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World News in Brief: UNAMA concern over migrant deaths, ‘war tactics’ in the West Bank, UN political chief underscores support for Somalia
18 October 2024
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed its deep concern over disturbing reports that Iranian border police opened fire on a group of Afghan migrants, resulting in deaths and injuries.
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise Japan for Criminalising Non-Consensual Sexual Intercourse, Ask about Women’s Representation in Public and Private Bodies and the Single Surname System for Married Couples
17 October 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the ninth periodic report of Japan, with…
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Lebanon: Cholera fears for communities uprooted by war
17 October 2024
The UN health agency has warned that a first case of highly infectious cholera virus has been detected in northern Lebanon, raising fears that those displaced by Israeli bombardment may already be at risk from the potentially deadly disease.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom…
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Over 1.8 million in Gaza face extreme hunger
17 October 2024
More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing “extremely critical” levels of hunger, with 70 per cent of crop fields destroyed and livelihoods decimated during the ongoing Israeli military offensive, a UN-backed food security assessment released on Thursday has revealed.
Figures from the global IPC…
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Nearly half the world’s 1.1 billion poor live in conflict settings
17 October 2024
More than a billion people worldwide live in acute poverty and 40 per cent are in countries exposed to violent conflict, according to a UN-backed study published on Thursday.
The finding comes in the latest update to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), jointly published by…
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World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, 400,000 now in Syria from Lebanon, women in the military, olive farmers in Palestine
17 October 2024
A staggering 97 percent of Sudan’s internally displaced along with civilians who’ve remained, are facing severe levels of hunger UN independent experts warned on Thursday, accusing Government troops and their rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of using “starvation tactics” against 25 million civilians in the country…
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Lebanon: Drone brought down by UNIFIL ship as cross-border fire intensifies
17 October 2024
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported on Thursday that one of its Maritime Task Force vessels off the southern Lebanese coast intercepted an approaching drone.
Following standard protocol, electronic countermeasures were used to bring down the so far unidentified uncrewed…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Canada’s Childcare Programme, Ask about Women’s Representation on Boards of Private Sector Companies and Gender-Based Violence against Indigenous Women
16 October 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of Canada, with…
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Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Iceland on Progress in Gender Equality, Raise Questions on Domestic and Gender-Based Violence and on Religious Affairs
16 October 2024
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The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Iceland on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts…
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WORLD FOOD DAY LIVE: Finding solutions to global hunger
16 October 2024
Everyone has a right to food. World Food Day, marked annually on 16 October, was celebrated in more than 150 countries and over 50 languages. With colleagues sending dispatches from around the world, we started in Rome for the main event then covered events worldwide, with some breaking news along the way. UN News app users can follow here.
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