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Daily Wrap 30 July 2024

Gazans need polio vaccines amid 'deathly cycle' of hunger, heat and disease, say UN aid agencies 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. Read more Peace and Security War-weary Sudanese face new hardships as floods strike Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and floods inundated parts of Kassala province in eastern Sudan, inflicting further misery on communities already vulnerable due to ongoing conflict, UN agencies have reported. Read more Humanitarian Aid World News in Brief: UAE urged to free activists, mass school closures in Haiti, aid for Sudanese refugees in Libya The United Arab Emirates must immediately release 43 activists who have been sentenced to life imprisonment for terror offences, independent UN human rights experts said on Tuesday.  Read more Human Rights Venezuela: UN rights chief concerned about post-election tension and violence UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has joined the Secretary-General in voicing concern over the situation in Venezuela following the recent presidential election.  Read more Human Rights Security Council lifts arms embargo on Central African Republic forces The UN Security Council on Tuesday lifted the arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR) government forces, while calling on all nations to take all necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply of all types of weapons and related materiel to armed groups operating there. Read more Peace and Security Independent rights experts urge States to comply with ICJ ruling on Israel UN Member States must immediately comply with the recent "landmark ruling" by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel's presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a group of 38 UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday.  Read more Human Rights UN rights office condemns forced evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory expressed concern on Tuesday over the forced evictions of over 80 Palestinian families in the Silwan area of occupied East Jerusalem. Read more Human Rights Kazakhstan tightens laws to combat trafficking of newborns Babies are being sold for up to $4,500 in Kazakhstan, but the government is cracking down on traffickers with a new law adopted earlier this month. Read more Law and Crime Prevention

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