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UN chief demands global action to end racism against people of African descent
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General has called for global action to “vanquish racism and discrimination” towards people of African descent, in his message marking the international day highlighting the diaspora.
UN Polio Vaccine Campaign in Gaza To Proceed In Humanitarian Pause
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) - The UN's multi-agency polio vaccine campaign in Gaza is set to begin this weekend. It will do so under continued constraints on humanitarian operations and mobility, but with the assurance from Israel to pause fighting for the campaign to go ahead.
Climate Assemblies Seek Citizen Participation in Latin American Solutions
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 29 (IPS) - Danilo Barbosa had never taken part in political processes until his name was drawn in a lottery to join the climate assembly of the municipality of Bujaru, in the Amazon region of Brazil.
Infection Rates Among Children Rage On in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) - As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to grow more dire, so does the spread of illness among Palestinian children. Already facing widespread malnutrition, starvation, dehydration, and unhygienic living conditions, hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza face the risk of contracting a multitude of diseases.
VIETNAM: ‘Human Rights Conditions Will Likely Worsen as the Country Descends into a Police State’
- Inter Press Service
Aug 29 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses recent leadership changes in Vietnam with David Tran, coordinator of the Alliance for Vietnam's Democracy, a civil society platform that promotes democracy in Vietnam and the region through international cooperation and the strengthening of local civil society.
Signs of Progress on Peace-Positive Climate Adaptation
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug 29 (IPS) - The consequences of climate change are disproportionately impacting fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCS). Climate shocks can exacerbate security risks in FCS, conflict and instability compromise a region's ability to adapt to climate change, leaving its population ever more vulnerable to future climate shocks.
Is the UN Ready for a Second Trump Presidency?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) - The Communist Manifesto of a bygone era, authored by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, begins with an implicit warning: "A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of Communism."
And today another specter is haunting — this time at the United Nations — the specter of a second Trump presidency.
UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets on Gaza as WHO announces polio pauses for lifesaving vaccination campaign
- UN News
The UN Security Council has begun meeting in emergency session in New York on the continuing crisis in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced agreement had been reached with Israel to allow a mass polio vaccination campaign to get underway through a series of humanitarian pauses beginning on Sunday. For UN News app users, follow live here.
Level of unprotected teenage sex ‘worryingly high’, WHO finds
- UN News
Condom use among sexually active adolescents has declined significantly since 2014, with rates of unprotected sex worryingly high, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe.
Guterres highlights Timor-Leste’s ‘growing international influence’
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General continued his historic visit to Timor-Leste on Thursday, emphasising the positive role the country can play on the regional stage to help resolve the crisis in war-wracked Myanmar.
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