UN Human Rights Council calls special session after Taliban seizes Afghan capital
Special Aug. 24 meeting to discuss ‘serious human rights concerns and situation in Afghanistan’
Special Aug. 24 meeting to discuss ‘serious human rights concerns and situation in Afghanistan’
UN refugee agency makes call due to rapid security, human rights deterioration in Afghanistan as Taliban takes control.
700 international, 3,000 local UN workers in Afghanistan must also be protected, says spokesperson.
Experts say Taliban listed as terror group by UN, call for sanctions, action to prevent ‘slaughter of civilians’
Nearly 600 people have been forcibly disappeared by security forces since 2009, 86 victims still missing, says new study
Antonio Guterres says international community must unite to ‘guarantee that basic human rights will be respected’.
Council urges ‘establishment, through inclusive negotiations, of a new government that is united, inclusive’.
The 19th and 20th Chinese peacekeeping forces to Lebanon held a ceremony of force command handover on August 13 local time at the peacekeeping camp in the port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon.
UN humanitarian agency closely monitoring situation in Afghanistan, says official
Antonio Guterres says ‘all abuses must stop,’ emphasizing importance of ‘hard-won rights’ for women and girls