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Floods, landslides wreak havoc across South Asia
29 August 2024
Over 18 million people in Bangladesh have been affected by severe monsoon conditions, with more than 1.2 million families trapped as flash floods submerge vast areas of the country’s east and southeast.
The worst affected regions are Chattogram and Sylhet, where major rivers are “flowing well above danger levels…
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Director-General's remarks for the Commemoration event on the occasion of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests
29 August 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
Commemoration event for the International Day Against Nuclear Tests “The Effects of Nuclear Tests on Health”Thursday, 29 August 2024, at 1.15 p.m.Room XXV, Palais des Nations Delivered on behalf of the Director-General by Ms. Lidiya Grigoreva, Cheffe de Cabinet of the Director-General of the United Nations Office…
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Appreciate Ukraine’s Efforts to Uphold the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the War, Raise Questions on Children Forcibly Transported to Russian Controlled Areas and the Construction of New Institutions
28 August 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the combined second and…
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In Timor-Leste, Guterres celebrates past unity and looks to the future
28 August 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres received a warm welcome in the capital of Timor-Leste on Wednesday where he hailed the 25th anniversary of its vote for independence, praising the national unity of the past, and pledging the UN’s unwavering support in the future.
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West Bank strikes: UN rights office condemns Israeli military escalation
28 August 2024
Amid further raids, airstrikes and settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned that the Israeli military’s actions risked further enflaming an “already explosive situation”.
The development follows “at least four”…
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World News in Brief: IMO tanker attack alert, UN Women on new Afghan law, counter-terrorism in Viet Nam, Paralympics tech
28 August 2024
The head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) raised serious concerns on Wednesday about a tanker carrying one million barrels of crude oil that was attacked in the Red Sea.
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UN official highlights growing toll of Ukraine war, rising threat of ‘nuclear incident’
28 August 2024
Thirty months into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, human suffering continues to worsen amid alarming reports of attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, including nuclear facilities, a senior UN political affairs official told the Security Council on Wednesday…
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UN food agency suspends staff movements in Gaza following attack
28 August 2024
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday a pause in the movement of its employees in Gaza until further notice following an attack on a team returning from an aid delivery mission on Tuesday evening, just metres from an Israeli-controlled checkpoint.
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‘Lessons of the past forgotten’ as nuclear proliferation continues
28 August 2024
More than 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted at over 60 sites around the world since testing began on 16 July 1945, resulting in uninhabitable lands and long-term health problems, Secretary General António Guterres said in his message marking Friday’s International Day to end testing once and for all.…
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Security Council: A sustainable future for Syria depends on ending the war
28 August 2024
Senior UN officials warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the world cannot afford to lose focus on Syria, as the humanitarian and political crisis continues to wreak havoc on the country more than a decade after civil war erupted.
Displacement remains staggeringly high, with…
