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

8 months 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

8 months 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

8 months 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

8 months 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

8 months 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

8 months 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

New Permanent Representative of Canada Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Canada Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 26 August 2024 Presentation of Credentials Peter MacDougall, the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to…

Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Seventh Session and Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Seventh Session and Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 26 August 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its ninety-seventh session, which is being held in Geneva from 26 August to 13 September, during which the Committee will review reports on the efforts of…

Myanmar: UN WFP pushes to reach flood-affected communities

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: UN WFP pushes to reach flood-affected communities 26 August 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider An aerial view of the Ayeyarwady delta region, in Myanmar, on the shores of the Andaman Sea, after being hit by cyclone damage (file photo). In flood-hit Myanmar, UN humanitarians said on Monday that aid teams have begun distributing emergency relief to families affected by monsoon rains in the…

The Geneva Conventions: ‘Rules of war’ saved me, says former child soldier

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home The Geneva Conventions: ‘Rules of war’ saved me, says former child soldier 26 August 2024 UN Photo/Elma Okic Foreign Minister Musa Timothy Kabba (right) of Sierra Leone and Director-General at Geneva Tatiana Valovaya during an informal visit of UN Security Council members to the Palais des Nations. Seventy-five years since the ratification of the Geneva Conventions, a former child soldier-…