UN agency for Palestinian refugees seeks $1.6bn in funding | Occupied East Jerusalem News
UNRWA says facing immense strain, calls for urgent funding to operate in 2023 amid ‘compounding challenges’. The UN agency for
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US designates Russian Wagner mercenary force a crime organisation | Conflict News
The United States has designated Russia’s Wagner mercenary group as a “transnational criminal organisation”, piling pressure on the private army
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United Nations expresses ‘concern’ over Guatemala investigations | Corruption News
The United Nations has issued a statement on Wednesday expressing “concern” after the Guatemala announced it would investigate a former
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Senior UN officials in Afghanistan to press for women’s rights | Taliban News
The delegation includes Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Sima Bahous, executive secretary of UN Women. Top United Nations officials visiting
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UN decries ‘alarming’ rise in Rohingya deaths at sea in 2022 | Rohingya News
More than 3,500 Rohingya refugees attempted sea crossing last year, fleeing their Myanmar homeland or Bangladesh. The UN has decried
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UN Security Council extends critical aid to northern Syria | United Nations News
Highest UN decision-making body votes unanimously to keep aid flowing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held Idlib region. The UN Security
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Mali’s military leader Goita pardons 49 Ivory Coast soldiers | United Nations News
The mass pardoning comes one week after Mali sentenced 46 of the jailed Ivorian soldiers to 20 years in prison.
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Ukraine will need $1.79bn to restore telecoms sector: UN report | Russia-Ukraine war News
Report from International Telecommunication Union reveals extent of damage done to Ukraine’s communication networks by Russia. Ukraine will need at
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UN internal report flags rebels flouting ceasefire in eastern DRC | Armed Groups News
There is uncertainty about the status of the conflict in parts of east DRC, although M23 rebels agreed to a
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UN Security Council stresses Al Aqsa status quo, takes no action | United Nations News
United Nation’s Security Council members voiced concern and stressed the need to maintain the status quo at the Al Aqsa
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