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Daily Wrap 29 August 2024

Security Council debates Gaza as WHO announces polio pauses for lifesaving vaccination campaign The UN Security Council met in emergency session in New York on the continuing crisis in Gaza and the occupied West Bank on Thursday. 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. UN News app users can follow coverage here. Read more Peace and Security Level of unprotected teenage sex 'worryingly high', WHO finds 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.  Read more Health Guterres highlights Timor-Leste's 'growing international influence' 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. Read more Economic Development Floods, landslides wreak havoc across South Asia Over 18 million people in Bangladesh have been affected by severe monsoon conditions, with more than 1.2 million families trapped as flash floods submerge vast areas of the country's east and southeast. Read more Humanitarian Aid West Bank crisis: UN chief calls for immediate halt to Israeli strikes As the crisis in the West Bank continues to escalate alongside the ongoing war in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an "immediate cessation" of Israeli military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory. Read more Peace and Security

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