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Rghts experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners
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UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Friday said they were “deeply disturbed” by reports of the systematic recruitment of prisoners across Russia by the private military contractor known as the Wagner Group, which is playing a major role in the fighting in Ukraine.
First Person: Vulnerable Ukrainian farmers plough a self-sufficient furrow
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After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ramped up its support for vulnerable workers in the Ukrainian agricultural sector, particularly smallholder farmers.
Ukraine: IAEA chief slams ‘complacency’ over stricken Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant
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Amid the biggest reported missile attack on Ukraine in weeks, the UN’s atomic energy agency, IAEA, said on Thursday that Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant had to switch to backup generators once again, after losing all power.
Envoy ‘deeply disturbed’ by mounting violence between Israelis and Palestinians
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In response to the latest violent unrest in the West Bank, the UN Middle East envoy has underlined the need for Israelis and Palestinians to exercise restraint to avoid further escalation.
Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women, Security Council hears
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Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the “most repressive country in the world [for] women’s rights”, the senior UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday, while nevertheless voicing a nuanced position on the importance of continuing to engage with the group.
In Ukraine, Guterres pledges to keep seeking ‘solutions and a just peace’
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Speaking in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Wednesday, the Secretary-General assured President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United Nations “will continue to seek solutions and a just peace for the people of Ukraine, and the world.”
‘Radical change of direction’ needed in women, peace and security agenda
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New goals and effective plans on women’s involvement in peacebuilding are needed before it is too late, the head of the UN agency leading global efforts to achieve gender equality warned the Security Council on Tuesday.
DR Congo: Guterres urges M23 rebels to respect Tuesday ceasefire agreement
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The UN Secretary-General has urged leaders of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to respect a ceasefire agreement due to come into effect on Tuesday.
South Sudan faces ‘make or break’ year on road to lasting peace
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South Sudan sits at a critical crossroad, with swift action needed to quell chronic intercommunal clashes, ramp up assistance to ever more communities in need, and advance progress towards a durable peace, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Monday.
Eritrea: human rights situation remains dire amid complete impunity
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The human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire against of backdrop of “complete” impunity for State security and defence forces, the UN’s deputy human rights chief said on Monday.
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