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United Nations names independent expert on human rights for Haiti. He’s a familiar face

MIAMI — United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday designated William O’Neill as an expert on human rights in Haiti.

Miami Herald · Apr 13, 2023

US to Mali: End restrictions on UN peacekeepers, seek peace

The United States is warning Mali’s military government that it would be “irresponsible” for the United Nations to continue deploying its more than 15,000 peacekeepers unless it ends restrictions including on operating reconnaissance drones

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2023

Ukraine rejects Russian Wagner Bakhmut control claims

Ukrainian officials say the country's forces control more than the 20 per cent of Bakhmut, rejecting statements from the Russian Wagner mercenary group.

The New Daily · Apr 12, 2023

UN migration agency sounds alarm over sea deaths as EU arrivals rise

Three times as many people sought to reach the European Union across the Mediterranean in the first three months of 2023 compared to a year before, the bloc's border agency said, as the U.N. migration arm decried the deadliest first quarter since 2017.

Reuters · Apr 12, 2023

UN: Year Is off to a Deadly Start for Migrants Crossing Med

The first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats, the UN migration agency reported Wednesday, citing nations' delays in initiating rescues as a contributing factor. The International Organization for Migration documented 441 migrant deaths along…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 12, 2023

Black Sea security under the spotlight as Russia wavers on grain export deal

A two-day conference on Black Sea security is underway in the Romanian capital Bucharest, with the defence and foreign ministries of both Ukraine and Romania taking centre stage, as Russia questions the future of a UN-brokered shipping deal signed with Ukraine in 2022.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 12, 2023

In Tunisia, police destroy migrant camp facing the UN building

Police in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, have forcefully removed a group homeless sub-Saharan Africans had been camping outside of the UN buildings of the International Organisation for Migration (OIM) and the UN Refugee Agency (HCR) for several weeks.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 12, 2023

Zelensky denounces ‘beasts’ in beheading video

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced Russian "beasts" after a video appeared to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner, prompting international outrage.

Bangkok Post · Apr 12, 2023

UN: Year is off to a deadly start for migrants crossing Med

The migration agency of the United Nations says the first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

‘We feed the world’: Ukrainian farmers warn of war’s global effects

Vital food exports fall as fields become battle zones and Ukraine accuses Russia of sabotaging Black Sea grain corridor

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023