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As record warming tests climate goals, young people’s ‘green skills’ may help save the planet
12 August 2023
Laura Quinones
Activists stage massive protest at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh demanding leaders to address vital issues realted to agriculture, adaptation and climate resilience.
Young climate advocates will tell leaders at a UN summit next month that they are out of options: government…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
11 August 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Daniel Johnson, Officer-in-Charge of the Radio, Television and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the World Health Organization…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Uruguay on High-Quality Delegation, Ask about the Situation of People of African Descent and Measures To Prevent Overcrowding in Prisons
11 August 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined…
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International Youth Day: Battling the stigmatization of teen pregnancy in Thailand
11 August 2023
UN News/Daniel Dickinson
Aorn receives a massage at the Khon Wai Sai centre in northern Thailand.
Young mothers in Thailand are receiving support to overcome the challenges they face in a country where teenage pregnancy is still taboo.…
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UN welcomes release of five staff abducted last year in Yemen
11 August 2023
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Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on the termination of the Black Sea Initiative by the Russian Federation.
The United Nations on Friday welcomed the release of five of its security personnel in Yemen who had been held in captivity for more than a year…
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Yemen: UN concludes removal of one million barrels of oil from decaying tanker
11 August 2023
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The FSO Safer, moored off Yemen's west coast.
A UN-led operation to remove over one million barrels of crude oil from a rusting supertanker off Yemen safely concluded on Friday, preventing the immediate threat of a massive spill in the Red Sea…
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WHO urges swift action as dengue cases surge in Bangladesh
11 August 2023
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Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are one of primary vectors for dengue. (file)
A significant surge in dengue fever cases has gripped Bangladesh, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday, calling for efforts to control the mosquito vector population and minimize individual exposure such as using mosquito…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Croatia on Increased Health Insurance Coverage for the Roma, Ask about the Prosecution of Hate Speech and the Segregation of Roma Students in Elementary Education
10 August 2023
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its…
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Niger: Guterres concerned about health and safety of detained President
10 August 2023
UN News/Daniel Dickinson
The National Assembly building in Niamey, Niger.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has voiced concern about the reported “deplorable living conditions” of the President of Niger in arbitrary detention, his spokesperson said in a note to journalists published on Wednesday…
