After her parents and brother were killed by militias in the Darfur region of Sudan,fourteen years old Gesma fled the region to take care of her younger siblings. Like many children displaced by brutal violence in Darfur, she now works long hours to provide for her family in a refugee camp in Chad.Henry Wilkins reports. …
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security with a focus on practicing multilateralism, reforming and improving global governance.
Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of February, chairs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.
Marides Santos, of VIVAT International, speaks during the Civil Society Forum during the 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development
জিয়া চৌধুরী/ঢাকা গত জুলাই ও আগস্টে ছাত্র-জনতার আন্দোলন দমন করতে ক্ষমতাচ্যুত প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা আন্দোলনের সংগঠক ও সমন্বয়কদের হত্যা করে তাঁদের লাশ গুম করে ফেলার নির্দেশ দিয়েছিলেন বলে জানিয়েছে জাতিসংঘ। জাতিসংঘের মানবাধিকার সংস্থা (ওএইচসিএইচআর) বুধবার (১২ ফেব্রুয়ারি) জেনেভা থেকে এক ভার্চুয়াল সংবাদ সম্মেলনে বাংলাদেশে গত জুলাই-আগস্ট গণঅভ্যুত্থান নিয়ে তথ্য-অনুসন্ধান প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ করে। এতে বলা হয়, …
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Khalilur Rahman, High Representative to the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh for Rohingya Crisis and Priority Affairs.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Niels Annen, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Fu Cong Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of February, and other members of the Security Council screen a virtual reality project prior to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.
The Holts Summit Police Department said on social media,”upon arrival, officers discovered that a brave Good Samaritan had taken a kayak onto the frozen lake in an attempt to save the dog.
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