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UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social media on young girls
25 April 2024
Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - present high risks of privacy invasion, cyberbullying and distraction from learning to young girls, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) latest Global Education Monitor (GEM) report released on Thursday…
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World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper’s death sentence
25 April 2024
The international community must take immediate action to end the wave of sexual violence being carried out against women and girls in Sudan, two senior UN officials said on Thursday.
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Senior UN aid official urges comprehensive response to Haiti crisis
25 April 2024
The ongoing crisis in Haiti is having a “massive” and “devastating” impact, with over half the population acutely food insecure and more than one million staring at emergency levels of hunger, a senior UN World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Thursday.
Haitians have been facing a…
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In Dialogue with Azerbaijan, Experts of the Committee against Torture Welcome Human Rights Training for State Officials, Ask about Reported Widespread Torture and Ill Treatment in Detention and Efforts to Improve Prison Conditions
24 April 2024
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The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Azerbaijan, with Committee Experts praising the human rights…
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Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond
24 April 2024
Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened – heightening growing fears of famineand “widespread death” from Gaza to Sudan and beyond, UN agencies warned on Wednesday…
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UNRWA seeks $1.2 billion to meet urgent needs in Gaza and the West Bank
24 April 2024
The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, launched a $1.2 billion appeal on Wednesday to address the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip and to respond to needs in the West Bank as violence there increases.
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Russia vetoes Security Council draft resolution on a weapon-free outer space
24 April 2024
Russia used its veto to quash a draft resolution aimed at keeping weapons out of outer space.
The Security Council rejected the draft resolution, introduced by Japan and the United States, by a vote of 13 in favour to one against, with one abstention (China), that would have had the 15…
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UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti
24 April 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is offering medical care, food, shelter and psychosocial support to 33 migrants who survived a shipwreck off the coast of Djibouti on Monday, as local authorities continue search and rescue operations.
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New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines
24 April 2024
Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi launched on Wednesday a campaign to scale up programmes to save lives, marking the start of World Immunisation Week, celebrated annually during the last week of April.
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UN coordinator in Gaza announces new plan to deliver lifesaving aid
24 April 2024
A new mechanism for getting lifesaving aid into Gaza will start in the coming days, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator Sigrid Kaag announced in a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday.
“The operationalisation of the mechanism will allow for pipeline prioritisation,…
