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Venezuela crisis: UN aid effort continues amid political upheaval

·January 7, 2026·3 min read

The backdrop Venezuela has endured years of economic collapse, political instability, hyperinflation and economic sanctions from Washington, compounded by floods, landslides and other climate shocks. The recent seizure of President Nicolás Maduro by US special forces has added a new layer of uncertainty to an already volatile situation. According to...

Syria: Effort to buttress human rights since Assad’s fall, ‘only the beginning of what needs to be done’

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·December 6, 2025·1 min read

OHCHR is calling for more action to end the violence and achieve justice. “While the interim authorities have taken encouraging steps towards addressing past violations, these steps are only the beginning of what needs to be done,” spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheethan told journalists in Geneva. Summary executions and arbitrary killing Since last December, Syria’s interim authorities have established national commissions for transitional justice and missing persons, among other measures. A draft...

Aid effort underway after Afghanistan quake ‘wipes out’ villages

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·September 1, 2025·3 min read

“I stand in full solidarity with the people of Afghanistan after the devastating earthquake that hit the country earlier today,” the Secretary-General said in an online message. “I extend my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to those injured. The @UN team in...

1,000 days into Ukraine war, winter poses critical challenge to aid effort

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·November 15, 2024·2 min read

Speaking in Geneva, Matthias Schmale described the anguish felt by Ukrainians as the war grinds on: “As we are not only approaching winter but also the sad 1,000-day mark since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion in 2022, we are of course thinking of the more than 12,000 people who have...

Collective effort essential to get DR Congo on firm path to peace

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·October 1, 2024·4 min read

“We need to collectively remain engaged in assisting the country on its path to peace and stability,” said Bintou Keita, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the DRC and head of the UN Mission there, MONUSCO. Ceasefire and dialogue ‘framework’ There has been a notable reduction in fighting among warring parties...

Security Council ‘must spare no effort’ to unite and push for peace

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·September 26, 2024·10 min read

António Guterres was addressing a High-Level Debate in the Security Council on Leadership for Peace, designed to bolster support for the principles of the UN Charter and build on the call for reform contained in the ground-breaking Pact for the Future, adopted on Sunday. In the face of deepening divisions...

Effort to restart Iran nuclear deal ‘at a standstill’ Security Council hears

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·December 26, 2023·3 min read

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed in 2015 lays out the rules for monitoring Iran’s domestic nuclear programme and paved the way for US sanctions to be lifted. It was agreed by Iran, the five permanent members of the Council (China, France, Russia the United Kingdom and the...

Vanuatu emergency: UN supports aid effort after cyclones, earthquake

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·March 9, 2023·2 min read

According to the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office, more than 250,000 people have been affected, which is almost 80 per cent of the country’s population. First Judy, then Kevin Less than a week after Cyclone Judy forced residents to evacuate from the capital Port Vila, they were then hit by Cyclone Kevin,...

Sudan: New effort needed to restore civilian rule, transition to democracy

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·March 4, 2023·2 min read

During an update to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN rights chief highlighted the death on Tuesday of a 17-year-old demonstrator, shot dead by a police officer in the Sharq Alnil area of Khartoum, “one of 125 people to die since protests began over 16 months ago, one...

Sudan: UN chief calls for ‘good faith’ effort by all, ahead of direct talks |

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·June 7, 2022·2 min read

A military coup in October, led to the suspension of a power sharing between civilian representatives and senior officers, which had been established since the overthrow of former ruler, Omar al-Bashir in 2019. More protests Political protests took place in several parts of the capital on Monday, according to news...