28/06/2018
A “full-scale” ground and aerial offensive in southwest Syria could inflict an even heavier toll on civilians than the suffering caused by previous devastating battles in the war-ravaged country, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria has warned.
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UNHCR/Susan Schulman | Relentless fighting has left much of Syria in ruins.
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“Let us be aware of what this would mean, if the southwest sees a full-scale battle-to-the-end: it could be like eastern Aleppo and eastern Ghouta combined together,” Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, on 27 June 2018 told the Security Council.
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28/06/2018
More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed in conflict last year while more than 8,000 youngsters were recruited or used as combatants, the United Nations on 27 June 2018 reported.
UNICEF/Ahmed Abdulhaleem | On 15 March 2018 in Aden City, Yemen, children are displaced from the city of Taiz because of the conflict.
These violations contributed to the overall rise in the number of children globally affected by fighting in 2017, as documented in the
annual report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC).
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28/06/2018
In Burundi, opponents of constitutional reform supported by the Government have faced torture and execution amid a “continuing environment of threats and intimidation”, senior UN investigators on 27 June 2018 said.
The dossier compiled by the three-member panel encompasses events surrounding the national referendum last month on constitutional reform which could extend President Pierre Nkurunziza’s term in office well beyond 2020.
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