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Rights experts reveal impact of Poland’s restrictive abortion laws on women
26 August 2024
The rights of women in Poland are currently being violated due to restrictive abortion laws that have contributed to “several preventable deaths,” according to independent rights experts on Monday.
These restrictive laws have forced many women to carry unwanted pregnancies to term…
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From Tonga, Guterres appeals for ‘a surge in funds to deal with surging seas’
26 August 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a “global SOS” from Tonga in the Pacific on Tuesday, urging governments to step up climate action to “Save Our Seas” as two new reports revealed how rising sea levels are threatening the vulnerable region and beyond.
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Myanmar: UN WFP pushes to reach flood-affected communities
26 August 2024
In flood-hit Myanmar, UN humanitarians said on Monday that aid teams have begun distributing emergency relief to families affected by monsoon rains in the Ayeyarwady Delta. Some 500,000 people in the key rice-growing region could be affected.
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Afghanistan: Meet the midwife who stayed
25 August 2024
Mariza Ahmadi made a difficult choice three years ago. She had been working as a midwife at the Ahangaran family health house in Bamyan province for just one year when the Taliban seized control of the country in August 2021.
As foreign troops suddenly withdrew, life for millions of Afghans, especially women and girls…
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Middle East: ‘No time to lose’ in negotiating ceasefire and Gaza hostage release: Top UN envoy
25 August 2024
Against the backdrop of another major escalation across the Blue Line dividing southern Lebanon and Israel on Sunday, the UN’s top Middle East envoy said on Sunday “there is no time to lose” for a ceasefire in Gaza and release of all hostages.
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‘The world needs your leadership’, Guterres tells Pacific Islands Forum
25 August 2024
The island nations of the Pacific are “showing the way” to protect the planet from the ravages of climate change and now the rest of the world needs to step up with more support, the UN chief said on Monday.
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New York students rise to task of being ‘PGA for a Day’
24 August 2024
“Welcome Mister President, Madame President,” says the current President of the General Assembly, Dennis Francis. He ushers high schoolers Erik Ponomarev and Fariha Akter into his office before his bilateral meeting with the top diplomat who holds a different presidency for the month of September – the Security Council…
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Tears and embraces as murderous 30-year family feud comes to an end in the Philippines
24 August 2024
A Filipino man has been describing the outpouring of emotion as two families on the island of Mindanao settled a 30-year-long feud that escalated from tit-for-tat killings into a dispute involving two factions of a former insurgency movement.
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Welcome Support Provided by Danish Organizations to East African Organizations of Persons with Disabilities, Ask about Supported Decision Making and the Use of Coercive Measures on Children with Disabilities
Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Welcome Support Provided by Danish Organizations to East African Organizations of Persons with Disabilities, Ask about Supported Decision Making and the Use of Coercive Measures on Children with Disabilities…
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Closes One Hundred and Thirteenth Session
23 August 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and thirteenth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, the United Kingdom and Venezuela, which were reviewed during the…
