UN chief calls for immediate release of 118 detained UN staff UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the immediate release of the 118 UN staff currently detained worldwide as attacks against the United Nations increase with 179 personnel arrested or detained last year alone.

UN chief calls for immediate release of 118 detained UN staff

Hundreds of aid workers trying to help vulnerable populations are being imprisoned, yet the world's attention remains elsewhere while humanitarian operations grind to halt

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