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Nigeria becomes first in Africa to receive mpox vaccines: WHO
28 August 2024
Nigeria received 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines on Tuesday, becoming the first African country to obtain vaccines aimed at combating the spread of the new strain of mpox virus.
On 14 August 2024, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the rise of mpox, formerly monkeypox, a public…
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Bahrain’s Data Collection System on Child Exploitation, Ask about Measures to Prevent Online Harassment of Children and Protect Children from Sex Tourism
28 August 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of Bahrain’s efforts to implement the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
27 August 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. …
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Commend Mauritius on its Commitment to an Inclusive Society, Raise Questions on the Safety of Persons with Disabilities in Natural Disasters and on Inclusive Education
27 August 2024
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the combined second and third periodic report of Mauritius, with…
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Africa: Refugees and displaced face heightened threat from mpox outbreak
27 August 2024
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that the mpox outbreak could have devastating effects on refugees and displaced families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other affected African countries if urgent support is not forthcoming.
According to UNHCR, 42…
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Afghanistan: Condemnation for new Taliban ‘virtue and vice’ order targeting women
27 August 2024
A new morality law enacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, cements policies that “completely erase” women’s presence in public, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, calling for it to be immediately revoked.
The “Law on the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of…
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China: UN rights office reiterates need to review national security framework
27 August 2024
China still has “many problematic laws and policies” regarding the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region two years after the UN human rights office, OHCHR, published a report on serious violations against the Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim communities, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.…
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In Gaza, evacuation orders threaten to uproot UN’s aid hub once again
27 August 2024
The plight of Gaza’s people continues to worsen in the enclave where humanitarian operations are “ongoing where feasible” amid repeated evacuation orders from the Israeli military, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, warned on Tuesday.
In an update, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke rejected…
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Guterres strongly condemns Burkina Faso terror attack; hundreds killed and injured
27 August 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of around 200 people in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho at the weekend, which left a further 140 injured.
According to news reports it was the latest terror attack by the Al Qaeda-linked militant…
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UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine
27 August 2024
The United Nations has upheld the safety of the polio vaccine that will be administered to more than half a million Palestinian children during an inoculation campaign in Gaza.
Dire conditions brought on by the war have caused the disease to resurface after more than two decades. Last week…
