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It just is a gigantic issue and they walked away. How do you do that and claim to be able to have any leadership?

Joe Biden on Xi Jinping's absence from COP26

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The Tigray conflict has been marked by extreme brutality. The gravity and seriousness of the violations and abuses we have documented underscore the need to hold perpetrators accountable on all sides.

The UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet as fighting escalates in Ethiopia

The truth is we are not equal in the face of the climate crisis. Poor and marginalised people ... are hit hardest. It is an unjust birthright of the rich and privileged to be protected from many of the effects of climate change."

MARY ROBINSON, FORMER IRISH PRESIDENT AND FORMER UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER