UN World Court begins landmark hearings on Gambia's Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar

13 january 2026 - 07:20:30
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Public hearings opened on Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a landmark [...] Full text...

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'Every young person has a role to play in consolidating peace'

16 december 2025 - 09:14:59
New York, US (PANA) - To mark the 10th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 2250 on youth, peace and security, [...] Full text...

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Millions of lives at risk, warn UN food agencies, as hunger crisis worsens

13 november 2025 - 07:03:40
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) warn of a major [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians call for greater support amid immense needs

15 october 2025 - 07:38:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the end of the year fast approaching, humanitarians are urging donors to step up support [...] Full text...

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AUC Chairperson to attend UN General Assembly

21 september 2025 - 04:24:03
New York, US (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, is in New York [...] Full text...

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UN must evolve to ‘stand strong’ for the next 80 years: General Assembly president

17 september 2025 - 21:25:05
New York, US (PANA) - As the United Nations marks 80 years of existence, it must adapt and evolve to [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief denounces ‘glorification of violence’ and attack on rule of law

08 september 2025 - 13:15:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called a worldwide “glorification of violence” [...] Full text...

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Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF

03 september 2025 - 06:34:17
New York, US (PANA) - Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children [...] Full text...

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Myanmar: Rights investigators reveal ‘systematic torture’, sexual violence

12 august 2025 - 15:35:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities – including beatings, electric [...] Full text...

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Refugee resettlement quotas fall despite high needs

26 june 2025 - 06:28:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As conflicts and protracted crises continue to force millions of people to flee their countries, the [...] Full text...

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Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR

12 june 2025 - 07:14:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to [...] Full text...

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UN refugee chief regrets flouting of international humanitarian law in conflicts

29 april 2025 - 07:54:00
New York, US (PANA) - Thousands of lives have been “destroyed in the pursuit of supremacy”, as international humanitarian law [...] Full text...

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World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world

06 april 2025 - 14:48:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women [...] Full text...

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'Multilateralism is important' and 'isolationism is an illusion' - says Guterres

22 march 2025 - 07:37:25
Leuven, Belgium (PANA) - Challenged by "irrationality, ignorance and isolationism," multilateralism remains "important" and "isolationism is an illusion," UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...

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UN chief affirms solidarity with Bangladesh amid political transition

16 march 2025 - 13:12:04
Dhaka, Bangladesh (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the pivotal moment the country is facing as it navigates a [...] Full text...

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In Bangladesh, UN chief vows to prevent Rohingya suffering as aid cuts loom

14 march 2025 - 18:08:53
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during his visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, [...] Full text...

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Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts

11 march 2025 - 20:01:37
Geneva, 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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UN chief calls for peace and justice as Ramadan begins

28 february 2025 - 05:47:00
New York, US (PANA) - As Muslims around the world prepare to mark the beginning of the Holy Month of [...] Full text...

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US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians

04 february 2025 - 17:35:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies on Tuesday offered a dire assessment of the global impact of deep cuts to [...] Full text...

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UNHCR launches $10 billion appeal to address global refugee crisis in 2025

22 november 2024 - 06:44:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has launched a $10 billion appeal for 2025 to meet critical [...] Full text...

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COP29: UNHCR amplifies voices of displaced on frontlines of climate change

15 november 2024 - 05:57:50
Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday launched the Refugees for Climate Action initiative in a bid to [...] Full text...

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US announces nearly $2.1 billion in humanitarian assistance at the UN

01 october 2024 - 06:30:50
New York, US (PANA) - The US has announced nearly $2.1 billion in humanitarian assistance to address the unprecedented level [...] Full text...

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Trafficking victims need more support, says rights expert

28 june 2024 - 06:56:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Victims of people-trafficking need more countries to respect international law and protect them, but thousands continue [...] Full text...

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UNHCR: 2025 global refugee resettlement needs spike to almost 3 million

06 june 2024 - 09:48:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that more than 2.9 million refugees worldwide will need resettlement [...] Full text...

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ICJ has 'substantial volume of reliable and credible evidence' in genocide case against Myanmar - Gambia

24 may 2024 - 07:01:40
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia on Thursday responded to Myanmar’s denial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it [...] Full text...

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ICC Prosecutor outlines roadmap to complete Libya war crimes probe

15 may 2024 - 06:49:07
New York, US (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced at the UN Security Council on [...] Full text...

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IOM: Last year was deadliest on record for migrants worldwide

06 march 2024 - 18:52:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) announced on Wednesday that last year was the deadliest on record [...] Full text...

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Five judges elected to UN top court

10 november 2023 - 09:13:57
New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly and the Security Council on Thursday elected five judges to serve [...] Full text...

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Responding to forced displacement: data-informed policies for both refugees and hosts: World Bank Blog

30 october 2023 - 16:55:19
Washington DC, US (PANA) - Although the majority of people affected by forced displacement are in low- and middle-income countries, [...] Full text...

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UNESCO chief calls for ‘intensification’ of investment in girls’ education

30 september 2023 - 06:45:29
Paris, France (PANA) - The head of the UN, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged governments to step [...] Full text...

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President Barrow commends Bangladesh for co-deployment of troops for UN Peace Missions

14 june 2023 - 19:34:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow Wednesday commended the Republic of Bangladesh for the co-deployment of troops for UN [...] Full text...

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More than 50,000 migrants 'die in search of a better life'

24 november 2022 - 05:36:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After risking their lives on dangerous journeys, more than 50,000 migrants are known to have died [...] Full text...

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US Ambassador-at-Large Beth Van Schaack calls on Gambian President

04 october 2022 - 10:40:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, Beth Van Schaack, on Monday called on the Gambian President, [...] Full text...

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ICJ rejects Myanmar's objections to Gambia's genocide case

23 july 2022 - 16:05:30
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) -The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday  rejected Myanmar's preliminary objections to the case brought by Gambia under [...] Full text...

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Hearings end on Myanmar’s preliminary objections to genocide case brought by Gambia

01 march 2022 - 11:40:30
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A week of legal proceedings at the International Court of Justice in the Hague have ended [...] Full text...

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Gambian president Barrow reiterates commitment to fight for the rights of Rohingya

06 february 2022 - 15:27:38
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow says that his government is committed to fighting the case of the [...] Full text...

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Protect civilian infrastructure during conflict: UN relief chief

28 april 2021 - 05:14:47
New York, US (PANA) - Ensuring warring parties respect international humanitarian law is the first step towards protecting civilians and [...] Full text...

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AU commission secretary, 4 diplomats call on Gambian foreign minister

08 february 2021 - 20:36:57
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - African Union Commission Secretary, ambassadors of Guinea, The Netherlands, India and Venezuela Monday called on Gambian [...] Full text...

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Gambia calls on Myanmar military to free civilian detainees

04 february 2021 - 19:42:04
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government has called on Myanmar military to immediately release all detained civilian leaders, the [...] Full text...

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Over 3,000 die during migration journeys in 2020 - IOM

18 december 2020 - 15:25:04
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Missing Migrants Project has recorded over 3,000 deaths on migratory [...] Full text...

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Gambia's justice minister says Myanmar-Rohingya ICJ case represents voice of the 'Islamic Ummah’

29 november 2020 - 14:08:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian minister of justice, Dawda Jallow, has said the Myanmar-Rohingya case at the International Court [...] Full text...

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Second wave of COVID pandemic driving further violence against refugee women and girls - UNHCR

25 november 2020 - 12:47:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the coronavirus pandemic prolongs, a lethal mix of confinement, deepening poverty and economic duress is [...] Full text...

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Gambia calls for normalisation of Cuba and US, endorses one-China policy - Barrow

24 september 2020 - 22:27:17
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - President Adama Barrow said here Thursday his country had called for the normalization of relations between Cuba [...] Full text...

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Women and girls deserve more protection in emergencies, UN rights council hears

13 july 2020 - 18:35:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The collective impact of climate change, COVID-19 and conflict mean that well over 200 million people [...] Full text...

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40% of poorest countries did not provide specific support to disadvantaged learners during COVID-19 crisis - UNESCO report

23 june 2020 - 17:31:49
Paris, France (PANA) - Fewer than 10% of countries have laws that help ensure full inclusion in education, according to [...] Full text...

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Muslim World League commends Gambian President Barrow for Myanmar case

05 february 2020 - 16:47:30
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Muslim World League Secretary General, Abdulqader Ahmed Abobaker Al-Mashhor, has commended Gambian President Adama Barrow for [...] Full text...

