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    Reports of Sexual Violence in Ukraine Rising Fast, UN Security Council Told

    Protection challenges facing the nearly 6.8 million people who have fled the country are unprecedented. As of 3 June, the Human Rights Monitoring Team...
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    Accountability

    Elections: A Global Ranking Rates US Weakest Among Liberal Democracies

    Our new research report provides a global assessment of the quality of national elections around the world from 2012-21, based on nearly 500 elections across...
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    UN System, Too Complex and Fragmented, is in Urgent Need of Reform

    Short of a complete overhaul that would revolutionize its governance and shut down many of its operations around the world, including the merging of...
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    Collateral Damage? At Least Two Kids Killed Daily in Ukraine

    At least two children have been killed every day with many more injured in nearly 100 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, says UNICEF. It...
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    Afghanistan

    Protests in Peshawar as Afghan Musicians Are Sent To Prison for Overstaying

    The Taliban's intolerance for music has found an able partner in the Peshawar police that has rounded up where four musicians on charges of...
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    Accountability

    UN “Deeply Troubled” by Impending Cuts on Development Aid by Rich Nations

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern, over the fall in Overseas Development Assistance (ODA), at a meeting of the UN Chief Executives Board, which brought...
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    Accountability

    A Tale of Two Genocide Cases: International Justice in Ukraine And Myanmar

    The way Russia and Myanmar have responded to the cases reveals much about the strengths and limits of international justice mechanisms in addressing global...
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    Child Rights

    Reclaiming Our Future

    As ESCAP celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, we find ourselves facing our biggest shared test on the back of cascading and overlapping impacts...
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    Warning Signs Overlooked Before Nepal Glacier Collapse Trapped Thousands

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