UN investigative team hands over key ISIL crime data to Iraq

UN investigative team hands over key ISIL crime data to Iraq

Thus far, some 28 terabytes (TB) of data have been transferred, representing a majority of the 40TB held by UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD). Briefing ambassadors at the Security Council, UNITAD acting head Ana Peyró Llopis said she has regularly engaged with Iraqi officials, notably the judiciary, survivors…

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Refugee Olympic Team to send message of hope at Paris Games

Refugee Olympic Team to send message of hope at Paris Games

The 36 athletes were announced on Thursday by the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, during a live-streamed ceremony from Lausanne, Switzerland.  They come from 11 countries and will compete across 12 sports.  Resilience and excellence  “With your participation in the Olympic Games, you will demonstrate the human potential of resilience and…

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Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger

Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger

The UN’s top aid official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jamie McGoldrick, reached Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia on Thursday, where children with the most severe and life-threatening hunger are being treated at a new World Health Organization (WHO)-supported specialised feeding facility. “Without swift treatment, these children are at imminent risk of death,” UN…

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Iraq: UN team issues latest report on terrorist atrocities

Iraq: UN team issues latest report on terrorist atrocities

Christian Ritscher, head of the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh – otherwise known as the Islamic State group or ISIL – outlined to ambassadors in the Security Council on Monday a comprehensive assessment detailing heinous crimes of sexual violence perpetrated by ISIL fighters during their reign. The report was…

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Libya floods: UN providing aid as disaster response team deploys

Libya floods: UN providing aid as disaster response team deploys

More than 5,000 people have reportedly died, many of them residents of Derna, which was struck by a torrent of water from two dams which burst, sweeping away whole neighbourhoods of the port city.  “Search and rescue operations are actively underway, led by national agencies, military, the Libyan Red Crescent and local volunteers”, said a statement…

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Sudden death of 54 people in Uttar Pradesh hospital, heat wave not the reason, investigation team

Sudden death of 54 people in Uttar Pradesh hospital, heat wave not the reason, investigation team

There has been an increase in sudden deaths in a hospital in Ballia in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is reported that patients were brought to the hospital with fever, difficulty in breathing and other problems and 54 people died within 72 hours, after which the hospital administration alerted the staff. Officials say…

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ISIL terror threat still high and increasing in conflict zones, Security Council hears

UN investigative team outlines findings around ISIL chemical weapons use

Senior officials with the UN Investigative Team promoting accountability for ISIL crimes, UNITAD, presented some of their findings to Member States meeting at UN Headquarters in New York.  For the past five years, UNITAD has been gathering evidence of crimes committed during ISIL’s self-proclaimed caliphate from June 2014 to December 2017, which could be used…

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Congratulations to your Taliban team for their victory against Pakistan

Congratulations to your Taliban team for their victory against Pakistan

File photo Taliban officials have congratulated the Afghan cricket team for winning the T20 International series against Pakistan for the first time. In this regard, Sohail Shaheen, the permanent representative of Afghanistan in the United Nations and the head of the Taliban Qatar office, has issued a statement on the social media website Twitter. In…

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