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- Dawn Clancy
- • August 25, 2022
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On the same day that Ukraine marked 31 years of independence from Soviet rule and six months of war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by video to the United Nations Security Council about the worldwide impact of…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Clair MacDougall
- • March 31, 2021
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — From above, the photographs show a stretch of charred land in the middle of the desert and a mass grave covered in dried tree branches, where people living around Bounti, a village in central Mali,…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Opinion by Anjali Manivannan
- • October 10, 2016
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Rape is prevalent in many armed conflicts around the world today. Government security forces, nonstate militias and violent extremists use rape as a weapon of war. Women and girls are disproportionately targeted for such attacks and many endure the…
- Categories: OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Dr. Catherine Mullaly
- • July 28, 2016
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Donald Trump, who has branded himself as the “law and order” candidate, is now the official Republican nominee for president of the United States, commander in chief of the most powerful military in the world and a White House…
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- Opinion by Hugh Breakey - Charles Sampford - Ramesh Thakur
- • December 10, 2012
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CANBERRA, Australia — A steady rise has been occurring in the last two centuries in the proportion of civilians killed in armed conflict, either from direct violence or conflict-related hunger and disease. The international community has responded to the…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Responsibility to Protect
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