice demands collective action’, says UN rights chief, ushering in new decade for African diaspora
18 december 2024 - 05:17:53New York, US (PANA) - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday welcomed the proclamation of the Second International Decade [...] Full text...
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Human toll of senseless conflict ‘is incalculable’, says UN rights chief Türk
10 december 2024 - 05:50:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered his annual statement on Monday, urging global [...] Full text...
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‘War on drugs has failed, completely and utterly’: UN human rights chief
06 december 2024 - 05:10:40Warsaw, Poland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief has called on leaders and international stakeholders to radically rethink global [...] Full text...
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Torture is never justified, insists UN rights chief, as key accord turns 40
15 november 2024 - 06:06:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - It’s been 40 years since countries adopted the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings
30 october 2024 - 06:10:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with [...] Full text...
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Gaza war's 'darkest moment' unfolding in north, UN says
27 october 2024 - 07:34:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief has said the Gaza war's “darkest moment” is unfolding in the [...] Full text...
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Political leaders must champion human rights amid global crises
17 october 2024 - 05:44:48New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official has told UN News that it’s not human rights [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for ‘fundamental freedoms’ to be upheld in Tunisia
16 october 2024 - 04:38:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief Volker Türk is calling on Tunisian authorities to protect the democratic process [...] Full text...
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Justice must be served for people of African descent who died in police custody: UN rights chief
04 october 2024 - 05:12:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s human rights chief has stressed how important it is for the families of people [...] Full text...
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Reconnect with our common humanity and reject ‘treacherous new normal’ - UN rights chief
10 september 2024 - 05:38:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered his annual global update on Monday, urging the [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for global ‘zero tolerance’ against antisemitism
05 september 2024 - 05:55:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday described antisemitism as an ongoing plague and [...] Full text...
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UN Rights office highlights mass killings, sexual violence in Libya
01 september 2024 - 04:26:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN report has warned that the continued lack of accountability and years of impunity enjoyed by [...] Full text...
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Most of Gaza 40,000 dead are women and children, says UN rights chief
15 august 2024 - 15:07:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza passes the dark milestone of 40,000, UN rights [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief ‘shocked and appalled’ by Israeli minister’s comment on starving Gazans to death
09 august 2024 - 16:40:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Friday for the Israeli authorities to monitor senior [...] Full text...
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Cameroon elections: Upcoming vote marks ‘key opportunity’ to commit to human rights: UN human rights chief
09 august 2024 - 06:56:10Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Despite obstacles, Cameroon maintains immense potential to foster social change and promote civic engagement in their [...] Full text...
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Middle East: UN rights chief warns against wider war, appeals for urgent de-escalation
05 august 2024 - 18:12:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Monday for an urgent de-escalation in the [...] Full text...
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Fight bigotry whenever and wherever it appears, UN chief declares
04 august 2024 - 06:08:11New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials on Friday called for a stand against bigotry “wherever and whenever it [...] Full text...
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Senior UN officials welcome verdict in Guinea 2009 stadium massacre trial
01 august 2024 - 17:09:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said [...] Full text...
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Israeli military in spotlight over ‘incommunicado’ detention of Palestinians
31 july 2024 - 12:39:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN report published on Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of Palestinians detained [...] Full text...
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Human rights abuses in CAR detention centres need urgent response: UN experts
18 july 2024 - 18:39:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Immediate action is needed to address human rights abuses in detention centres across the Central African [...] Full text...
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UN salutes ‘monumental achievement’ of Gambian lawmakers for upholding FGM ban
16 july 2024 - 05:45:04New York, US (PANA) - Five senior UN officials have welcomed the decision by The Gambia to uphold its ban [...] Full text...
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Gambia's decision to repeal law on FGM receives acclamation by UN, agencies
15 july 2024 - 22:44:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Gamia's decision to uphold ban on FGM Monday received widespread commendation from the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Arbitrary detentions and impunity widespread in Libya, warns UN rights chief
09 july 2024 - 14:15:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The desperate plight of migrants and refugees tortured, trafficked and sold “at scale” in Libya took [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls time on ‘economic violence’ against women and girls
29 june 2024 - 05:43:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, on Friday declared that it’s time to eliminate laws [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Laws of war likely 'consistently violated' in Israeli strikes on Gaza: UN rights office
19 june 2024 - 15:17:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN probe into the Israeli military’s bombing of Gaza has pointed to the laws of [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN rights chief slams ‘unconscionable death and suffering’
18 june 2024 - 15:06:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war drags on in Gaza, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned [...] Full text...
