UN Chief Decries Female Violence
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The UN secretary-general warned that violence against women has reached "hideous" levels in some countries trying to recover from conflict
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights used International Women's Day on Thursday to highlight what she called &quot;rampant&quot; sexual violence against women in Sudan's Darfur region.
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GENEVA, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations human rights chief expressed her deep concern over the massacre in the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi last Friday, a UN official said here Tuesday.
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United Nations chief Kofi Annan demanded on Tuesday that the world body's human rights watchdog, meeting in special session on Sudan's Darfur, send a clear message that the "nightmare" of violence had to stop.
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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday deplored the widespread violence in Kenya and urged political leaders to resolve the crisis over disputed elections "through dialogue, negotiation and compromise."
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AS AIDS increasingly assumes a female face, new efforts to tackle the social conditions that make women particularly vulnerable are urgently needed, the United Nations warns.
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The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned attacks against African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia and urged all Somali parties to foster an &quot;inclusive political process.&quot;
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A Pakistani rape victim who became a prominent women's rights campaigner said on Thursday violence against women was increasing in Pakistan because authorities were not serious about punishing the perpetrators.
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Â· 'Political assassination' sparks fresh violenceÂ· UN secretary general warns of catastrophe
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International stateswomen join in demanding an end to rape and sexual violence in Sudan's Darfur region.
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The U.N. Security Council condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the shooting attack that badly wounded East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Monday and urged the nation to stay calm.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he is &quot;appalled and dismayed&quot; by the killing of 12 Nepalese workers by Iraqi militants and is calling for the immediate release of all hostages in Iraq.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan warned world leaders on Tuesday that international law  was being "shamelessly disregarded" and cited the U.S. abuse of  prisoners in Iraq as an example of such violations.
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Women and girls are being raped, violently abused and humiliated in war zones around the world, but national authorities do little or nothing to punish offenders, Amnesty International reported yesterday.
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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday deplored the widespread violence in Kenya and urged political leaders to resolve the crisis over disputed elections through "dialogue, negotiation and compromise."
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The wife of Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Geulleh delivered a strong attack on female genital mutilation, calling for an end to the practice that is widespread in her country.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday that a new Bosnian Serb report on the 1995 massacre against Bosnian Muslims in the city of Srebrenica should lead to action against the perpetrators.