Majority of UN humanitarian personnel will remain to provide ‘vital assistance to millions most in need’
UN
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HUMAN RIGHTS
UN Human Rights Council calls special session after Taliban seizes Afghan capital
by ANKASAM EkipSpecial Aug. 24 meeting to discuss ‘serious human rights concerns and situation in Afghanistan’
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UN refugee agency makes call due to rapid security, human rights deterioration in Afghanistan as Taliban takes control.
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700 international, 3,000 local UN workers in Afghanistan must also be protected, says spokesperson.
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SOUTH ASIA
Unacceptable to let ‘terrorist organization’ overrun Afghanistan: UN experts
by ANKASAM EkipExperts say Taliban listed as terror group by UN, call for sanctions, action to prevent ‘slaughter of civilians’
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HUMAN RIGHTS
Rights watchdog calls for UN probe into enforced disappearances in Bangladesh
by ANKASAM EkipNearly 600 people have been forcibly disappeared by security forces since 2009, 86 victims still missing, says new study
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SOUTH ASIA
UN chief urges global community to ensure Afghanistan does not become terror safe haven
by Sami BurgazAntonio Guterres says international community must unite to ‘guarantee that basic human rights will be respected’.
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SOUTH ASIA
UN Security Council urges halt to violence, talks to end Afghan power vacuum
by Sami BurgazCouncil urges ‘establishment, through inclusive negotiations, of a new government that is united, inclusive’.
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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.
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UN humanitarian agency closely monitoring situation in Afghanistan, says official