The UN's top human rights body votes to examine reports of extrajudicial killings in the country.
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Canadian Peter John Dalglish, 62, held numerous roles at the UN before his arrest last year.
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Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent
Delegates are concerned that some countries are trying to minimise a key scientific report about climate change
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A UN expert warns of a future where "the wealthy pay to escape" while the rest suffer.
Read moreAngelina Jolie's plea for the world to be more welcoming to refugees
Actor Angelina Jolie, the UN’s Special Envoy to the High Commissioner for Refugees, and a contributing editor for TIME Magazine, makes a plea for countries and individuals to give refugees the "dignity and fair treatment" they deserve. (People wait to receive food aid in refugee camps in the Gedo region in Somalia on 17th May 2019. Credit: Cem Genco/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
The country outstripped the United States for refugee resettlement for the first time since 1980.
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Nominee Kelly Craft said there is "no doubt" human behaviour contributed to climate change.
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A UN investigator says credible evidence links Mohammed bin Salman to the journalist's murder.
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Egypt says its former leader died of natural causes, and is critical of calls for an investigation.
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It's the highest figure in modern history following the war in Syria and Rohingya crackdown.
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