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Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’
14 june 2024 - 17:32:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global fight to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is being undermined by the movement of [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN Human Rights Chief calls for sustained efforts to halt violations and abuses
14 june 2024 - 10:41:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for concrete measures to halt [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: UN health agency alerts over attack on key hospital
10 june 2024 - 12:38:22Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Further deadly violence in Sudan's besieged Al Fasher city has forced a major hospital to shut [...] Full text...
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War in Palestinian Territory: Türk condemns over 500 West Bank killings, calls for accountability
04 june 2024 - 12:23:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday issued a renewed call for an end to [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: We must prevent a large-scale offensive in Rafah, UN pleads
13 may 2024 - 06:15:31New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General and the human rights chief again reiterated on Sunday that a large-scale [...] Full text...
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Rights chief Türk urges peace in DR Congo
19 april 2024 - 05:31:43Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk this week met survivors of massacres in eastern provinces of [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights chief warns against potential ‘carnage’ in Rafah
13 february 2024 - 07:01:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday appealed for restraint in the face [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza ‘buffer zone’ possible war crime: UN human rights chief
08 february 2024 - 18:00:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s reported attempt to create a “buffer zone” with Gaza could constitute a war crime, UN [...] Full text...
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COP28: Our voices, needs must be put first in climate talks, young people declared
08 december 2023 - 16:51:18Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Shock and terror in Gaza as bombardment of shattered enclave resumes
01 december 2023 - 13:55:37Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As Secretary-General António Guterres spoke of his deep regret about the resumption of military operations in [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN’s Türk calls for political path out of 'horror'
16 november 2023 - 17:28:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday welcomed the Security Council call for pauses in [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: At Rafah crossing, Türk says both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes
09 november 2023 - 07:44:06Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reiterated the call for an urgent ceasefire between Israel [...] Full text...
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People of African descent facing ‘immense challenges’ in public square: UN
06 september 2023 - 07:06:54Geneva, Switzerland (PAA) - Members of the African diaspora continue to face immense challenges participating in public life in many [...] Full text...
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Human rights for all, still ‘work in progress’ warns UN rights chief
07 june 2023 - 06:16:42Vienna Austria (PANA) - The full realisation of human rights for all is a “work in progress”, and the world [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso sells two major mines to Turkish company
25 april 2023 - 18:48:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government signed on Tuesday a contract worth 30 billion CFA francs (50 million [...] Full text...
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US reaffirms support for Libyan national oil company to increase production
11 march 2023 - 14:13:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary of State Geoffrey Pyatt has reaffirmed his country's support for the Libyan National [...] Full text...
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Italy sea rescue law could put more migrant lives at risk: UN rights chief
17 february 2023 - 06:15:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A proposed new law in Italy on humanitarian search-and-rescue (SAR) operations could hinder the provision of [...] Full text...
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UN chief ‘deeply regrets’ Mali’s decision to expel senior rights official
08 february 2023 - 05:21:14New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has become the latest UN official to express regret at [...] Full text...
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UN mission in Mali regrets govt's decision to expel rights official
07 february 2023 - 14:29:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said it deeply regrets the decision [...] Full text...
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UN human rights chief calls on Mali to reverse ‘regrettable’ expulsion order
07 february 2023 - 04:53:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Monday called on Malian authorities to rescind their [...] Full text...
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Libyan, Turkish officials discuss issues of two Libyan detainees, problems of Libyan community in Turkey
08 december 2022 - 15:24:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Interior Minister for General Affairs of the National Unity Government, Major General Mahmoud Saied, [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Human rights must ‘be at the core’ of democratic transition, urges UN rights chief
17 november 2022 - 05:22:57Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The new UN human rights chief ended his first country visit on Wednesday explaining that he [...] Full text...
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Chad: UN condemns deadly use of force against demonstrators
21 october 2022 - 19:21:59Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations (UN) has condemned Thursday's deadly clashes between police and demonstrators protesting against [...] Full text...
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Volker Türk appointed new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
09 september 2022 - 06:18:23New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed on Thursday, Volker Türk of Austria as the next United [...] Full text...
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Sustaining peace, more important, but ‘more complex’ than ever, as wars rage
28 april 2022 - 05:59:38New York, US (PANA) - Keeping the peace has become more important but also more complex in a world of [...] Full text...
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World Bank provides US$1.2 billion to accelerate economic growth in Ethiopia
31 october 2018 - 09:42:45Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved US$1.2 billion credit and a grant [...] Full text...
