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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 27 August 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. …

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Commend Mauritius on its Commitment to an Inclusive Society, Raise Questions on the Safety of Persons with Disabilities in Natural Disasters and on Inclusive Education

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Commend Mauritius on its Commitment to an Inclusive Society, Raise Questions on the Safety of Persons with Disabilities in Natural Disasters and on Inclusive Education 27 August 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the combined second and third periodic report of Mauritius, with…

Africa: Refugees and displaced face heightened threat from mpox outbreak

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Africa: Refugees and displaced face heightened threat from mpox outbreak 27 August 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A one-month-old child receives treatment at the mpox isolation unit of the UNICEF-supported Kamanyola Hospital in South Kivu province, DR Congo. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that the mpox outbreak could have devastating effects on refugees and displaced families…

Afghanistan: Condemnation for new Taliban ‘virtue and vice’ order targeting women

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: Condemnation for new Taliban ‘virtue and vice’ order targeting women 27 August 2024 OHCHR/UNAMA Women and girls, in particular, have seen rights and freedoms eroded since 2021. A new morality law enacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, cements policies that “completely erase” women’s presence in public, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, calling for it to be…

China: UN rights office reiterates need to review national security framework

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home China: UN rights office reiterates need to review national security framework 27 August 2024 © Unsplash/Grey Zhang 新疆，中国西北部的一个自治区。 China still has “many problematic laws and policies” regarding the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region two years after the UN human rights office, OHCHR, published a report on serious violations against the Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim communities, a…

In Gaza, evacuation orders threaten to uproot UN’s aid hub once again

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home In Gaza, evacuation orders threaten to uproot UN’s aid hub once again 27 August 2024 UN News Hospitals have not been spared from evacuation orders in Gaza, humanitarians say. The plight of Gaza’s people continues to worsen in the enclave where humanitarian operations are “ongoing where feasible” amid repeated evacuation orders from the Israeli military, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA,…

Guterres strongly condemns Burkina Faso terror attack; hundreds killed and injured

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres strongly condemns Burkina Faso terror attack; hundreds killed and injured 27 August 2024 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh There has been a sharp rise in attacks against civilians in Burkina Faso. Pictured here, slippers outside a communal space at a camp for displaced persons. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of around 200 people in the Burkinabe town…

UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine 27 August 2024 © UNICEF UNICEF is bringing 1.2 million doses of polio vaccine to Gaza. The United Nations has upheld the safety of the polio vaccine that will be administered to more than half a million Palestinian children during an inoculation campaign in Gaza. …

Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis 27 August 2024 © UNICEF/Aymen Alfadil تأثر مئات الآلاف من الأشخاص في السودان بالأمطار الغزيرة والفيضانات المفاجئة منذ حزيران/يونيو الماضي. Around 20 villages in eastern Sudan have reportedly been “destroyed”, with 70 impacted overall, after floodwaters burst through a major dam, according to UN humanitarians – adding to the…

OFFICE OF THE UNSG’S ENVOY FOR TECHNOLOGY Press Conference

7 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home OFFICE OF THE UNSG’S ENVOY FOR TECHNOLOGY Press Conference 27 August 2024 Press Conference Announcement Global AI Governance Recommendations by the UN SG's High-level Advisory Body Carme Artigas, Co-Chair of the HLAB on AI and former Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, of SpainSeydina Moussa Ndiaye, Lecturer at Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University in Senegal