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Seven years of war in Syria has left ‘colossal human tragedy’ in its wake – UN refugee chief

9 March 2018

Humanitarian Aid

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On International Women’s Day, UN celebrates the power of activism to bring change for ‘sisterhood of humanity’

8 March 2018

Women

Fighting prevents UN and aid partners from returning to Syria’s war-battered east Ghouta

8 March 2018

Humanitarian Aid

Continuing fighting forced the postponement on Thursday of a United Nations inter-agency relief convoy to Douma, a neighborhood in Syria’s war-ravaged Eastern Ghouta, a UN spokesman reported.

There must be justice for victims of crimes in Syria, says head of UN body building cases for prosecution

18 April 2018

Peace and Security

Those who committed the most serious crimes in Syria must be identified, and criminal case files must be built as the basis for prosecutions, the head of a United Nations body assisting these efforts said Wednesday.

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UN chief urges completion of planned aid delivery to Douma in Syria’s east Ghouta

7 March 2018

Humanitarian Aid

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on parties to the conflict in Syria to allow a humanitarian convoy to complete the delivery of supplies to Douma in eastern Ghouta planned for Thursday.

International Women’s Day: The ‘time is now’ to transform global push for women’s rights into action – UN

7 March 2018

Women

Over half a billion ‘uncounted’ children live in countries unable to measure their development progress – UNICEF

6 March 2018

SDGs

Latest data on development progress for children reveals that more than half a billion live in countries where the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are “quickly falling out of reach,” the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday.

‘No other conclusion,’ ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas in Myanmar continues – senior UN rights official

6 March 2018

Human Rights