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Top UNHCR official calls for end to assaults aimed at refugees
05 october 2018 - 05:50:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Noise, chatter, shrillness, lack of civility, and harsh language,” surround the public debate over refugees, who [...] Full text...
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UNHCR official stresses freedom of choice for refugee returns
17 august 2018 - 06:46:09Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Refugees should never be pressured to decide if they should return to their home [...] Full text...
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UNHCR, OECD launch action plan to boost refugee employment
24 april 2018 - 11:17:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Israel 'suspends' deal with UNHCR for Eritrean, Sudanese refugees
03 april 2018 - 06:50:47Jerusalem, Israel (PANA) - Israel says it has suspended an agreement signed on Monday with the United Nations High Commissioner [...] Full text...
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UNHCR, Israel sign agreement to find solutions for Eritrean, Sudanese refugees
02 april 2018 - 20:48:04Jerusalem, Israel (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the State of Israel on Monday signed a Framework of [...] Full text...
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About 28 million children were living in forced displacement in 2016, but figure could be higher
15 february 2018 - 16:23:10New York, US (PANA) – Gaps in data covering refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and internally displaced populations are endangering the [...] Full text...
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World Bank approves US$ 170m loan to boost livestock economy in Ethiopia
14 december 2017 - 18:23:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$170 million to [...] Full text...
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Refugees can be a driver of development in Morocco, says UNHCR
26 october 2017 - 19:06:09Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - UNHCR’s protection chief, Volker Türk, has praised Morocco for its efforts to protect refugees, on a [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Asylum, refugee protection represent ‘humanity at its best’ - senior UN official
05 october 2017 - 22:36:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Warning of threats to the global asylum environment, the United Nations refugee agency’s protection chief on [...] Full text...
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Kenya: UNHCR, Tanzania outline next steps to address refugee situation
17 august 2017 - 10:00:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is working with the Government of the United [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: UNHCR seeks US$9.5m to assist Nigerian returnees from Cameroon
26 july 2017 - 16:37:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency is seeking an additional US$9.5 million to scale up its activities [...] Full text...
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US: Protecting refugees, ensuring security of countries 'complimentary goals', UN forum told
06 april 2017 - 05:49:28New York, US (PANA) - Protecting refugees and assuring the safety of countries that receive them are complementary goals, a [...] Full text...
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UN: UNHCR stresses importance of search missions on the Mediterranean
30 march 2017 - 15:57:04New York, US (PANA) - With nearly 150 people dead or missing in another shipwreck off the Mediterranean coast, the [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: UN refugee agency reshapes protection ‘toolkit’ for a world on the move
09 december 2016 - 06:07:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations refugee agency has updated its ‘toolkit’ for protecting vulnerable people on the move, [...] Full text...
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UN: UNHCR, AU, African host countries agree on final steps on Rwandan refugees
30 september 2016 - 21:49:17New York, US (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and delegations from African countries as well as the African [...] Full text...
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UN: UN Security Council holds second poll for UN top job
08 august 2016 - 19:12:26New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has conducted the second straw poll assessment of the remaining 11 [...] Full text...
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UN: NGO solicits online support for woman UN Secretary-General
03 august 2016 - 16:00:56New York, US (PANA) - A New York-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), Campaign to Elect a Woman UN Secretary-General, on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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UN: NGO disappointed with Security Council on UN top job selection
26 july 2016 - 17:27:44New York, US (PANA) - A New York-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) has expressed dismay with the result of the first [...] Full text...
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UN: Candidates for UN top job to feature on globally-televised event
12 july 2016 - 14:25:10New York, US (PANA) - For the first time, candidates for the position of next UN Secretary-General are taking part [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: World Bank approves US$100 million to support Ethiopia against drought
01 july 2016 - 18:12:16Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Friday approved US$100 million in additional financing to support Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...
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UN: Nine candidates jostling for next UN chief answered 800 questions - UN official
15 april 2016 - 21:52:52New York, US (PANA) - UN General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft on Friday said the nine candidates vying for the [...] Full text...
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UN: Dialogue with candidates for UN Secretary-General position ends Thursday
14 april 2016 - 15:35:00New York, US (PANA) - The third and final session of informal dialogues to hear the views of three more [...] Full text...
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UN: Dialogue with candidates for UN Secretary-General position continues
13 april 2016 - 16:00:38New York, US (PANA) - Three more candidates for the position of the next UN Secretary-General will Wednesday answer questions [...] Full text...
