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March 29, 2021

Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup

Mourners fled the shooting at a service for 20-year-old student Thae Maung Maung in Bago near the commercial capital Yangon and there were no immediate reports of casualties, three people in the town told Reuters.

February 25, 2021
India heeds UN call, rescue misson on to save adrift Rohingya refugees

The boat was believed to have left Bangladesh two weeks ago and then broken down at sea, with the UN and rights groups reporting many of the about 90 refugees on board now suffering acute dehydration.
February 24, 2021
US seeks to return to UN human rights body

Under former President Donald Trump, the United States quit the council in June 2018 but the Biden government returned as an observer earlier this month.
February 22, 2021
Rohingya vessel in Indian waters, UNHCR calls for 'immediate' rescue

Hundreds of thousands of mostly Muslim Rohingyas have been living in refugee camps in Bangladesh since they were forced out of Myanmar in a brutal military crackdown in 2017.
February 13, 2021
Indian-origin employee at UN announces her candidacy for its Secretary-General

For 75 years, the UN has not fulfilled its promise to the world - refugees haven't been protected, humanitarian aid has been minimal, and technology and innovation has been on the back-burner. We deserve a UN that leads progress, Arora said.
January 14, 2021
Lack of aid for Tigray a concern for Humanitarians: UN

The hundreds of thousands of people who have not received assistance are mainly in areas outside the cities it reached in the two and a half months since the conflict began.
December 13, 2020
UN chief urges leaders of every country to declare 'climate emergency'

With the impacts of climate change increasingly stark since the Paris deal was struck - ranging from wildfires in Australia and California to collapsing ice sheets - popular pressure has grown on leaders to listen to warnings from scientists.

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Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup

India heeds UN call, rescue misson on to save adrift Rohingya refugees

US seeks to return to UN human rights body

Rohingya vessel in Indian waters, UNHCR calls for 'immediate' rescue

Indian-origin employee at UN announces her candidacy for its Secretary-General

Lack of aid for Tigray a concern for Humanitarians: UN

UN chief urges leaders of every country to declare 'climate emergency'

People have a right to demonstrate peacefully: UN spokesperson on farmers' protest in India

Women at risk as millions in four nations face famine

India calls Security Council to flag groups inflicting violence upon women