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Activist Valdecir Nascimento at the Second session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
UN News/ Pauline Batista

News in Brief 31 August 2023

News in Brief
  • Pervasive discrimination’ against people of African descent must stop: UN chief
  • Refusal to waive intellectual property for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights in global South, experts say
  • ‘Last line of defence’ against extinction: UNESCO World Heritage sites under climate change threat
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the impact on victims of enforced disappearances and their relatives.
Unsplash/Tao Yuan

News in Brief 30 August 2023

News in Brief
  • Enforced disappearance: Experts urge justice for victims and an end to impunity
  • Sudan: Over 4.8 million displaced says IOM
  • WHO welcomes African States’ commitment to combat antimicrobial resistance
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Psychological support is important for the future of Ukraine's children.
© UNICEF

News in Brief 29 August 2023

News in Brief
  • Ukraine’s children fall behind in school as attacks on education rage on: UNICEF
  • Niger spirals into protection crisis post-military takeover: UNHCR
  • Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online criminality in southeast Asia: OHCHR
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Protestors air their views on non-proliferation opposite UN Headquarters in New York. (file)
© ICAN/Seth Shelden

News in Brief 28 August 2023

News in Brief
  • ‘End nuclear testing forever’: UN chief
  • States must protect children’s right to a clean and healthy environment: independent experts
  • UN refugee chief hears ‘stories of fear and violence’ from those who fled Sudan
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The conflict in Sudan has displaced thousands of children and their families.
© UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdee

News in Brief 25 August 2023

News in Brief

 

  • Sudan: hundreds of thousands of children risk starving to death: UN relief chief
  • Pakistan floods: one year on, millions still without safe water, basic services: UNICEF
  • FAO hails boost to biodiversity efforts with creation of new fund
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Rising sea levels are threatening the future of low-lying islands in the South-West Pacific.
© WMO/João Murteira

News in Brief 24 August 2023

News in Brief
  • Climate adaptation, sustainable development funding ‘a matter of justice’: Guterres
  • End impunity for Myanmar military’s crimes against Rohingya: UN rights chief
  • Japan’s Fukushima water release: IAEA continues safety review
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A wastewater treatment facility in Manila, the Philippines.
Danilo Pinzon/World Bank

News in Brief 23 August 2023

News in Brief
  • ‘End slavery’s legacy of racism’: UN chief

  • Greece: Rights experts condemn “racist violence” against asylum-seekers

  • UNEP touts wastewater’s untapped potential for climate solutions

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A girl interacts with a robot in Osaka, Japan.
© Unsplash/Andy Kelly

News in Brief 22 August 2023

News in Brief
  • Afghanistan’s Taliban responsible for revenge killings, torture of officials
  • DRC: Millions face hunger as funding dries up: WFP
  • Generative AI likely to augment rather than destroy jobs: ILO
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The United Nations flag flies at half-mast at UN Headquarters.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

News in Brief 21 August 2023

News in Brief
  • UN chief honours survivors of terrorism working for peace
  • Hurricane Hilary update: UN weather agency on ‘widespread’ US floods
  • Sudan: UN deplores intensified fighting, displacement in Kordofan states
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The lack of job opportunities in in places like Niger (pictured) is driving many people to extremist groups.
© UN News/Daniel Dickinson

News in Brief 18 August 2023

News in Brief
  • Niger: Türk calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order
  • Cape Verde: UN support activated after deadly boat accident
  • A scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO
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