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Turkey’s President Erdoğan visits Gambia

27 january 2020 - 22:40:46
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  - Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the head of a high-level delegation Monday arrived here for [...] Full text...

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Gambia welcomes ICJ order against Myanmar to stop Rohinga genocide

23 january 2020 - 16:53:28
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government has welcomed Thursday's unanimous decision by the International Court of Justice in The [...] Full text...

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International court of justice unanimously orders measures to prevent genocide in Myanmar

23 january 2020 - 14:13:48
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Myanmar to prevent all genocidal acts against Rohingya [...] Full text...

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Gambian Ministry of Justice says ICJ verdict on Rohingya will take place Jan. 23

15 january 2020 - 17:22:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Justice announced on Twitter on Wednesday that the International Court of Justice [...] Full text...

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Sudan removed from American bad list of religious violators to lesser evil one

20 december 2019 - 23:46:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US administration has removed the Sudan from its list of countries violating religious freedom to [...] Full text...

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Aung San Suu Kyi defends Myanmar from accusations of genocide at top UN court

12 december 2019 - 07:53:48
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Myanmar will have “no tolerance” for human rights abuses committed in Rakhine state and will [...] Full text...

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Hearings begin in Gambia’s genocide case against Myanmar on Tuesday

10 december 2019 - 07:54:15
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) genocide hearings will include the first response by Myanmar [...] Full text...

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First hearings of Gambia’s case against Myanmar to open on Tuesday

06 december 2019 - 09:34:58
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will hold its first hearings on Gambia’s [...] Full text...

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Gambia's Justice Minister heads Myanmar Genocide legal team at ICJ

11 november 2019 - 16:52:42
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's legal team in the case for Rohingya people, a Muslim minority, against Myanmar, before the [...] Full text...

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Gambia's genocide case against Myanmar at ICJ filed on Monday

11 november 2019 - 16:42:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the Genocide Convention,  filed [...] Full text...

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Gambia to file case on genocide against Myanmar at ICJ

20 october 2019 - 13:18:54
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, revealed at a conclave on Justice and [...] Full text...

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Gambian gov’t approves OIC proposal to lead legal action against Myanmar at ICJ

06 july 2019 - 12:36:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian cabinet has approved a proposal of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for the [...] Full text...

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One migrant child reported dead or missing every day, UN calls for more protection

29 june 2019 - 05:33:26
New York, US (PANA) - Around 1,600 children were reported dead or missing between 2014 and 2018 – an average [...] Full text...

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UN women’s rights committee to review three African countries

14 february 2019 - 14:29:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Thursday announced its meeting [...] Full text...

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Ahead of key UN-backed Marrakech migration conference, youth recount harrowing journeys

09 december 2018 - 07:14:34
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Paving the way to the key UN migration conference in Marrakech, Morocco, which it is hoped [...] Full text...

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‘Complacency is still strong’ over stopping genocide, says top UN adviser

07 december 2018 - 21:18:42
New York, US (PANA) - The current rise in hate speech, racial tensions and identity-based violence is alarming, the UN [...] Full text...

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Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty International's highest honour

13 november 2018 - 10:12:15
London, UK (PANA) - Amnesty International has withdrawn its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Aung San Suu [...] Full text...

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More countries partner to target ‘zero hunger’ in global south

03 november 2018 - 04:05:10
Changsha, China (PANA) - More than 20 countries committed to a new declaration on agricultural and rural development on Friday, [...] Full text...

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UNGA meeting spotlights the ‘press behind bars’

29 september 2018 - 11:07:11
New York, US (PANA) - Regularly threatened, attacked and killed, journalists are also being imprisoned in record numbers around the [...] Full text...

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‘Our future rests in solidarity,’ commitment to rules-based order, UN chief tells world leaders

25 september 2018 - 19:35:05
New York, US (PANA) - Facing a world where trust – trust in national institutions, trust among States and trust [...] Full text...

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Scourge of genocide remains a ‘threat and a reality’ today: UN human rights chief

14 september 2018 - 06:46:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Genocide remains a “threat and a reality” in the 21st century, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch 'deeply saddened' by passing of Kofi Annan

20 august 2018 - 02:19:05
New York, US (PANA) - Human Rights Watch says it is deeply saddened by the passing of former United Nations [...] Full text...

