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Daily Wrap 8 August 2024
A family moves possessions amidst the rubble in Gaza (file).
Gaza: Thousands on the run again following new evacuation order

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.

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Humanitarian Aid
Chief Joel Puyanawa says traditional farming techniques, including the planting of hardwood trees , has helped limit deforestation in Puyanawa territory in Brazil.
Five things to know about this year's Indigenous Peoples Day

The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is marked annually on 9 August. This year's theme is Protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact.

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Human Rights
Conflict in Syria has displaced thousands of people (file).
World News in Brief: Hostilities in Syria, Israeli detention practices, 'summer wave of COVID-19' in Europe

Escalating hostilities in Deir-ez-Zor in eastern Syria is impacting civilians and the infrastructure they rely on, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday, expressing deep concern over the situation.

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Humanitarian Aid
The skyline beyond the northern suburbs of Mogadishu is seen through a bullet hole in the window of a hotel in Somalia.
UN counter-terrorism chief highlights Da'esh surge, calling for global action

Islamic State (ISIL/Da'esh) and its affiliates have expanded their activities and finances in several parts of Africa, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, resulting in a major spike in attacks and civilian fatalities, a senior UN counter-terrorism official warned the Security Council on Thursday.

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Peace and Security
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk during his official mission to Cameroon.
Upcoming elections in Cameroon mark a 'key opportunity' to commit to human rights: UN human rights chief

Despite obstacles, Cameroon maintains immense potential to foster social change and promote civic engagement in their upcoming 2025 and 2026 elections, stressed the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday at the end of a two-day visit to the country. 

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Human Rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. (file)
UN rights chief 'deeply troubled' by dissolution of Thailand's Move Forward Party

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday that a decision of the Constitutional Court in Thailand to dissolve the country's largest political party was deeply troubling and that it undermined democratic processes and restricted political pluralism.

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Human Rights
Colorized transmission electron microscopic image of mpox virus particles (red), found within an infected cell (blue), that had been cultured in the laboratory.
WHO on alert as mpox cases surge to unprecedented levels in Africa

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to the mpox outbreak in over a dozen African countries to the highest level, mobilizing efforts across the agency.

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Health
A participant in a UNODC-supported simulation of a chemical terrorism attack in Indonesia.
Testing swift responses to chemical terrorism threats

As the UN Security Council meets on Thursday to discuss the threat the ISIL/Da'esh terrorist group poses, a specialised UN agency has been helping nations on the ground to prepare for chemical terrorism attacks.

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Peace and Security
Khan Younis in Gaza has been heavily bombed.
UNICEF warns against escalating violence in the Middle East

The recent surge in violence and attacks in the Middle East is taking a shocking toll on young lives in the region, a senior official with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday in an appeal for de-escalation. 

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Peace and Security
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