UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali

16 may 2025 - 20:23:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...]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 - 20:20:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...]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 - 19:05:25
Geneva, 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 - 18:21:10
Gaza 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 - 12:42:10
Gaza 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 - 08:55:19
Geneva, 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 - 17:44:37
Gaza 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 - 08:05:12
Port 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 - 12:59:16
Geneva, 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 - 20:31:58
New 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 - 14:14:55
Geneva, 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 - 15:44:31
New 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 - 17:14:40
Geneva, 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 - 09:16:56
New 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 - 08:32:48
Geneva, 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 - 08:06:45
Geneva, 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 - 19:21:54
Geneva, 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 - 08:25:57
Geneva, 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 - 08:27:24
Geneva, 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 - 20:01:37
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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Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities

11 march 2025 - 15:54:15
New 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 - 11:32:28
Geneva, 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 - 20:44:25
New 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 - 19:19:49
New 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 - 07:33:04
Geneva, 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 - 07:30:01
Geneva, 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 - 20:22:21
Geneva, 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 - 06:18:34
Geneva, 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 - 21:24:29
New 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 - 16:29:30
Geneva, 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 - 12:02:33
Geneva, 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 - 16:29:31
Geneva, 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 - 15:43:25
Geneva, 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 - 17:51:41
Geneva, 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 - 15:32:29
Geneva, 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 - 07:41:51
New 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 - 05:59:57
Geneva, 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 - 22:12:47
Port 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 - 20:33:28
New 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 - 05:26:30
Geneva, 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 - 06:48:00
Geneva, 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 - 05:16:32
Geneva, 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 - 21:44:11
Geneva, 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 - 19:48:06
Geneva, 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 - 05:30:11
Geneva, 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 - 05:55:53
London, 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 - 06:49:08
Geneva, 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 - 08:06:14
New 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 - 12:51:48
Geneva, 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 - 06:55:20
Geneva, 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 - 05:06:18
Juba, 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 - 05:17:53
New 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 - 05:50:36
Geneva, 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 - 05:10:40
Warsaw, 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 - 06:06:33
Geneva, 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 - 06:10:39
Khartoum, 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 - 07:34:27
Geneva, 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 - 05:44:48
New 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 - 04:38:21
Geneva, 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 - 05:12:09
Geneva, 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 - 05:38:41
Geneva, 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 - 05:55:09
Geneva, 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 - 04:26:49
Geneva, 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 - 15:07:32
Geneva, 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 - 16:40:57
Geneva, 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 - 06:56:10
Yaoundé, 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 - 18:12:46
Geneva, 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 - 06:08:11
New 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 - 17:09:17
Geneva, 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 - 12:39:23
Geneva, 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 - 18:39:06
Geneva, 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 - 05:45:04
New 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 - 22:44:23
Geneva, 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 - 14:15:31
Geneva, 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 - 05:43:58
Geneva, 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 - 15:17:19
Geneva, 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 - 15:06:31
Geneva, 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 - 17:32:56
Geneva, 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 - 10:41:20
Geneva, 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 - 12:38:22
Khartoum, 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 - 12:23:57
Geneva, 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 - 06:15:31
New 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 - 05:31:43
Kinshasa, 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 - 07:01:32
Geneva, 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 - 18:00:49
Geneva, 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 - 16:51:18
Dubai, 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 - 13:55:37
Cairo, 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 - 17:28:59
Geneva, 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 - 07:44:06
Cairo, 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 - 07:06:54
Geneva, 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 - 06:16:42
Vienna 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 - 18:48:05
Ouagadougou, 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 - 14:13:56
Tripoli, 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 - 06:15:24
Geneva, 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 - 05:21:14
New 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 - 14:29:33
Bamako, 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 - 04:53:08
Geneva, 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 - 15:24:00
Tripoli, 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 - 05:22:57
Khartoum, 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 - 19:21:59
Ouagadougou, 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 - 06:18:23
New 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 - 05:59:38
New 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 - 09:42:45
Addis 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 - 05:50:21
Geneva, 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 - 06:46:09
Dar 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 - 11:17:38
Geneva, 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 - 06:50:47
Jerusalem, 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 - 20:48:04
Jerusalem, 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 - 16:23:10
New 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 - 18:23:52
Addis 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 - 19:06:09
Rabat, 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 - 22:36:38
Geneva, 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 - 10:00:35
Nairobi, 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 - 16:37:19
Geneva, 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 - 05:49:28
New 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 - 15:57:04
New 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 - 06:07:06
Geneva, 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 - 21:49:17
New 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 - 19:12:26
New 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 - 16:00:56
New 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 - 17:27:44
New 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 - 14:25:10
New 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 - 18:12:16
Addis 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 - 21:52:52
New 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 - 15:35:00
New 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 - 16:00:38
New 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 - 15:18:12
New 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 - 15:53:21
New 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 - 15:59:11
New 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 - 15:40:56
New 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 - 19:56:13
New 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 - 18:16:40
New 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 - 14:47:10
New 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 - 05:54:54
Maiduguri, 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 - 05:25:30
New 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 - 13:37:09
New 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 - 23:04:54
New 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 - 20:05:46
New 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 - 15:48:10
Dar 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 - 15:58:09
Tripoli, 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 - 13:43:20
Tripoli, 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 - 16:39:28
Dar 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 - 07:07:32
Dar 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 - 13:38:59
Blantyre, 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 - 18:35:00
Luanda- 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 - 22:01:00
Tripoli- 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 - 18:23:00
Banjul- 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 - 16:22:00
Dakar- 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 - 18:49:00
Paris- 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 - 16:39:00
Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Commercial exchanges between Algeria and Turkey amount ed to US$ 3. 692 billion during the first [...] Full text...

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