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UN officials call for an end to West Bank demolitions and respect for international law

On July 5, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, the Head of West Bank Operations for UNRWA, Mr. Scott Anderson, and the Head of the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. James Heenan, expressed serious concern over...

Walesa Urges Poles to Vote Out Right-Wing Government

Protests against a new law forcing more than a third of Supreme Court justices to step down continued across Poland Wednesday.

Nobel Prize-winning Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was among the marchers in Warsaw. He told a cheering crowd outside...

OSCE’s work in mine action and global efforts to address threat posed by land mines in focus at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation

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Speakers of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting address the Security Dialogue on the role of mine action in all...

Puerto Ricans Displaced by Hurricane Cleared to Stay in Temp Housing Through July 24

A U.S. federal judge has extended by 20 days the housing aid program helping Puerto Ricans still unable to return home after last year’s Hurricane Maria damaged thousands of homes as well as the U.S. territory’s power grid.

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