Asia Pacific
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First Person: ‘Bridge the gap between indigenous youth and the world’
Nadya Zafira, an international relations student at Indonesia’s Gadjah Mada University, won a writing competition for her letter to UN…
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Afghanistan’s farmers, herders desperate for seed, food and cash
“Catastrophic and famine-like conditions” hang over Afghanistan’s farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter,…
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Interview: On brink of humanitarian crisis, there’s ‘no childhood’ in Afghanistan
For over 70 years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has had a presence across Afghanistan – even as the Taliban secured power…
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Anxiety in Afghanistan as Taliban struggles for legitimacy
Despite a crisis of trust both within the country and abroad, three months after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan,…
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Conviction of US journalist symbolic of media repression in Myanmar: UN rights chief
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday urged authorities in Myanmar to immediately release all journalists who have…
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Security Council appeals for end to violence in Myanmar
The UN Security Council has called for an immediate cessation of violence across Myanmar, and efforts to ensure the safety…
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Yemen: UN Special Envoy calls for urgent end to fighting, as humanitarian needs escalate
Ahead of Thursday’s Security Council meeting behind closed doors on Yemen, the UN Special Envoy, Hans Grundberg, said that a UN-led political process could still be part of a sustainable solution…
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Climate change increasing threats in southwest Pacific: WMO report
From rising sea temperatures, to deadly and devastating storms and floods, climate change is increasing threats in the southwest Pacific,…
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Myanmar: 3 million in need of humanitarian aid, ‘world is watching’ UN relief chief warns generals
Growing conflict, insecurity, COVID-19, and a failing economy, has rendered some three million Burmese in in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance across Myanmar, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said…
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Rights experts urge Singapore to halt execution of man with mental disability
A group of UN human rights experts appealed on Monday for Singapore to halt the execution of a Malaysian man who has intellectual disabilities. Nagaenthran…
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