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UN News Today 19 September 2024

  • HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa choked by growing debt crisis: UNAIDS
  • Independent rights panel expressed deep concern at Palestinian children held by Israel
  • Russian attacks on Ukraine power stations set to push 500,000 people out of country 
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4'58"

UN News Today 17 September 2024

  • Venezuela: Rights probe points to ‘unprecedented’ repression of critics
  • At least 1,800 people have died in custody in Myanmar jails since coup, says OHCHR
  • UN aid teams warn of increasing challenges delivering relief in war-torn Ukraine
Audio Duration
4'40"

UN News Today 12 September 2024

  • UNICEF scales up protection for Congolese children amid mpox outbreak
  • Sudan’s cultural heritage under “unprecedented” threat from looting and destruction, warns UNESCO
  • Cambodia: Independent experts call for suspension of new Government-mandated journalism code
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4'24"

UN News Today 10 September 2024

  • The UN’s top envoy in the Middle East condemns a deadly strike inside Gaza’s humanitarian zone
  • War-torn Syria falls deeper into crisis, warn UN rights experts
  • Nicaragua’s people left “defenceless” in the face of grave rights violations
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5'
UN News

UN News Today 9 September 2024

  • Humanity at ‘fork in the road’ amid global crises: UN rights chief
  • UN expert concerned over worsening detention conditions for Palestinians in Israeli custody
  • UN chief urges global action to protect education
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4'49"
UN News

UN News Today 06 September 2024

  • Sudan war: Rights investigators demand arms embargo extension to end ‘rampant’ abuses
  • Flooding affects more than 710,000 people in South Sudan: OCHA
  • Middle East crisis: top UN envoy condemns latest West Bank killings 

 

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