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UN urges renewed solidarity eight years after forced exodus of Rohingya

·August 26, 2025·1 min read

More than 700,000 of them fled to neighbouring Bangladesh after armed attacks by a militant group against Myanmar security forces sparked a brutal military crackdown that began on 25 August 2017. They joined thousands of others who had escaped earlier waves of violence and discrimination now living in refugee camps...

UNHCR urges Pakistan to stop forced returns of Afghan refugees

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·August 6, 2025·1 min read

He expressed particular concern over the plight of women and girls sent back to Afghanistan, which has been under Taliban rule for four years. On 31 July, Pakistan confirmed that Afghan refugees would be deported under an ongoing ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’. UNHCR has received reports of arrests and detention...

UN urges MPs to deliver on development promises for 600 million in landlocked nations

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·August 4, 2025·2 min read

Speaking at Monday’s Parliamentary Forum of the Third UN Conference on LLDCs, senior UN leaders stressed that political will, matched with national legislative action, is essential if a new decade-long development plan is to make a real difference. There are 32 such countries globally, home to over half a billion...

UN official decries deadly Ukraine strikes, urges return to diplomacy

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·August 3, 2025·2 min read

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), renewed the call for an immediate ceasefire and a return to diplomacy to end the devastation. “Ukrainian people have endured nearly three-and-a-half years of unimaginable horrors, death, devastation and...

Angola protests: UN urges restraint, investigations into deaths

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·August 1, 2025·1 min read

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday urged Angolan authorities to conduct prompt, thorough and independent investigations into the deaths as well as the reported use of excessive force during the demonstrations. “Unverified footage suggests that security forces used live ammunition and tear gas...

UN urges restraint as Thailand-Cambodia clashes displace thousands; Security Council meets

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·July 28, 2025·1 min read

The clashes, which began on 24 July, reportedly involved exchanges of gunfire, artillery shelling and rocket fire, with Thailand having conducted airstrikes inside Cambodian territory. UN humanitarian officials confirmed civilian casualties, including children. More than 131,000 people in Thailand and over 4,000 in Cambodia have been displaced, according to relief...

‘Peace is a choice’: UN chief urges diplomacy as wars spread from Gaza to Ukraine

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·July 22, 2025·3 min read

This is the only sustainable path to global security, he told ministers at a high-level open debate of the Security Council on Tuesday. The Secretary-General emphasised that the UN Charter’s tools – negotiation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration and more – remain a lifeline when tensions escalate, grievances fester and states lose...

UN envoy urges Colombia to ‘stay the course’ as peace faces new strains

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·July 19, 2025·2 min read

Briefing the Security Council for the last time as head of the UN Verification Mission, Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu said the peace agreement provided a roadmap for addressing the root causes of conflict. “The Final Peace Agreement of 2016 set out the path to be followed: a holistic and...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: ‘Aid must go where needs are greatest’ in Gaza, urges UN relief chief

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·July 16, 2025·1 min read

The UN Security Council is meeting on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where fresh Israeli evacuation orders have uprooted tens of thousands amid relentless bombardment claiming hundreds of civilian lives in recent weeks – many of them children. “Food is running out. Those seeking it risk being shot. People...

UN urges de-escalation, protection of civilians as conflict roils Syria

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·July 16, 2025·2 min read

On Sunday, violence erupted between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in Sweida, two days after a Druze merchant was abducted on the highway to Damascus. The casualty figures are unclear according to local reports, but the death toll is at least 30, and hundreds have been injured. ...

WHO urges rollout of first long-acting HIV prevention jab

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·July 14, 2025·2 min read

Injectable lenacapavir – LEN, for short – is a highly effective, long-acting antiretroviral alternative to daily oral pills and other shorter-acting options, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “While an HIV vaccine remains elusive, lenacapavir is the next best thing: a long-acting antiretroviral shown in trials to prevent almost...

Smurf your voice: Global campaign urges everyone to speak up for a better future

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·July 12, 2025·2 min read

Launched in June, the eight-week digital campaign draws on the enduring popularity of the beloved Smurfs to encourage young people – along with their parents and caregivers – to raise their voices on issues that matter to them. The initiative is part of the UN’s ActNow effort for the Sustainable...