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Law and Crime Prevention
Darfur: ICC Prosecutor urges immediate action to address atrocities
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday called on the UN Security Council to act decisively to…
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Europe
New year sees uptick and expansion of fighting on Ukraine’s frontlines
The recent holiday and New Year season brought no respite in Ukraine, but rather an escalation and even expansion of…
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Americas
Support for Haiti needed now ‘more than ever’, Security Council hears
Haiti is showing signs of progress on the political front despite serious setbacks in terms of security, the Special Representative…
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Americas
Colombia: Catatumbo killings highlight fragility of peace process
The recent deadly violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region has highlighted the ongoing challenges in consolidating peace, eight years after the…
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Humanitarian Aid
A decade of conflict: ‘Almost 40 million Yemenis have waited far too long’
The UN’s Special Envoy for Yemen and a top aid official briefed the Security Council on Wednesday warning of the…
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Asia Pacific
Tensions escalating over DPR Korea, political affairs chief warns Security Council
The UN’s top political affairs official on Wednesday expressed grave concern over rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, urging the…
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Africa
Staggering scale of Sudan crisis ‘demands sustained and urgent attention’
A senior UN humanitarian official on Thursday issued an urgent plea for international support to alleviate the devastating toll of…
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Peace and Security
Security and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loom
West Africa and the Sahel continue to grapple with a confluence of political, security and humanitarian crises as countries prepares…
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Europe
Ukraine: UNICEF chief urges greater protection for children ‘caught in this nightmare’
The plight of children impacted by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was the focus of debate in the UN Security…
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Middle East
Occupied Palestinian Territory: Security Council hears of ongoing violence, ‘relentless’ Israeli settlement expansion
The United Nations continues to voice major concern over hostilities and Israeli settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT),…
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