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September 6, 2018

UN to launch new progress report on achieving Zero Hunger

On 11 September 2018, the new edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World will be launched by five UN agencies.
September 4, 2018

UN calls for release of journalists imprisoned in Myanmar

The UN's top human rights official has called for the immediate and unconditional release of two journalists in Myanmar who have been improsoned for their coverage of a massacre carried out by the military.
September 4, 2018

UN human rights expert says Facebook’s ‘terrorism’ definition too broad

An independent expert appointed by the UN has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to express concerns about the company’s overly broad definition of terrorism and the apparent lack of a comprehensive human rights-based approach to the policies governing access and use of its platform.
September 1, 2018

Pakistan PM pledges to revive campaign for global blasphemy laws

Imran Khan has vowed to revive a campaign to impose global blasphemy laws at the UN.
August 30, 2018

UN calls for urgent action on searching for victims of forced disappearance

Search and investigation are international law obligations not an option, say UN experts on enforced disappearances
August 29, 2018

Myanmar military leaders must face genocide charges, say UN investigators

Top military commanders in Myanmar should be investigated and prosecuted for the “gravest” crimes against civilians under international law, including genocide, say United Nations-appointed investigators.
August 28, 2018

UN warns of 'collapse of critical life-saving services' in Gaza

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory has warned of the “collapse of critical life-saving services” in Gaza as UN emergency fuel runs out.
August 27, 2018

Botswana minorities need boost in education and health care, says UN expert

Botswana must step up efforts to recognise and protect the rights of minorities in relation to public services, land and resource use and the use of minority languages in education and other critical areas, says the UN Special Rapporteur on Minorities.
August 26, 2018

ISIL now a covert global network despite significant losses, says UN

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) has morphed from a regional group into a covert global network, the head of United Nations counter-terrorism has told the Security Council.
August 25, 2018

Burundian refugee returns 'must be voluntary and sustainable'

Tanzania hosts more than 250,000 refugees from Burundi, most of whom fled following political upheaval there in 2015.