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We must do more to keep the air we breathe clean: UN weather agency
05 September 2024
Unchecked climate change, wildfires and air pollution continue to have “a spiralling, negative impact on health, ecosystems and agriculture”, with millions of deaths attributed to dirty air, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.
“Almost everybody on Earth,…
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Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza
05 September 2024
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 million Palestinians trapped in war-torn Gaza.
Since last October, the UN agency has raised nearly US$150 million from UNRWA Spain,…
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Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign moves to southern areas
05 September 2024
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 Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
The campaign moved to southern…
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UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei
05 September 2024
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.
The 33-year-old marathon runner, who lived and trained in northwest Kenya, competed…
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Over half a million people severely impacted by unprecedented flooding and windstorms in Yemen
05 September 2024
Unprecedented floods and winds have displaced thousands of families, destroyed homes, and severely damaged critical infrastructure, impacting over half a million people in Yemen, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Thursday.
“Yemen is…
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World News in Brief: Aid trucks on Ukraine frontline, Africa schools close due to insecurity, Georgia rights defenders
05 September 2024
UN humanitarians continue to reach beleaguered communities stranded on the frontline in Ukraine. An inter-agency convoy delivered three trucks of aid to a community in the Kherson region on Wednesday – the ninth this year that has managed to get through…
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Catastrophic hunger doubles in 2024; Gaza and Sudan worst hit
05 September 2024
The number of people experiencing catastrophic hunger has surged more than twofold in 2024, due largely to the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Sudan, according to new figures released by the UN on Thursday.
The updated Global Report on Food Crises reveals that nearly two million people are now…
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New Permanent Representative of Somalia Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
05 September 2024
Presentation of Credentials
Khadra Ahmed Dualeh, the new Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms.…
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HRC Press Conference
04 September 2024
Press Conference Announcement
57th session of the Human Rights Council (9 September- 11 October 2024)
Ambassador Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Acknowledge Israel’s Efforts for Internally Displaced Children since 7 October, Ask about Mental Health Treatment for Children Traumatised by the War and the Protection of Children in Gaza
04 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 Israel, with Committee Experts…
