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Daily Wrap 30 August 2024
Children collect water in the Gaza Strip.
Humanitarian pauses in Gaza pave way for polio vaccinations

UN aid teams have reached a tentative agreement with parties involved in the war in Gaza for humanitarian pauses to allow 640,000 children to be vaccinated amid an outbreak of the virus, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

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Humanitarian Aid
A woman walks through a corridor in a village in Afghanistan. (file)
Afghanistan: UN will 'continue to engage' with Taliban, following threat to withdraw cooperation

The United Nations will continue engaging with all stakeholders in Afghanistan, advocating for human rights and equality, the global body's Spokesperson said on Friday, amid the Taliban's reported rejection of criticism by UN officials of a strict morality law.

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Human Rights
An estimated 6.7 million people are at risk of gender-based violence in Sudan, with displaced, refugee and migrant women and girls particularly vulnerable.
Sudan: 'Dire consequences for survivors' lacking medical and trauma services

The devastating lack of adequate care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Sudan, including sexual and reproductive healthcare and psychosocial care, has had "dire" repercussions, independent UN experts said on Friday. 

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Human Rights
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (centre) tours a site for displaced people at Abdullah Naji in Port Sudan.
UN deputy chief appeals for global solidarity as crises roil East Africa

Spotlighting crises roiling parts of eastern Africa, the UN deputy chief concluded a regional visit in Adré, Chad, on Friday, calling for global solidarity to tackle famine in Sudan, flooding and mass displacement while ensuring free-flowing aid for millions trapped in war zones and those fleeing for their lives.

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Humanitarian Aid
People in Timor-Leste observe voting during the August 1999 referendum.
In battle for development 'you can count on us', Guterres tells Timor-Leste, marking 25 years of self-determination

UN Secretary-General António Guterres told parliamentarians in Timor-Leste on Friday the world has much to learn from their inspirational struggle for self-rule, 25 years to the day since the historic referendum which paved the way for independence in 2002. 

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UN Affairs
People gather outside a hospital in Pakistan's Balochistan province after a terrorist attack. (file photo)
World News in Brief: Terror attacks in Pakistan and Burkina Faso, Yemen floods update, mass graves in Libya

A UN independent human rights expert on Friday condemned recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, which resulted in approximately 200 deaths, and in Pakistan, where 28 civilians lost their lives.

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Human Rights
A UNICEF team delivers health and nutrition supplies, including vaccines, to communities in northeast Ethiopia.
UN provides emergency cash injection for global crisis hotspots

The UN's top relief official on Friday allocated $100 million from the Organization's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster critically underfunded humanitarian operations in some of the world's humanitarian hotspots.

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Humanitarian Aid
Protestors take part in a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Paris, France (2021), protesting racism and racial discrimination.
UN chief demands global action to end racism against people of African descent

The UN Secretary-General has called for global action to "vanquish racism and discrimination" towards people of African descent, in his message marking the international day highlighting the diaspora. 

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Human Rights
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