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The UN secretary-general’s special envoy for Sudan on Friday urged the leader of the country’s powerful paramilitary forces to halt any planned assault on the key city of El-Obeid, warning that an attack could worsen an already severe…
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The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Sunday expressed deep concern over the recent enactment of a stringent morality law by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Roza Otunbayeva, the Special Representative of the…
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The top UN envoy for Syria told the Security Council on Monday that the threat of terrorism is “resurging” with attacks by Daesh extremists set to double this year, endangering civilians already facing a “protracted state of displacement…
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The UN envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict said in a new report Monday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape, “sexualized torture,” and other cruel and inhumane treatment of women during its surprise…
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Rapes and sexual assaults attributed to Moscow’s forces in Ukraine are part of a Russian “military strategy” and a “deliberate tactic to dehumanise the victims”, UN envoy Pramila Patten told AFP in an interview. “All the indications are…
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The UN envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday said that the regional affiliate of the Islamic State group now appears present in nearly all Afghan provinces and “increasingly active”. Briefing on the Afghanistan situation following the…
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