UN agencies say they expect to have enough emergency shelters set up soon to protect more than 12,000 refugees and migrants who were forced to flee their flaming camp
UN report documents violations in scores of incidents affecting tens of thousands of victims
UN officials say human rights-based policies in the time of COVID-19 will save lives and economies
Report says civilians are subject to continued disappearances and extra-judicial killings, arbitrary arrests, torture and deaths in custody
In requesting the debate, the European Union cited the steep deterioration of human rights in Belarus following the contested August 9 Presidential election
Council to discuss reports detailing summary executions, torture, arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances, sexual assault and other violations
Collaboration between countries more important than ever to prevent virus from spreading from DRC's Equateur province, WHO says
Thousands of vulnerable people, including children, pregnant women, elderly people and people with disabilities are sleeping in the open
The World Health Organization warns of an outbreak of water-borne and vector-borne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, malaria, and measles in the country
The UN human rights office says Cambodia's alleged measures mark a deepening of the government's intolerance toward dissent
The multi-billion-dollar arms trade that is fueling the war in Yemen has turned the country into the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe
Coalition plans to demand an end to China’s impunity at UN Human Rights Council, during council’s upcoming session next week
Refugees describe a traumatic ordeal after Indonesia allows them to disembark following a sea voyage of more than seven months adrift
Michelle Bachelet believes there is no doubt Russian agents used Soviet-era nerve agent against opposition leader
Universal Postal Union and International Civil Aviation Organization urge governments to provide postal, air cargo and express mail operators with money and flexibility necessary to meet challenges posed by pandemic
UNRWA is appealing for nearly $95 million to control the spread of the coronavirus among Palestinian refugees across the Middle East
Health officials are urging people to lower their expectations as the development of a safe, effective serum takes time and cannot be rushed
Almost one-quarter of the global population is estimated to have underlying conditions that increase vulnerability to COVID-19
More than 24,000 people have fled violent attacks and gross human rights atrocities in the past month
UN Development Program says chemical contamination and other toxic waste from explosion pose enormous environmental and health threats to Beirut residents
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