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UN rights chief ‘deeply troubled’ by dissolution of Thailand’s Move Forward Party

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief ‘deeply troubled’ by dissolution of Thailand’s Move Forward Party 08 August 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an interview with UN News. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday that a decision of the Constitutional Court in Thailand to dissolve the country’s largest political party was deeply troubling…

Gaza: Thousands on the run again following new evacuation order

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Thousands on the run again following new evacuation order 08 August 2024 © UNRWA A family moves possessions amidst the rubble in Gaza. Thousands of people in Gaza have been fleeing west toward Al Mawasi after the Israel military issued a new evacuation order on Thursday, UN humanitarian partners on the ground have reported…

WHO on alert as mpox cases surge to unprecedented levels in Africa

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home WHO on alert as mpox cases surge to unprecedented levels in Africa 08 August 2024 © NIAID Colorized transmission electron microscopic image of mpox virus particles (red), found within an infected cell (blue), that had been cultured in the laboratory. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to the mpox outbreak in over a dozen African countries to the highest…

Testing swift responses to chemical terrorism threats

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Testing swift responses to chemical terrorism threats 08 August 2024 UNODC A participant in a UNODC-supported simulation of a chemical terrorism attack in Indonesia. As the UN Security Council meets on Thursday to discuss the threat the ISIL/Da’esh terrorist group poses, a specialised UN agency has been helping nations on the ground to prepare for chemical terrorism attacks…

UNICEF warns against escalating violence in the Middle East

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF warns against escalating violence in the Middle East 08 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden Khan Younis in Gaza has been heavily bombed. The recent surge in violence and attacks in the Middle East is taking a shocking toll on young lives in the region, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday in an appeal for de-escalation.…

Five things to know about this year’s Indigenous Peoples Day

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Five things to know about this year’s Indigenous Peoples Day 08 August 2024 © UNEP/Florian Fussstetter Chief Joel Puyanawa says traditional farming techniques, including the planting of hardwood trees , has helped limit deforestation in Puyanawa territory. The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is marked annually on 9 August. This year’s theme is Protecting the rights…

World News in Brief: Hostilities in Syria, Israeli detention practices, ‘summer wave of COVID-19’ in Europe

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Hostilities in Syria, Israeli detention practices, ‘summer wave of COVID-19’ in Europe 08 August 2024 © PAM Le conflit en Syrie a entraîné le déplacement de milliers de personnes. (archives) Escalating hostilities in Deir-ez-Zor in eastern Syria is impacting civilians and the infrastructure they rely on, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday,…

Nurturing hope and leadership among Gaza’s young people

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Nurturing hope and leadership among Gaza’s young people 07 August 2024 © Sharek Youth Forum Sarah Al Shamali works with a local non-governmental organization, Sharek Youth Forum, in Gaza. “My message to the world is how important it is to strengthen the role of youth in societies and to invest in their potential,” said 23-year-old Sarah Al Shamali from Gaza City, ahead of International…

Gender equality at risk: UN officials highlight danger of pulling peacekeepers out

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gender equality at risk: UN officials highlight danger of pulling peacekeepers out 07 August 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías A wide view of the UN Security Council chamber during the meeting on women and peace and security. Senior UN officials on Wednesday warned of the consequences for protection of women and their rights in conflict zones, amid recent decisions to close or shrink peacekeeping…

Another month, another heat record broken: UN weather agency

9 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Another month, another heat record broken: UN weather agency 07 August 2024 © Unsplash/Timo Volz Temperatures have hit record highs across the world in 2024. Last month saw another extreme weather milestone with the world’s hottest day on recent record registered on 22 July – yet another indication of the extent to which greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are changing our…