Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’

Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’

Close to nine million people need humanitarian assistance and reports suggest that some 4000 people have been targeted and killed because of their ethnicity. There are now concerns that Darfur is returning to the years of brutal fighting and increasing atrocities last witnessed two decades ago that left some 300,000 people dead and millions of…

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Order to continue the investigation into the death of civilians in Skarund Mari Jalbani

Order to continue the investigation into the death of civilians in Skarund Mari Jalbani

Karachi: The Sindh High Court has ordered to continue the investigation into the death of civilians in Skarund Mari Jalbani. The High Court ordered the continuation of the investigation by restraining the concerned Magistrate from making a decision on the C-class report of the police on the request regarding the judicial investigation and the arrest…

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Stories from the UN Archive: Kissing trees and protecting the natural world

Stories from the UN Archive: Kissing trees and protecting the natural world

On the heels of the International Day of Neutrality, marked annually on 12 December, we took a look at Ms. Goodall’s contributions as a Messenger of Peace. Launched in 1997, the UN Messengers of Peace programme has designated more than a dozen influential individuals, including Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and superstar Stevie Wonder….

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