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Security Council debates weapon transfers to Ukraine
25 July 2024
The transfer of arms to Ukraine was the focus of debate in the UN Security Council on Thursday in the latest meeting convened by Russia to address the issue.
Deputy UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Adedeji Ebo, briefed ambassadors and also provided an update on casualty figures.Mr. Ebo said that…
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World News in Brief: Rights experts urge US to protect peaceful assembly rights, attacks against Ahmadis in Pakistan, sustainability push at Paris Olympics
25 July 2024
UN independent human rights experts on Thursday expressed deep concern over a “massive crackdown” on pro-Palestinian student protests at various universities in the United States, urging authorities to uphold the rights to free speech and peaceful assembly…
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Rising heat in Europe and Central Asia killing almost 400 children a year: UNICEF
24 July 2024
Soaring summer temperatures in Europe and Central Asia are killing nearly 400 children a year according to new analysis of the latest available data by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released on Wednesday.
UNICEF revealed that 377 children died in 2021 based on data from 23…
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Fight against global hunger set back 15 years, warns UN report
24 July 2024
Progress fighting global hunger has been set back 15 years, leaving around 733 million people going hungry in 2023, equivalent to one in 11 people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published on Wednesday.…
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Gaza: Exodus from Khan Younis compounds pressure on meagre resources
24 July 2024
About 150,000 people fled Khan Younis in a single day on Monday following evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military there, UN humanitarians have said, intensifying pressure on meagre food, water and places to seek shelter.
According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, some 1.9…
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World News in Brief: Rights chief ‘horrified’ at deadly PNG violence, Lebanon-Israel ‘knife edge’, Sudan refugees suffer sexual violence
24 July 2024
Recent attacks on three villages in East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea, resulted in at least 26 deaths - including 16 children – an event that has left UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk “horrified”, he said in a statement on Wednesday…
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UNICEF chief calls for urgent security reset in Gaza amid ‘new horrors’
24 July 2024
The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) appealed on Wednesday for an immediate improvement in the security situation in Gaza, where dangerous operating conditions and attacks against humanitarian workers continue to hamper aid delivery to communities in need.
“Simply put - …
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Committee against Torture Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations, Individual Communications and Reprisals
23 July 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications and reprisals.Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Committee Expert and Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations under article 19 of the Convention…
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Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Forty-First Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Croatia, Honduras, India, Maldives, Malta, Pakistan, Suriname and Syria
23 July 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and forty-first session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Croatia, Honduras, India, Maldives, Malta, Suriname and Syrian Arab Republic. Tania María Abdo…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
23 July 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization. Health situation in GazaDr. Ayadil Saparbekov, Team Lead for Health Emergencies at the World Health…
