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UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine 27 August 2024 © UNICEF UNICEF is bringing 1.2 million doses of polio vaccine to Gaza. The United Nations has upheld the safety of the polio vaccine that will be administered to more than half a million Palestinian children during an inoculation campaign in Gaza. …

Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis 27 August 2024 © UNICEF/Aymen Alfadil تأثر مئات الآلاف من الأشخاص في السودان بالأمطار الغزيرة والفيضانات المفاجئة منذ حزيران/يونيو الماضي. Around 20 villages in eastern Sudan have reportedly been “destroyed”, with 70 impacted overall, after floodwaters burst through a major dam, according to UN humanitarians – adding to the…

OFFICE OF THE UNSG’S ENVOY FOR TECHNOLOGY Press Conference

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home OFFICE OF THE UNSG’S ENVOY FOR TECHNOLOGY Press Conference 27 August 2024 Press Conference Announcement Global AI Governance Recommendations by the UN SG's High-level Advisory Body Carme Artigas, Co-Chair of the HLAB on AI and former Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, of SpainSeydina Moussa Ndiaye, Lecturer at Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University in Senegal

New Permanent Representative of Canada Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Canada Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 26 August 2024 Presentation of Credentials Peter MacDougall, the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to…

Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Seventh Session and Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Seventh Session and Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 26 August 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its ninety-seventh session, which is being held in Geneva from 26 August to 13 September, during which the Committee will review reports on the efforts of…

The Geneva Conventions: ‘Rules of war’ saved me, says former child soldier

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home The Geneva Conventions: ‘Rules of war’ saved me, says former child soldier 26 August 2024 UN Photo/Elma Okic Foreign Minister Musa Timothy Kabba (right) of Sierra Leone and Director-General at Geneva Tatiana Valovaya during an informal visit of UN Security Council members to the Palais des Nations. Seventy-five years since the ratification of the Geneva Conventions, a former child soldier-…

Internally displaced families in Yemen need increased aid: UNHCR

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Internally displaced families in Yemen need increased aid: UNHCR 26 August 2024 © UNHCR/YDF A site for people in Sa'ada city, Yemen, who have fled their homes is flooded by torrential rain. A new update from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reveals that millions of internally displaced families across Yemen are in critical need of more humanitarian assistance…

Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF 26 August 2024 © UNICEF A UNICEF member of staff checks a polio vaccination shipment destined for Gaza. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday the arrival of 1.2 million doses of vital polio vaccines in Gaza, amid urgent calls for humanitarian pauses to reach hundreds of thousands of at-risk children…

Top UN aid official deplores latest wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Top UN aid official deplores latest wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine 26 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Sarah Hilding der Weduwen Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Matthias Schmale (2nd from right) stands in front of a transit centre for displaced people fleeing hostilities in the front-line Donetsk Region. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian missile and…

Refugee Paralympic Team set to shine in Paris as ‘inspiration to us all’

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Refugee Paralympic Team set to shine in Paris as ‘inspiration to us all’ 26 August 2024 © IPC Para taekwondo athlete Zakia Khudadadi, from Afghanistan is competing at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. With only two days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, this year’s Refugee Paralympic Team is gearing up to shine as an “inspiration to us all,” says the UN High Commissioner…