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World News in Brief: West Bank deaths, Venezuela rights violations, soaring debt worldwide

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: West Bank deaths, Venezuela rights violations, soaring debt worldwide 04 September 2024 © UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh Children walk through partially destroyed streets in Jenin in the West Bank. (file) At least 30 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank in the week ending 2 September, including seven children – the highest number of deaths in a single week since…

Asia-Pacific nations commit to ‘visionary blueprint’ for inclusive digital world

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Asia-Pacific nations commit to ‘visionary blueprint’ for inclusive digital world 04 September 2024 ESCAP Photo Participants at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Digital Inclusion and Transformation, which was held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. At a major UN conference on Wednesday, Asia-Pacific nations pledged to bridge the digital divide and foster inclusive digital…

UN rights chief calls for global ‘zero tolerance’ against antisemitism

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief calls for global ‘zero tolerance’ against antisemitism 04 September 2024 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas Children wearing “United Against Hate” t-shirts appear at an interfaith gathering at the Park East Synagogue in New York City in memory of Jewish worshipers who were killed in Pittsburgh in the United States. (31 October 2018) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday…

Ukraine: Top official underscores need to protect civilians amid ‘massive’ attacks

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Top official underscores need to protect civilians amid ‘massive’ attacks 04 September 2024 Фото ЮНИСЕФ Львов после обстрела. The United Nations upheld the need to protect civilians in Ukraine as Russian attacks continue across the country, with at least seven people killed in Lviv  on Wednesday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).…

UN demands hostage release, urges protection and aid for Gaza civilians

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN demands hostage release, urges protection and aid for Gaza civilians 04 September 2024 © UNRWA A family carries their belongings as they walk across rubble and ruin in Gaza. Top UN political and humanitarian officials on Wednesday renewed urgent appeals for the unconditional release of all hostages in Gaza, while emphasizing the need to ensure aid and protection for desperate civilians…

Tech progress, automation, AI, cut workers’ share of wealth: ILO

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Tech progress, automation, AI, cut workers’ share of wealth: ILO 04 September 2024 © UNICEF/Maxime Le Lijour A humanitarian relief supplies storage facility in the northern city of Cap Haitien. The global trend for shrinking pay packets in heavily industrialized economies could be driven – at least temporarily - by tech innovations in the workplace such as automation and AI, the UN…

WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year 04 September 2024 © UNICEF/Omar Tarig Children in Gedaref, Sudan learn about the dangers and symptoms of cholera. The number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise, according to global cholera statistics for 2023 published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.…

Gaza: Disease and war stalk children, despite vaccine success

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Disease and war stalk children, despite vaccine success 04 September 2024 联合国近东救济工程处 接受脊髓灰质炎疫苗接种的加沙儿童。 In Gaza, despite the success of the mass polio vaccination campaign so far, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday that the very children they are trying to protect have been blighted by disease and heavily traumatized by ongoing fighting…

Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 04 September 2024 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-seventh regular session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.   The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 9 September under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco).  The opening…

ILO Press Conference

8 months ago Breadcrumb Home ILO Press Conference 04 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the “World Employment and Social Outlook: September 2024 update” report Under embargo until 4 September at 11 :30 a.m. CEST (9:30 GMT) Celeste Drake, ILO Deputy Director-GeneralSteven Kapsos, Head of the Data Production and Analysis Unit, ILO