(UN News)* — The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Friday [] for the Israeli authorities to monitor senior officials whose public statements on the Gaza conflict may promote war crimes.
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09/08/2024
Gulf States: Inadequate Heat Protection Putting Workers in Peril
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By Human Rights Watch*
Migrant Workers Fainting, Vomiting in Summer Heat
(Beirut) – Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are failing to protect outdoor migrant workers experiencing dangerous, heat-related health risks as global warming-fueled heatwaves envelope the region, Human Rights Watch said on 8 August 2024.
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09/08/2024
Gaza: Thousands on the Run again Following New Israeli Evacuation Order
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(UN News)* — 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.
03/08/2024
“Systematic Dehumanisation of Civilians” in both Gaza and the West Bank: UN Humanitarian Chief
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Humanitarian efforts ‘nowhere near where they should be’ 300 days into Gaza war
(UN News)* — Scaling up aid delivery remains a challenge in Gaza as the war reaches the 300-day mark, the head of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Thursday [].
03/08/2024
Gaza: ‘Frightening Increase’ in Hepatitis A Cases
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()* — UN agencies warned on Friday [] of the high risk of the further spread of infectious diseases in Gaza, amid chronic water scarcity and no way to adequately manage waste and sewage.
01/08/2024
Skyrocketing Violence against Children in Sudan Demands Urgent Protection Measures: United Nations
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(UN News)* — The conflict in Sudan has led to a horrifying surge in violence against children, a new UN report has revealed, underscoring the need for urgent and tangible protection measures.
01/08/2024
Israeli Military in Spotlight over ‘Incommunicado’ Detention of Palestinians
31/07/2024
Gazans Need Polio Vaccines amid ‘Deathly Cycle’ of Hunger, Heat and Disease: United Nations
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By Daniel Johnson
(UN News)* — In a bid to prevent a polio epidemic in Gaza, UN humanitarians on Tuesday [] repeated continuing international calls for a ceasefire to allow a mass vaccination campaign to get underway.
© UNRWA | Water remains in short supply in the Gaza Strip.
Almost 10 months of war and intense Israeli bombardment have shattered healthcare in Gaza and disrupted routine inoculation rounds for youngsters, leaving them exposed to a range of preventable diseases including polio, which the UN World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed had been identified last month in several sewage samples taken from Gaza.
29/07/2024
Life or Energy: The Hydroelectric Dilemma in Amazonian Brazil
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An igapó, a flood-prone wooded area on the Vuelta Grande of the Xingu River, with fruit on the dry ground. This is where the piracema, or fish reproduction, was supposed to take place, frustrated by the scarcity of water released by the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant on this stretch of the river in the eastern Brazilian Amazon. The fruits are lost and stop feeding the fish by falling on the ground and not in the water. Credit: Mati / VGX
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29/07/2024
‘More than two million people in Gaza remain trapped in an endless nightmare of death and destruction on a staggering scale’
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Senior UN officials on Friday [] reiterated the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, and escalating threat to aid workers, urging immediate action prevent further deterioration.
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Muhannad Hadi, Deputy UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and Antonia De Meo, Deputy Commissioner-General of the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, briefed the Security Council on the dire situation.
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