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UN News Today 18 December 2024

  • UN negotiator leaves Damascus, describes ‘a lot of hope’ for a new Syria
  • Winter rains and aid convoy obstacles worsen ordeal for one million Gazans
  • 87 children among those arbitrarily detained in South Sudan: OHCHR, UNSMISS
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UN News Today 17 December 2024

  • Syria: ‘key priority’ must be preserving evidence of crimes, say UN investigators
  • Avian flu has been reported in 108 countries across five continents: UN health officials 
  • Sudan: UN aid teams deliver emergency food relief to more than 800,000 people facing famine
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UN News Today 13 December 2024

  • Gaza: Civilian suffering has become “sickeningly normalised”, UNRWA warns
  • Syria’s de facto authorities offer constructive support to UNHCR’s work there
  • Rights experts condemn growing “pattern of repression” against protests in Georgia
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UN News Today 11 December 2024

  • The UN is “totally committed” to supporting a smooth transition of power to a new Government in Syria, says Guterres
  • Poverty, war and climate change are fuelling a rise in human trafficking victims: UNODC
  • DR Congo: it’s high time an effective torture prevention mechanism was in place to end “inhuman prison conditions”
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