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UN chief demands global action to end racism against people of African descent
30 August 2024
The UN Secretary-General has called for global action to “vanquish racism and discrimination” towards people of African descent, in his message marking the international day highlighting the diaspora.
In December 2013, the UN General Assembly declared the International…
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UN deputy chief appeals for global solidarity as crises roil East Africa
30 August 2024
Spotlighting crises roiling parts of eastern Africa, the UN deputy chief concluded a regional visit in Adré, Chad, on Friday, calling for global solidarity to tackle famine in Sudan, flooding and mass displacement while ensuring free-flowing aid for millions trapped in war zones and those fleeing for their lives…
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In battle for development ‘you can count on us’, Guterres tells Timor-Leste, marking 25 years of self-determination
30 August 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told parliamentarians in Timor-Leste on Friday the world has much to learn from their inspirational struggle for self-rule, 25 years to the day since the historic referendum which paved the way for independence in 2002.…
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World News in Brief: Terror attacks in Pakistan and Burkina Faso, Yemen floods update, mass graves in Libya
30 August 2024
A UN independent human rights expert on Friday condemned recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, which resulted in approximately 200 deaths, and in Pakistan, where 28 civilians lost their lives.
Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, an Al-Qaeda-…
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UN provides emergency cash injection for global crisis hotspots
30 August 2024
The UN’s top relief official on Friday allocated $100 million from the Organization’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster critically underfunded humanitarian operations in some of the world’s humanitarian hotspots.
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts in Yemen ($20…
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Congratulate Turkmenistan on Achievements in Child Rights, Raise Questions on Stateless Children and Military Schools
29 August 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 Turkmenistan, with Committee Experts congratulating the State on all its achievements in child rights,…
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West Bank crisis: UN chief calls for immediate halt to Israeli strikes
29 August 2024
As the crisis in the West Bank continues to escalate alongside the ongoing war in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an “immediate cessation” of Israeli military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Mr. Guterres’s intervention late Wednesday comes amid…
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Security Council debates Gaza as WHO announces polio pauses for lifesaving vaccination campaign
29 August 2024
The UN Security Council met in emergency session in New York on the continuing crisis in Gaza and the occupied West Bank on Thursday. Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced agreement had been reached with Israel to allow a mass polio vaccination campaign to get underway through a series of humanitarian pauses beginning on Sunday. UN News app…
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Level of unprotected teenage sex ‘worryingly high’, WHO finds
29 August 2024
Condom use among sexually active adolescents has declined significantly since 2014, with rates of unprotected sex worryingly high, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe.
This is putting young people at greater risk of sexually…
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Guterres highlights Timor-Leste’s ‘growing international influence’
29 August 2024
The UN Secretary-General continued his historic visit to Timor-Leste on Thursday, emphasising the positive role the country can play on the regional stage to help resolve the crisis in war-wracked Myanmar.
António Guterres is there to take part in celebrations to mark 25 years on Friday since…
