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World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks condemned, new cybercrime treaty, ‘alarmingly high’ executions in Iran

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks condemned, new cybercrime treaty, ‘alarmingly high’ executions in Iran 09 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Saviano Abreu Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, speaks to alocal community leader in Chasiv Yar Town in Donetsk Region in October 2023. The outgoing UN senior humanitarian official in Ukraine condemned a deadly Russian attack on Friday…

UN counter-terrorism chief highlights Da’esh surge, calling for global action

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN counter-terrorism chief highlights Da’esh surge, calling for global action 08 August 2024 UN Photo/Stuart Price The skyline beyond the northern suburbs of Mogadishu is seen through a bullet hole in the window of a hotel in Somalia. Islamic State (ISIL/Da’esh) and its affiliates have expanded their activities and finances in several parts of Africa, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, resulting…

Upcoming elections in Cameroon mark a ‘key opportunity’ to commit to human rights: UN human rights chief

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Upcoming elections in Cameroon mark a ‘key opportunity’ to commit to human rights: UN human rights chief 08 August 2024 © OHCHR/Ravina Shamdasani UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on official mission to Cameroon. Despite obstacles, Cameroon maintains immense potential to foster social change and promote civic engagement in their upcoming 2025 and 2026 elections, stressed the…

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

8 months 4 weeks 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

8 months 4 weeks 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

8 months 4 weeks 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

8 months 4 weeks 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

8 months 4 weeks 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

8 months 4 weeks 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

8 months 4 weeks 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,…