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Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South 06 September 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A child suffering from mpox at the mpox isolation unit of the UNICEF-supported Kavumu Hospital in South Kivu province, DR Congo. (July 2024) As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the UN independent expert on the right to health on Friday stressed that equitable access to…

Climate change: ‘Graveyard of glaciers’ lays bare existential threat of melting ice

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change: ‘Graveyard of glaciers’ lays bare existential threat of melting ice 06 September 2024 © Josh Okun The glacier graveyard is located close to the Icelandic capital Reykjavik. Iceland´s glaciers are retreating so rapidly that future generations may wonder how the ancient island nation got its name. No surprise then that the land of the Vikings was chosen to house the world’s…

HRC- Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan Press Conference

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home HRC- Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan Press Conference 06 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the Sudan Fact-Finding Mission’s first investigative report. Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding MissionJoy Ngozi Ezeilo, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding MissionMona Rishmawi, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding Mission

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Thirty-First Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ghana, Mauritius, Netherlands and Ukraine

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Thirty-First Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ghana, Mauritius, Netherlands and Ukraine 05 September 2024 Press Release The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its thirty-first session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Belarus…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Informal Meeting with States Parties

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Informal Meeting with States Parties 05 September 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held an informal meeting with States parties.In opening remarks, Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, Committee Chairperson, said the world was currently at a critical juncture in defining the future post-2030. In the lead-up to the…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Armenia on its Digital Literacy Education for Children, Raise Questions on Corporal Punishment and Children’s Participation in Climate Change Policies

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Armenia on its Digital Literacy Education for Children, Raise Questions on Corporal Punishment and Children’s Participation in Climate Change Policies 05 September 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Armenia, with Committee Experts commending the State on its…

Guterres underlines support for China-Africa partnership

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres underlines support for China-Africa partnership 05 September 2024 UN China UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing, China. Joint efforts by China and Africa can spark new momentum for development on the continent, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, at a high-level meeting in Beijing.…

Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza 05 September 2024 © UNRWA UNRWA works every day to provide critical services across the Gaza Strip, including flour distribution to support the Gazan population. From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two…

Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign moves to southern areas

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign moves to southern areas 05 September 2024 UN News Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, administers a dose of the polio vaccine to a child in Gaza. The second phase of a two-round campaign to vaccinate over half a million young children in Gaza against polio began in Khan Younis on Thursday, the UN agency that assists…

UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei 05 September 2024 © Unsplash/Justin Lagat Many successful runners come out of Eldoret in Kenya. The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died at a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, on Thursday, just days after reportedly being set on fire by a boyfriend.…