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Gaza: Aid constraints and health issues persist amid ongoing conflict
27 June 2024
Delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza remains a difficult and frustrating task for UN and partner agencies as the conflict there grinds on amid intense civilian suffering.
On Thursday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, provided details from aid coordination office OCHA on how difficult…
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Security Council demands Houthis cease attacks in the Red Sea
27 June 2024
The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded that Houthi rebels in Yemen immediately cease all attacks against merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
The Houthi attacks began at the end of last year in what the militant group said was an act of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, following…
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MORNING - Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Increase Access to Regular Migration Pathways to Prevent Trafficking in Persons
27 June 2024
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Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Freedom of Opinion and ExpressionThe Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with…
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AFTERNOON - The Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile is the Result of the Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
26 June 2024
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Council Concludes Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and LawyersThe Human Rights Council this afternoon began an interactive…
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MORNING - Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for the Purposes of Truth, Justice and Reparations
26 June 2024
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CouncilStarts Interactive Dialogue on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations, Concludes Discussion on the Human Rights of…
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World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking
26 June 2024
The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on Wednesday warning that there are now nearly 300 million users globally, alongside an increase in trafficking.
The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, or World Drug Day, is…
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We’ll never abandon Gaza, pledges top UN aid official
26 June 2024
UN aid teams and partner organizations remain deeply committed to delivering lifesaving supplies to Gazans in need despite the increasing dangers of working there, the Organization’s top aid official said on Wednesday.
Responding to media reports on Tuesday that the UN had warned the aid effort may have to…
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UN hears testimony from former child soldier on brutal reality of war
26 June 2024
The UN Security Council on Wednesday heard powerful and personal testimony from a former child soldier who recounted harrowing experiences of being abducted and forced to join an armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Speaking anonymously and through an interpreter, the 16-…
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From banana bread to pineapple pizzas: Women in the Philippines bake a better future
26 June 2024
Banana bread, coconut buns and Spanish-style filled rolls are providing a cooperative of women bakers on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines with the promise of a more secure future, thanks to support from the UN Development Programme, (UNDP).
The Balaigay Women Producer…
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Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade
26 June 2024
Foreign banks are allegedly helping Myanmar’s military junta acquire weapons and military supplies, facilitating a “campaign of violence and brutality” as the civil war there continues, according to an independent UN human rights expert on Wednesday.
Since the February 2021 coup, over 5,000…
