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Japan: Safeguarding a mother tongue and mother nature
12 May 2024
When asked what might be the most beautiful word in Shimamuni, the Indigenous language variety spoken on Okinoerabu Island in Kagoshima prefecture of southwestern Japan, Nami Sao pondered for a moment before replying “mihedirodoo.”
Her husband, Tomoyuki Sao, is quick to elaborate that its utterance is always…
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UN teams dispatch aid as deadly flash floods hit northern Afghanistan
12 May 2024
UN humanitarian teams scrambled to get lifesaving aid to communities devastated by deadly flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan over the weekend.
Flash floods in the area have reportedly killed at least 300 people, including 51 children, with many more injured, with these figures expected to…
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Gaza: We must prevent a large-scale offensive in Rafah, UN pleads
12 May 2024
The Secretary-General and the UN human rights chief said again on Sunday that a large-scale Israeli offensive in Rafah must be prevented at all costs, warning of catastrophic consequences in the densely populated southern area in Gaza.
The warning comes as the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA,…
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Madagascar: Coordination, convergence and change from the grass roots up
11 May 2024
How can people be best supported during humanitarian crises with limited aid budgets and what can be done to help those same people break out of the cycle of dependency caused by multiple crises and move towards more sustainable development?
Those are the questions that UN agencies on the…
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Panama’s Child Protection Laws, Ask about Measures to Prevent Online Grooming of Children and Protect Migrant Children in the Darien Gap
10 May 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Panama under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
10 May 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and…
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Welcome Mali’s Measures to Tackle Poverty, Ask about Efforts to Promote School Safety and Prevent the Use of Children in Armed Conflict
10 May 2024
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Mali, with Committee Experts welcoming the State’s measures to tackle…
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Gaza: As exodus from Rafah continues, UN urges reopening of aid lines
10 May 2024
With no let-up in the Israeli military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah into Friday, UN humanitarians issued renewed calls for a ceasefire as “the only hope” to avert further bloodshed and restore desperately needed aid deliveries.
“As Israeli Forces bombardment intensifies in…
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In Nairobi, Guterres reiterates appeal for end to Gaza war
10 May 2024
With the situation in Rafah “on a knife’s edge”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed again on Friday for Israeli and Hamas leaders “to demonstrate political courage and spare no effort” in reaching an agreement to end the war in Gaza and free all hostages.
Speaking at a press conference…
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UN General Assembly presses Security Council to give ‘favourable consideration’ to full Palestinian membership
10 May 2024
The UN General Assembly convened again in New York on Friday for an emergency special session on the Gaza crisis and overwhelmingly passed a resolution which upgrades Palestine’s rights at the world body as an Observer State, without offering full membership. It urged the Security Council to give “favourable consideration” to Palestine’s request…
