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Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand
07 October 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was this afternoon briefed by representatives of civil society organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Lao People’s Democratic…
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Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO
07 October 2024
The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The State of Global Water Resources report released on Monday also highlights that over the last five years below-normal…
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UN officials remember brutal 7 October attacks, reiterate need for peace
07 October 2024
Senior officials from across the UN system underscored the need for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and across the wider region, in statements marking one year since the brutal 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel.
“That day left deep scars on individuals, families,…
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WHO highlights mental health crisis facing Israel’s frontline workers a year after 7 October attack
07 October 2024
As the world remembers the Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel exactly one year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting how the tragedy triggered a mental health crisis among frontline workers.
Responders including ambulance drivers…
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Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher
07 October 2024
The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, voiced deep concern on Monday over the siege of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur, where continued clashes are putting the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians in the region at risk.
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reminded…
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Gazans in the north trapped with nowhere to go, as fighting intensifies
07 October 2024
UN humanitarians have warned that conditions in northern Gaza are deteriorating rapidly, with over 400,000 people facing Israeli evacuation orders amid ongoing airstrikes and ground operations.
Residential areas are under attack, hospitals have been ordered to evacuate, and electricity…
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WHO calls for action to halt rise in hearing loss in Africa
07 October 2024
The number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by 2030, up from 40 million today, unless urgent measures are taken, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Monday.
Hearing loss already costs the continent $27 million annually…
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Eighty-Ninth Session
07 October 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eighty-ninth session, hearing a statement from the Representative of the Secretary-General, and adopting its agenda for the session, during which it will review the reports of Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Japan, Lao…
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WMO Press Conference
07 October 2024
Press Conference Announcement
State of Global Water Resources report
Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-GeneralStefan Uhlenbrook, Director, Hydrology, Water and CryosphereSulagna Mishra, scientific officer
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A letter from a mother in Gaza: Hardships, heartbreak and hope
06 October 2024
‘‘This story doesn’t start from day one. It starts from nine months ago – the day I learned I was going to be a mother.”
That day was in November 2023, around a month into the war in Gaza. Ala’a is among an estimated 155,000 pregnant women and new mothers in the Gaza Strip who for the past…
