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Ukraine: Top official underscores need to protect civilians amid ‘massive’ attacks

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Top official underscores need to protect civilians amid ‘massive’ attacks 04 September 2024 Фото ЮНИСЕФ Львов после обстрела. The United Nations upheld the need to protect civilians in Ukraine as Russian attacks continue across the country, with at least seven people killed in Lviv  on Wednesday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).…

UN demands hostage release, urges protection and aid for Gaza civilians

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN demands hostage release, urges protection and aid for Gaza civilians 04 September 2024 © UNRWA A family carries their belongings as they walk across rubble and ruin in Gaza. Top UN political and humanitarian officials on Wednesday renewed urgent appeals for the unconditional release of all hostages in Gaza, while emphasizing the need to ensure aid and protection for desperate civilians…

Tech progress, automation, AI, cut workers’ share of wealth: ILO

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Tech progress, automation, AI, cut workers’ share of wealth: ILO 04 September 2024 © UNICEF/Maxime Le Lijour A humanitarian relief supplies storage facility in the northern city of Cap Haitien. The global trend for shrinking pay packets in heavily industrialized economies could be driven – at least temporarily - by tech innovations in the workplace such as automation and AI, the UN…

WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year 04 September 2024 © UNICEF/Omar Tarig Children in Gedaref, Sudan learn about the dangers and symptoms of cholera. The number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise, according to global cholera statistics for 2023 published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.…

Gaza: Disease and war stalk children, despite vaccine success

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Disease and war stalk children, despite vaccine success 04 September 2024 联合国近东救济工程处 接受脊髓灰质炎疫苗接种的加沙儿童。 In Gaza, despite the success of the mass polio vaccination campaign so far, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday that the very children they are trying to protect have been blighted by disease and heavily traumatized by ongoing fighting…

Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 04 September 2024 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-seventh regular session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.   The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 9 September under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco).  The opening…

ILO Press Conference

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ILO Press Conference 04 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the “World Employment and Social Outlook: September 2024 update” report Under embargo until 4 September at 11 :30 a.m. CEST (9:30 GMT) Celeste Drake, ILO Deputy Director-GeneralSteven Kapsos, Head of the Data Production and Analysis Unit, ILO

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 03 September 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 World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Trade and Development. Polio vaccination…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Argentina’s Efforts to Decrease the Infant Mortality Rate, Ask about Responses to the Child Poverty Crisis and Sexual Violence against Children

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Argentina’s Efforts to Decrease the Infant Mortality Rate, Ask about Responses to the Child Poverty Crisis and Sexual Violence against Children 03 September 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Argentina, with Committee Experts praising the State’s efforts to decrease…

Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target 03 September 2024 UN News An infant receives polio vaccination in an UNRWA clinic in Al-Nuseirat camp, central Gaza Strip. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that 161,030 children under 10 have been vaccinated in central Gaza during the first two days of the UN-led mass vaccination campaign, surpassing the…