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ILO Press Conference
04 September 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Launch of the “World Employment and Social Outlook: September 2024 update” report
Under embargo until 4 September at 11 :30 a.m. CEST (9:30 GMT)
Celeste Drake, ILO Deputy Director-GeneralSteven Kapsos, Head of the Data Production and Analysis Unit, ILO
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
03 September 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 World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Trade and Development. Polio vaccination…
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Argentina’s Efforts to Decrease the Infant Mortality Rate, Ask about Responses to the Child Poverty Crisis and Sexual Violence against Children
03 September 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Argentina, with Committee Experts praising the State’s efforts to decrease…
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UN reports ‘lethal tactics’ by Israeli forces in West Bank
03 September 2024
Israeli forces continue to employ “lethal war-like tactics” in the West Bank, including airstrikes, with people being killed, injured and displaced, the UN Spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Stéphane Dujarric informed journalists at the regular press briefing in New York that operations have resumed in…
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WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs
03 September 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution from manufacturing.
The directive covers wastewater and solid waste management for manufacturing of antibiotics, and comes ahead of a High-Level Meeting on…
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Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target
03 September 2024
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that 161,030 children under 10 have been vaccinated in central Gaza during the first two days of the UN-led mass vaccination campaign, surpassing the initial target of 156,000. The figure amounts to around a quarter of the total population they aim to reach - some 640,000 children…
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Yemen: UN appeals for immediate release of staff held by de facto authorities
03 September 2024
Six United Nations personnel who’ve been held on “spurious” accusations in Yemen for three months by the Houthi de facto authorities must be released immediately, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Tuesday.
Issuing the appeal in Geneva on his behalf…
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Venezuela: UN rights office describes pervasive ‘climate of fear’
03 September 2024
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, reiterated deep concerns on Tuesday over the continuing “climate of fear” in Venezuela, after an arrest warrant was issued for the opposition’s presidential candidate in the country’s recent election.
“It is a climate of fear in the country at the…
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New UN report details Nicaragua’s ongoing human rights crisis
03 September 2024
The human rights situation in Nicaragua has "seriously deteriorated" over the past year, following arbitrary arrests, mistreatment of detainees, attacks on Indigenous people, and intimidation of political opponents, according to a UN human rights office (OHCHR) report released on Tuesday.
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Make AI work for everyone, UN chief says
03 September 2024
The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for global cooperation in sharing the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that unequal access could exacerbate global inequalities.
“AI capacities today are concentrated in a handful of powerful companies – and even fewer countries. Meanwhile,…