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UNICEF says 2017 was a record year for procurement of emergency supplies for children

28 june 2018 - 06:20:46
News York, US (PANA) - As famine, droughts, conflict and malnutrition threatened the survival of millions in 2017, the [...] Full text...

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Nearly three million more displaced year-on-year, warns refugee agency chief

19 june 2018 - 07:01:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people forced to flee their homes last year rose by nearly three million [...] Full text...

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UN humanitarian coordinators ‘stepped up to the challenge’ of complex emergencies: 2017 report

12 june 2018 - 06:26:20
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations office that coordinates the global institution’s humanitarian work, successfully tackled the four [...] Full text...

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UN chief reflects on 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

14 april 2018 - 06:36:16
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world to reflect on the suffering [...] Full text...

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UN calls for 'sharper action' to prevent mass atrocities on anniversary of Rwandan genocide

07 april 2018 - 04:41:57
New York, US (PANA) - As the world officially remembers the genocidal murder of 800,000 Rwandans in 1994, United Nations [...] Full text...

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Promote tolerance, respect diversity - UN chief

21 march 2018 - 05:38:59
New York, US (PANA) - People worldwide are being encouraged by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to think about how [...] Full text...

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Rise in racism, xenophobia is alarming, warn UN rights experts

20 march 2018 - 19:41:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN and regional human rights experts have urged States, civil society organisations and activists to step [...] Full text...

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Rights group says state-sponsored hate spurs new era of social activism

22 february 2018 - 07:12:06
Washington, D.C., (PANA) - The world is reaping the terrifying consequences of hate-filled rhetoric that threatens to normalise massive discrimination [...] Full text...

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UN chief outlines priorities for action in 2018

16 january 2018 - 19:52:17
New York, US (PANA) – Having taken office with a call for peace to be the watchword of 2017, United [...] Full text...

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Children under attack at shocking scale in conflicts around the world, says UNICEF

28 december 2017 - 04:57:49
New York, USA (PANA) – Children in conflict zones around the world have come under attack at a shocking scale [...] Full text...

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New UN centre boosts use of real-time data to better respond to humanitarian crises

22 december 2017 - 17:52:52
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – With more than 135 million crisis-affected people across the globe in need of humanitarian assistance, [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for US$1 billion in donor contributions to emergency response fund

09 december 2017 - 04:17:03
New York, USA (PANA) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday called for US$1 billion in donor contributions to [...] Full text...

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'Failure to broker peace' hinders solutions to displacement, says UN refugee chief

02 november 2017 - 19:49:13
New York, US (PANA) – The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Thursday urged global leaders to find [...] Full text...

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Continued instability likely to force more South Sudanese to seek safety elsewhere - UNHCR

22 october 2017 - 04:27:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) — UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and humanitarian agencies are warning that without an imminent resolution in [...] Full text...

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US: African leaders at UN call for more support to fight terrorism in sub-Saharan Sahel

22 september 2017 - 07:53:09
New York, US (ANA) – Highlighting the dangers posed by terrorism in Africa’s sub-Saharan Sahel region, African leaders mounted the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sudan to send humanitarian aid to Rohingya

16 september 2017 - 12:17:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan says it is sending humanitarian assistance to Rohinghya Muslim minority in Myanmar, following public outcry [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tutu urges Suu Kyi to address Myanmar crisis

08 september 2017 - 09:50:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has called on Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi to [...] Full text...

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US: DPRK's nuclear risk 'most dangerous crisis we face today,' warns Guterres

06 september 2017 - 05:45:14
New York, US (PANA) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has “unequivocally” condemned the latest nuclear and missile tests by [...] Full text...

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UN: UN urges stronger action to protect millions from human trafficking

29 july 2016 - 19:25:51
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said the international community must do more to end [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief tasks member states on priorities in 2016

14 january 2016 - 19:15:18
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday stressed the need for UN member states to get their [...] Full text...

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UN: UN human rights chief urges action to bolster protections, end abuses

15 june 2015 - 19:25:11
New York, US (PANA) - Although 70 years of work by the UN has helped build a formidable system of [...] Full text...

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Libya condemns massacre of Moslems in Burma

27 july 2012 - 20:39:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan government on Thursday strongly denounced the massacres perpetrated on Moslems in Myanmar, Burma, as [...] Full text...

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