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‘Age must never diminish rights,’ UN independent expert warns
Older women around the world face violence, exploitation and neglect, yet remain largely invisible in the laws, policies, data and services designed to protect women overall, a UN independent human rights expert said on Thursday.
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Afghanistan: Women face fresh dress code arrests amid record refugee returns
Afghan women and girls are being arrested, detained and threatened with arrest by Taliban authorities, the UN warned on Thursday as record numbers of returnees struggle to rebuild their lives back home.
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Kenya on Positive Developments Concerning Women’s Leadership, Raise Questions on High Rates of Femicide and Teenage…
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the ninth periodic report of Kenya on its efforts to comply with the Convention on the Elimination on All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Committee Experts commended the State…
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Human Rights Council Concludes Sixty-Third Regular Session after Adopting 34 Resolutions, Two Decisions and One President’s Statement
The Human Rights Council today concluded its sixty-third regular session after adopting 34 resolutions, two decisions and one president’s statement, in which, among other things, the Council voted to extend 14 country-specific and thematic mandates.New resolutions adopted during the session focused…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Welcome the Cook Islands’ Efforts to Implement the Convention, Ask about Gender Stereotypes and the Minimum Age of Marriage
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of the Cook Islands, with Committee Experts welcoming the State’s efforts to implement the Convention, while asking about the persistence of patriarchal and…
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Myanmar: Poverty deepens as families face multiple shocks with limited resources
Years of conflict, displacement, economic disruption and climate shocks in Myanmar have led to the “simultaneous collapse” of shelter, healthcare, schooling and livelihoods affecting millions of people, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a report issued on Thursday.
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‘No plague case’ in Siberia, Russia tells WHO as assessments continue
Health authorities in Russia say there is “no plague case” in Siberia following reports last week that a lab technician had died of pneumonia of an unknown origin in the region, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Wednesday.
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World News in Brief: Child migrants in Europe, Greenland forced contraception scandal, FAO hunger updates
New data on child migrants published on Wednesday highlighted the harrowing treatment many face while travelling to Europe in search of work and shelter.
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Ukraine: UN condemns latest attacks and calls for civilian protection
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine on Wednesday called for an end to attacks against civilians following further overnight strikes by Russian forces that reportedly killed at least 19 in the Chernihiv Region.
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Kenya races to trace all contacts after first Ebola death, WHO official says
Kenya’s first Ebola death has triggered a race to trace everyone the victim came into contact with, as the United Nations and partners provide full support, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top official in the country has told UN News in her first interview on the case.
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Reform, or lose trust: Governments press the UN to reflect the world as it is
Can the UN still remain relevant if it still looks and acts like the organization it was when it was formed in 1945? The debate over UN reform at the General Assembly in New York last month produced a striking common refrain from a diverse range of Member States.
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Critical funding gap threatens health response in Yemen
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that significantly more resources are required to scale up its response in Yemen amid escalating conflict and rising needs.
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WHO releases first global guidelines on child obesity as cases surge
Child and adolescent obesity has quadrupled since 1990, rising from two per cent to around eight per cent of youngsters in the five-to-19 age group, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
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Israeli demolition in East Jerusalem displaces 69 Palestinians
Sixty-nine Palestinians – more than half of them children – were displaced on Tuesday after Israeli authorities green lit the demolition of their residential building in the At Tur area of East Jerusalem, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) has reported.
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‘Rocket revolution’ opens access to space
For a long time, launching something beyond Earth was reserved for a relatively small number of national space programmes. That is changing.
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From drought to deluge: ‘Super’ El Niño’s expanding reach
Across Papua New Guinea, water sources are drying up, crops are failing and food prices are rising months before the worst agricultural impacts are expected. Behind those warning signs is an El Niño whose Pacific Ocean temperatures have already surpassed the equivalent measurements during the historic 1997 and 2015 events – part of an unfolding climate pattern being dubbed a “Super El Niño” by some climate watchers.
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Welcome Commendable Efforts in Kazakhstan, Ask about Women’s Access to Justice and Legal Aid
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Kazakhstan, with Committee Experts welcoming commendable efforts by the State, while asking about women’s access to justice and legal aid. Elgun Safarov, Committee…
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Djibouti faces ‘overlapping emergencies’ as Yemen’s refugee exodus continues
Djibouti is facing “overlapping emergencies” as refugees fleeing the conflict in Yemen arrive on its shores while migrants continue to travel in the opposite direction, the UN migration agency (IOM) warned on Tuesday.
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Testing and monitoring underway in suspected Russia plague death
The death of a lab worker in Russia’s Siberia region has sparked concerns over a possible plague case, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, adding that it was following the situation closely.
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In Islamabad, Guterres calls for end to US-Iran conflict
The UN Secretary-General appealed on Tuesday for an end to the United States-Iran war and the toll it has taken on global trade, as he began an official visit to Pakistan.
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