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Israel's annexation plans 'illegal': UN rights chief
AFP, Published on 29/06/2020
» GENEVA - Israel's aim to annex parts of the occupied West Bank is clearly "illegal", the UN's human rights chief said on Monday, warning that the consequences could be "disastrous".
UN chief warns against 'new Cold War'
AFP, Published on 22/09/2020
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the world to prevent a Cold War between the United States and China and halt conflicts so it can focus on the Covid-19 pandemic.
UN 'deeply troubled' by lese majeste charges
Published on 18/12/2020
» The UN human rights body expressed alarm on Friday over Thailand’s detentions of democracy activists, including a minor aged 16 years, under the lese majeste law.
UN: Not yet safe for Rohingya return
Associated Press, Published on 26/01/2018
» KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh: Attacks on Rohingya Muslims appear to be continuing in Myanmar and it is not yet safe for the hundreds of thousands living in refugee camps in Bangladesh to begin returning home, a senior United Nations official said.
UN: N.Korea earned $200m from banned exports
Reuters, Published on 03/02/2018
» UNITED NATIONS: North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity exports, according to a confidential report by independent UN monitors, which also accused Pyongyang of supplying weapons to Syria and Myanmar.
UN: Rohingya crisis could endanger regional security
Associated Press, Published on 05/02/2018
» JAKARTA: The UN's human rights chief has warned that Myanmar's persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority has the potential to spark regional conflict.
'Ethnic cleansing' of Myanmar's Rohingya continues: UN
AFP, Published on 06/03/2018
» YANGON - Myanmar is continuing its "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya with a "campaign of terror and forced starvation" in Rakhine state, a UN human rights envoy said on Tuesday, six months after a military crackdown sparked a mass exodus of the Muslim minority.
UN: Rohingya atrocities 'bear hallmarks of genocide'
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» GENEVA: A top UN rights expert claimed Monday that the crackdown on Myanmar's Rohingya minority bears "the hallmarks of genocide" and insisted the government should be held accountable.
UN reports mass rights abuses in Turkey
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» GENEVA - Turkey's state of emergency has sparked human rights abuses against "hundreds of thousands of people", including killings and torture, the UN warned Tuesday in a report slammed by Ankara as "biased" and "unacceptable".
Thais to host Asean, UN think tank
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 31/03/2018
» Thailand is to open a new centre to help coordinate sustainable development efforts between Asean and the UN, according to Suriya Chingawongse, director-general of the Department of Asean Affairs.