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UNICEF renews school protection call in Ukraine amid ‘deadly reality’ of attacks
06 September 2024
Continued Russian attacks across Ukraine this week made for a tragic start to the new school year, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Friday.
John Marks, interim UNICEF Representative in Ukraine, issued a renewed appeal for…
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Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza
06 September 2024
More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a polio vaccination campaign there, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Friday.
UN agencies and partners in the Strip will continue to vaccinate “as many Gazan children as…
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UN leads search for synergy on climate and development
06 September 2024
Governments, experts and civil society representatives met in Brazil this week for a UN-backed conference to examine solutions that address the interlinked challenges of the climate emergency and the sustainable development crisis.
The Fifth Global Conference on Climate and SDG Synergy, held from…
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Millions impacted by ‘catastrophic and massive floods’ in Bangladesh
06 September 2024
Recent “catastrophic and massive floods” in Bangladesh have affected millions of people across the country, including those in Cox’s Bazar where nearly one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar live alongside host communities, spokesperson William Spindler told journalists in Geneva on Friday.…
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Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South
06 September 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 vaccines is crucial in the race to save lives.
The call for access to all in need by Special Rapporteur Tlaleng Mofokeng, coincided with the arrival of…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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Guterres underlines support for China-Africa partnership
05 September 2024
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.
The UN chief underlined the global body's support for this partnership in remarks to the Forum on China-Africa…
