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Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising
02 November 2023
The number of people killed in Gaza is nearing the 9,000 mark amid mounting concerns over the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on a densely-populated refugee camp near Gaza City, while a key hospital has stopped operations and UN humanitarians are unable to deliver aid to the north as the ground war intensifies…
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Iran urged to end new rights clampdown following teenage girl’s death
02 November 2023
Iran must end policies and practices “which amount to total impunity for acts of gender persecution against women and girls”, a group of experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Thursday.
They issued a statement expressing shock over the death of Armita Geravand, the…
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World News in Brief: Russia pulls out of nuclear test ban treaty, climate ‘health crisis’, pushback against bullying
02 November 2023
Russia on Thursday announced it was revoking its ratification of the UN-backed Comprehensive Nuclear Test Bank Treaty (CTBT), after the Russian Duma passed legislation last month.
It opened for signatures in 1996 and has been ratified…
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Day highlighting journalists under fire focuses on protection during elections
02 November 2023
New data from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has revealed a worrying rise in violence against journalists during election periods, and usually at the hands of law enforcement agents.
Between January 2019 and June 2022, the agency documented…
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At UK’s AI Summit, Guterres says risks outweigh rewards without global oversight
02 November 2023
The UN Secretary-General on Thursday stressed that global oversight of emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology should be based on the UN Charter’s core principles and ensure full respect for human rights.
Addressing the Summit on Artificial Intelligence Safety convened…
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WMO/WHO press conference
02 November 2023
Press Conference Announcement
State of Climate Services for Health report
Prof Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General
Dr Maria Neira, Director Department, of Environment, Climate Change and Health, WHO
Dr Joy Shumake-Guillemot, joint WMO-WHO Office on Climate and Health
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New UNOG-SIG Charter a Vision of a More Sustainable Future
01 November 2023
Press Release
GENEVA (30 October 2023) – In a significant move towards energy conservation, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) will sign the “Ambition Negawatt Vision” Charter with water, gas, and electricity company Services Industriels de Genève (SIG) to pledge its commitment to saving energy.
UNOG Director-General Tatiana Valovaya and SIG Director General…
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Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Burundi on Efforts to Repatriate Burundian Refugees, Ask about Acts of Torture Committed by the Burundian Police Force and Security Forces and about the Role of the Imbonerakure
01 November 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic…
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Israel-Palestine crisis: First evacuations from Gaza; outrage grows over refugee camp strikes
01 November 2023
UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed Egypt’s decision on Wednesday to accept dozens of the most critically sick and injured from the stricken Gaza Strip for treatment. Meanwhile, the UN relief chief has said a "step change" is needed in what has now become "a global crisis…
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Rise in intimidation, settler violence in the West Bank, warns OCHA
01 November 2023
More than 820 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been displaced amid settler violence and increased movement restrictions since the Hamas terror attacks of 7 October and the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza, the UN relief wing said on Wednesday.
Israeli settler violence has…
