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Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis
27 August 2024
Around 20 villages in eastern Sudan have reportedly been “destroyed”, with 70 impacted overall, after floodwaters burst through a major dam, according to UN humanitarians – adding to the suffering of communities already devastated by the ongoing war between rival militaries.
The Arba’at Dam, located…
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OFFICE OF THE UNSG’S ENVOY FOR TECHNOLOGY Press Conference
27 August 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Global AI Governance Recommendations by the UN SG's High-level Advisory Body
Carme Artigas, Co-Chair of the HLAB on AI and former Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, of SpainSeydina Moussa Ndiaye, Lecturer at Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University in Senegal
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New Permanent Representative of Canada Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
26 August 2024
Presentation of Credentials
Peter MacDougall, the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to…
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Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Seventh Session and Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
26 August 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its ninety-seventh session, which is being held in Geneva from 26 August to 13 September, during which the Committee will review reports on the efforts of…
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The Geneva Conventions: ‘Rules of war’ saved me, says former child soldier
26 August 2024
Seventy-five years since the ratification of the Geneva Conventions, a former child soldier-turned foreign minister of Sierra Leone has urged greater international support for the key accords, highlighting their importance in rehabilitating him and tens of thousands of his fellow compatriots following the country’s bitter civil war…
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Internally displaced families in Yemen need increased aid: UNHCR
26 August 2024
A new update from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reveals that millions of internally displaced families across Yemen are in critical need of more humanitarian assistance.
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Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF
26 August 2024
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday the arrival of 1.2 million doses of vital polio vaccines in Gaza, amid urgent calls for humanitarian pauses to reach hundreds of thousands of at-risk children.
More than 640,000 children are targeted to receive the polio type two (nOPV)…
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Top UN aid official deplores latest wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine
26 August 2024
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian missile and drone strikes that began overnight and reportedly targeted 15 regions of the country.
“Like millions of people in Ukraine I spent hours in a shelter this morning because of the ongoing wave of…
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Refugee Paralympic Team set to shine in Paris as ‘inspiration to us all’
26 August 2024
With only two days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, this year’s Refugee Paralympic Team is gearing up to shine as an “inspiration to us all,” says the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
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What is sea level rise and why does it matter to our future?
26 August 2024
The level of the sea globally is rising faster and higher than ever before, creating what the United Nations has described as an “urgent and escalating threat” to people around the world.
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has been visiting the Pacific Ocean nations, Tonga and Samoa, where sea…
