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• Russia: UN rights chief denounces outlawing of ‘the international LGBT movement’

  2023-11-30

  UN human rights chief Volker Türk has deplored the decision by Russia’s highest court to outlaw what it called “the international LGBT movement” and brand it as “extremist” - a move he feared could lead to gay and transgender rights groups there being banned outright. 

• From the Field: A destroyed Ukrainian village rebuilds

  2023-11-24

  On a sunny day, Ivan, a burly retired welder in his fifties, stood in front of his ruined house in Posad-Pokrovske, in the Kherson region of Ukraine.

• Ukraine: Civilian casualties mount as war enters second winter

  2023-11-21

  At least 10,000 civilians, including over 560 children, have been killed and more than 18,500 injured since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission there said on Tuesday.

• Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson

  2023-11-14

  The top UN humanitarian official in Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson on Monday. 

• Ukraine: Near-daily attacks deepen suffering

  2023-11-08

  The war in Ukraine, which has raged on for over 20 months, shows no signs of ending soon, leaving a trail of devastation and immense suffering in its wake, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.

• Russians not collectively to blame for Ukraine war: Human rights expert

  2023-11-07

  Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the human rights situation within Russia itself has deteriorated significantly. Mariana Katzarova, the first UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert on human rights in Russia, spoke about the worsening conditions in her report presented to the UN General Assembly last month in New York.

• Ukraine: UN condemns latest wave of Russian attacks

  2023-11-03

  Russia has bombarded more than 100 Ukrainian towns across nearly half of its regions in the past two days according to the Ukrainian Government, many near the frontlines.

• Amid Middle East crisis, ‘brutal and far-reaching’ war continues in Ukraine

  2023-10-31

  As the world’s attention focuses on the unfolding emergency in the Gaza Strip, a senior UN aid official on Tuesday urged the Security Council not to overlook the equally “brutal and far-reaching” crisis in Ukraine.

• Türkiye: Rebuilding lives in quake-affected communities

  2023-10-28

  The ancient city of Antakya, in Türkiye’s southeastern province of Hatay, was once a hub of history, culture and diversity. Today, it bears the scars of a series of catastrophic earthquakes that struck in February and an emergence of scattered signs of life.

• Kosovo: Dialogue and building trust, key to defusing tensions

  2023-10-23

  Recent developments in Kosovo highlight ongoing security challenges and political tensions in the region, highlighting the need for effective dialogue and cooperation, the UN envoy for Kosovo said on Monday.

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