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The UN human rights chief Volker Türk decries the lack of accountability for the 2020 Beirut port blast, urging an international probe into the massive explosion that destroyed swathes of the city, in a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council. "It may therefore be time to consider an international fact-finding mission to look into human rights violations related to this tragedy," says Volker Türk. SOUNDBITE
The UN's human rights chief urges countries to confront the legacy of slavery and colonialism and to make reparations. Addressing an urgent debate on racism and police brutality called at the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet says countries "need to make amends for centuries of violence and discrimination, including through formal apologies, truth-telling processes and reparations in various forms." IMAGES
UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein criticises the use of vetos by some permanent members of the Security Council to block desperately needed action in places like Syria. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, just hours after Aung San Suu Kyi failed to quell an international outcry in a much-anticipated nationwide address. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for China to step up prosecutions over fentanyl as he praises recent measures to curb precursor chemicals to the painkiller behind a deadly US addiction epidemic. SOUNDBITE
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