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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Jamaica for Extending Maternity Leave, Ask about Gender-Based Violence Law Reform and Support for Women and Girls’ Sports
12 October 2023
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the eighth periodic report of Jamaica. Committee Experts commended the…
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts 14 Resolutions, Extends Mandates on Russian Federation, Central African Republic, Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
12 October 2023
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The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 14 resolutions, in which it extended mandates of the…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Welcome the Philippines’ “Tier 1” Response to Trafficking in Persons, Ask about Funding for Trafficking Victims’ Shelters and Women’s Access to Abortion
12 October 2023
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the ninth periodic report of the Philippines, with Committee…
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MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Five Resolutions, Submits to General Assembly Draft International Covenant on the Right to Development for its Negotiation and Adoption, and Extends Mandate on Burundi
12 October 2023
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The Human Rights Council this morning adopted five resolutions, including one in which it decided to submit to the General Assembly the draft international…
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WMO: Global stocktake of water resources needed
12 October 2023
The hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance as a result of climate change and human activity, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that offers an extensive assessment of global water resources.
Destructive droughts and heavy rains are causing major damage, while melting…
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Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza
12 October 2023
Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.
No aid can come in from the outside for the 2.3 million residents of the sealed-off enclave, and some 220,000 displaced people are sheltering in schools run by the UN agency for…
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UN-African Union cooperation a must, as landscape of conflict shifts
12 October 2023
The United Nations-African Union partnership stands out as a “pillar of multilateralism”, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday, one which has continued to grow in scope and depth.
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the AU, told…
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World News in Brief: Reducing disaster risk for persons with disabilities, Afghan quake latest, global aid funding off track
12 October 2023
The world must act on “unacceptable failures” to protect persons with disabilities from the damaging impact of living through a natural disaster, the UN office dealing with disaster risk said on Thursday.
Persons with disabilities face a…
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DR Congo: UN peacekeepers suspended over serious misconduct charges
12 October 2023
The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, has suspended some of its peacekeepers following reports of serious misconduct.
“The Mission strongly condemns such behaviour which is not worthy of United Nations personnel,” MONUSCO said in a statement on Wednesday…
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100,000 reasons to help: The UN migration agency at work in Armenia
12 October 2023
Some 100,000 refugees who fled the Karabakh region are beginning to build a new life in Armenia, with the support of the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM), as the agency’s Joe Lowry reports from Goris.
Goris, population 20,000, is a picture-postcard town, sitting in a bowl in…
