16 December 2013 – The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sent attack helicopters and…
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16 December 2013 – The Central African Republic (CAR), wracked by conflict that has killed thousands of people and driven…
16 December 2013 – Voicing concern over the lack of a national action plan by the Bahamas to address trafficking…
Attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s restive northeast have killed more than 1,200 people since May, when a state of emergency was declared in the region, the United Nations said Monday. Nigeria placed the states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe…
16 December 2013 – Just over a month since Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, the United Nations and its partners…
13 December 2013 – Humanitarian and early recovery needs remain great in typhoon-hit Philippines, a senior United Nations official said…
12 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights chief today voiced her disappointment at the re-criminalization of consensual same-sex…
11 December 2013 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the release of 44 prisoners of conscience…
11 December 2013 – Voicing strong concern over widespread violence in Bangladesh that has left dozens of people dead since…
10 December 2013 – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay today called for an eleventh-hour stay of…