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Taliban · KabulThe Taliban's treatment of Afghan women and girls, including their exclusion from parks and gyms as well as schools and universities, may amount to a crime against humanity, a group of U.N. experts said on Friday.See the Story
Taliban's treatment of women may be crime against humanity: UN experts
Coverage: 38 sources
Protestors · TehranThe U.N. Rights Council voted on Thursday to appoint an independent investigation into Iran's deadly repression of protests, passing the motion to cheers of activists amid an intensifying crackdown in Kurdish areas over recent days.See the Story
U.N. rights council votes to probe Iran's ongoing crackdown
45% Left coverage: 29 sources
Europe · TehranThe UN's rights chief has demanded an end to the "unnecessary" use of force against protesters in Iran, at an urgent meeting of the Human Rights Council.See the Story
U.N. rights chief says full-fledged crisis underway in Iran
37% Center coverage: 22 sources
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United Nations · VenezuelaVenezuelan government representatives arrived in Mexico City on Friday to sign a "social agreement" with their political opponents. Talks between the two sides have been on ice for more than a year. Venezuela's government and opposition have asked the United Nations to manage several billions of dollars held in foreign banks.See the Story
Venezuela's frozen funds to be gradually released for humanitarian aid
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
United Nations · OmanThe Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MAFWR) currently has seven projects in cooperation with the private sector companies and the Green Climate Fund. The projects were revisited last week during the visit of Qu Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.See the Story
MAFWR and FAO implement 7 projects worth $2.3m in Oman
Education · PakistanThe United Nations estimates that more than than 3.5 million children have had their education disrupted.See the Story
First pandemic, now floods: Millions of dropouts raise fears of an education crisis in Pakistan
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
US & Canada · GermanyGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says situation presented a test of our courage. At least 426 people have been killed and more than more than 400 have been arrested. Iran's envoy blasts initiative as part of a politically motivated move of Germany to distort the situation.See the Story
Iran defiant as Germany leads push against recent crackdowns
75% Center coverage: 4 sources
Asia · IndiaIndia says its efforts to sanction perpetrators and facilitators of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks have been blocked in the past for political reasons. Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said terrorism continues to pose a "grave threat" to international peace and security. Her remarks came ahead of the 14th anniversary of the Mumbai attacks.See the Story
India’s efforts to sanction perpetrators of 26/11 attacks blocked for ‘political reasons’: UN envoy Ruchira Kamboj
50% Right coverage: 4 sources
United Nations · OkinawaRecognition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations has spread within the prefecture, and efforts by citizens and companies have also become active. The 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo SDGs special feature introduces domestic and overseas topics centered on Okinawa Prefecture, and citizens of the prefecture can feel free to participate...See the Story
Yonabaru Town is serious about zero CO2 emissions as Okinawa's first “leading decarbonization area” ＜SDGs from Okinawa＞
Climate ChangeThe United Nations considered China a developing nation in 1992, however, things have now changed as the country is now the world's second-largest economy. "China is the biggest annual emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gases," The Washington Post reported. However, the UN's classification for China has remained the same for the past thirty years.
According to diplomats from developed nations,See the Story
China unlikely to pay for climate change despite being 'biggest annual emitter of greenhouse gases': Report
100% Right coverage: 1 sources
Europe · KyivUkrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky on Wednesday told an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council that it must not be held “hostage” to Russia, pleading with its members to intervene to stop Moscow’s mass strikes against his people.
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Zelensky says UN must not be ‘hostage’ to ‘terrorist’ Russia
57% Center coverage: 7 sources
