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UN food agency suspends staff movements in Gaza following attack

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN food agency suspends staff movements in Gaza following attack 28 August 2024 WFP A WFP team came under fire on the evening of 27 August, a few metres from an Israeli checkpoint at the Wadi Gaza Bridge. The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday a pause in the movement of its employees in Gaza until further notice following an attack on a team returning from an aid delivery…

‘Lessons of the past forgotten’ as nuclear proliferation continues

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Lessons of the past forgotten’ as nuclear proliferation continues 28 August 2024 © ICAN Protestors voice their opinion about nuclear weapons. More than 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted at over 60 sites around the world since testing began on 16 July 1945, resulting in uninhabitable lands and long-term health problems, Secretary General António Guterres said in his message…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Bahrain’s Data Collection System on Child Exploitation, Ask about Measures to Prevent Online Harassment of Children and Protect Children from Sex Tourism

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Bahrain’s Data Collection System on Child Exploitation, Ask about Measures to Prevent Online Harassment of Children and Protect Children from Sex Tourism 28 August 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of Bahrain’s efforts to implement the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

8 months 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

8 months 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

8 months 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

8 months 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

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…