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Protect all those fleeing Myanmar, UN offices urge regional countries
The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) have called on Myanmar’s neighbouring countries to…
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Myanmar: ‘Significant action’ needed by Security Council to prevent ‘bloodbath’
Widespread, systemic attacks on civilians in Myanmar orchestrated by leaders of the military coup, demand a “firm, unified and resolute…
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Myanmar: Top UN officials condemn military’s ‘shameful, cowardly’ attacks on peaceful protesters
Two senior UN officials denounced on Sunday, “systematic” attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Myanmar and flagged that the international community…
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Myanmar: UN chief condemns killing of civilians during brutal crackdown on protestors
The UN chief condemned in the strongest terms, the killing of dozens of civilians, including children and young people, by…
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Myanmar army putting country’s future at risk, UN Special Envoy warns
The military in Myanmar has turned on citizens and is putting the nation’s future at risk, the UN Special Envoy…
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Myanmar: UN expert calls for emergency summit, warns conditions ‘likely to get much worse’
The independent UN Special Rapporteur investigating human rights in Myanmar has called on the international community to hold an “emergency”…
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Scores of schools ‘reportedly occupied’ by security forces in Myanmar, as Guterres condemns continuing brutality
Security forces in Myanmar have reportedly occupied more than 60 schools and university campuses across the country, marking a further…
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Scores of schools ‘reportedly occupied’ by security forces in Myanmar: UNICEF
Security forces in Myanmar have reportedly occupied more than 60 schools and university campuses across the country, marking a further…
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UN envoy continues efforts to access Myanmar, amidst increasingly brutal crackdown
The UN Special Envoy for Myanmar continues her work towards engaging with officials in the country nearly two months after…
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UN agency raises alarm over rising food and fuel prices in Myanmar
Rising food and fuel prices present a looming threat to the poorest and most vulnerable communities in Myanmar, as supply…
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