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UN: UN General Assembly begins dialogue to select new UN chief
12 april 2016 - 15:18:12New York, US (PANA) - UN General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft on Tuesday opened informal dialogues with candidates for the [...] Full text...
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UN: Selection process for new UN chief begins on Tuesday
11 april 2016 - 15:53:21New York, US (PANA) - The selection process for a new UN Secretary-General, traditionally decided behind closed doors by a [...] Full text...
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UN: UN General Assembly schedules dialogues with candidates for UN chief position
30 march 2016 - 15:59:11New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, on Wednesday released a schedule [...] Full text...
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UN: Three women jostle for UN Secretary-Secretary position
24 march 2016 - 15:40:56New York, US (PANA) - As the race for the new UN Secretary-General hots up, three women are jostling to [...] Full text...
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UN: Civil society invited to submit questions for UN Secretary-General candidates
08 march 2016 - 19:56:13New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, has invited civil society organisations [...] Full text...
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UN: UN to hold dialogues with candidates for UN Secretary-General position
29 february 2016 - 18:16:40New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly will hold informal dialogues with the candidates aspiring to become the [...] Full text...
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UN: Race for next UN secretary-general hots up
26 february 2016 - 14:47:10New York, (PANA) - The race for the next UN secretary-general is taking shape, with six official candidates showing interest [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: UN refugee agency calls on Nigeria to heed wishes of IDPs
24 february 2016 - 05:54:54Maiduguri, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities should heed the concerns of internally displaced people (IDP) in the north-east of [...] Full text...
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UN: UNHCR seeks to protect displaced gays, lesbians as they face prejudice, violence
25 december 2015 - 05:25:30New York, US (PANA) - With lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons in forced displacement facing discrimination, prejudice, [...] Full text...
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UN: UN official urges global compact on refugee, asylum matters
09 october 2015 - 13:37:09New York, US (PANA) - Mr. Volker Turk, Assistant UN High Commissioner for Protection at the Office of the UN [...] Full text...
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UN: UN welcomes European Union proposals for migration reforms
13 may 2015 - 23:04:54New York, US (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the UN envoy on international migration have applauded European [...] Full text...
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UN: UN says world’s forcibly displaced hit record 38 million
06 may 2015 - 20:05:46New York, US (PANA) - By the end of 2014, a record-breaking 38 million people had been forced to flee [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: UNHCR says Mediterranean boat capsizing ‘deadliest incident on record’
21 april 2015 - 15:48:10Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it now believes that the number of [...] Full text...
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Libya: Turkish citizen abducted in southern Libya
05 january 2015 - 15:58:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Armed men have abducted a Turkish citizen in a restaurant where he worked in Sebha, 800 [...] Full text...
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Libya: Air traffic resumes at Maitigua airport, Tripoli
27 november 2014 - 13:43:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Air traffic resumed Thursday morning at the Maitigua Airport, in the suburb of Tripoli, the Libyan [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: UNHCR welcomes new General Recommendation on refugee, stateless women
05 november 2014 - 16:39:28Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The UN refugee agency has welcomed a new set of international guidelines, adopted Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Immigration officials turn back suspected human traffickers
23 august 2014 - 07:07:32Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Immigration authorities in Tanzania have issued a prohibited immigrant notice to a Turk and [...] Full text...
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Opposition leader's future, ex-president's health dominate Malawi media
22 january 2011 - 13:38:59Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The political future of veteran opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Tembo and the health [...] Full text...
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Turkey wants to strengthen cooperation with Angola
23 september 2010 - 18:35:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Turkey wants to strengthen, as soon as possible, ties wi th Angola on trade and investment [...] Full text...
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Tripoli hosts workshop on financing underground railway project
17 december 2009 - 22:01:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The office for the implementation and management of the railway project in Libya has held a [...] Full text...
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Turkish national killed in Gambia
15 september 2009 - 18:23:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambian police have confirmed the killing of a Turki sh national, Serif Iseri, by a [...] Full text...
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100-man Turkish economic mission expected in Senegal
26 march 2009 - 16:22:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A Turkish economic mission, made up of about 100 investo rs, is expected in Senegal next [...] Full text...
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Pressure on water resources increasing, says UN report
03 march 2009 - 18:49:00Paris- France (PANA) -- Increased demand linked to population growth and mobility , to evolving consumption and higher energy needs [...] Full text...
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Turkey, Algeria transacted businesses worth US$ 3.7 billion in 2008
13 january 2009 - 16:39:00Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Commercial exchanges between Algeria and Turkey amount ed to US$ 3. 692 billion during the first [...] Full text...
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