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Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Congratulate Poland on Labour Participation and Employment Rates, Ask Questions on Climate Change Policies and Obstacles to Abortion
11 September 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the seventh periodic report of Poland, with Committee Experts commending the State for the labour force…
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Gaza: Six UNRWA staff killed in strikes on school sheltering displaced people
11 September 2024
Six staff members with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, were killed in Gaza on Wednesday when two Israeli airstrikes hit a school-turned-shelter and its surroundings.
“This is the highest death toll among our staff in a single incident,” UNRWA said in a…
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Summit of the Future aims to make the UN more effective
11 September 2024
Negotiations continue ahead of the Summit of the Future at UN Headquarters this month, where world leaders will enhance cooperation to tackle critical challenges facing the international community and address gaps in global governance.
Among the issues under discussion are accelerating sustainable…
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South-South cooperation can help solve ‘complex development context’
11 September 2024
Collaboration between developing countries, often known as South-South cooperation, can help to solve what a senior UN official has described as the world’s “complex development context”.
Speaking to UN News ahead of the International Day of South-South Cooperation, Dima al-Khatib, Director…
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UN firmly rejects allegations against agencies in Yemen
11 September 2024
The United Nations on Wednesday firmly rejected allegations by the Houthis in Yemen that some UN agencies and partners have been “colluding to destroy” the country’s education system.
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, dismissed the allegations, stating “such false…
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New how-to guide speeds global race for renewable energy
11 September 2024
Governments, industry and other key players can now deploy a new action-oriented toolkit to ensure the global energy transition unfolds with equity, justice and sustainability as demand for minerals for renewables is poised to almost triple by 2030, according to a report released on Wednesday by a diverse expert panel convened by the UN chief…
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Haiti: Education in jeopardy as gang violence continues
11 September 2024
Ongoing violence in Haiti is putting the education of over 100,000 displaced children in the south at risk, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday.
The continued surge in armed gang activity, particularly in the capital, Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, has put immense pressure on…
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Remembering 9/11, UN chief expresses solidarity with victims and their loved ones
11 September 2024
The United Nations joined its host city, New York, in commemorating the 2,977 lives lost on 11 September 2001, when Al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four aircrafts and flew them into buildings in the United States.
Two of the planes struck the twin skyscrapers of the World Trade…
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Mpox: UNHCR launches appeal to support refugees in African countries
11 September 2024
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, appealed on Wednesday for $21.4 million to urgently scale up health services for forcibly displaced people in African countries impacted by mpox.
The funding will support critical response and prevention efforts for 9.9 million refugees and host…
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Viet Nam mobilises massive response as Typhoon Yagi leaves a trail of catastrophe
11 September 2024
A massive disaster response has been launched in Viet Nam following widespread damage inflicted by Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit the South China Sea in almost three decades, the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported.
The storm…
