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Week in Review 3 August 2024

Middle East: Beirut and Tehran attacks 'represent a dangerous escalation', Guterres warns UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to prevent escalation in the Middle East, following an Israeli strike on Lebanon's capital and the reported killing of a top Hamas leader in Iran. Read more Peace and Security Famine now prevalent in parts of war-torn Sudan Famine is now prevalent in areas of war-torn Sudan and will continue through the next two months, according to a new global food insecurity report released on Thursday. Read more Humanitarian Aid Security Council debates 'serious and dangerous escalation' in the Middle East The UN's top political affairs official reiterated the urgent need for de-escalation in the Middle East, appealing in the Security Council on Wednesday for "swift and effective diplomatic action", as ambassadors met in an emergency meeting on the latest flare-up in hostilities. Read more Peace and Security Guinea: Senior UN officials welcome verdict in 2009 stadium massacre trial The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday, welcoming the long-awaited verdict in the trial into the 2009 massacre at a stadium in the capital, Conakry. Read more Law and Crime Prevention UN officials condemn Golan rocket attack that leaves children and teens among at least 12 dead Secretary-General António Guterres and other United Nations officials have condemned Saturday's rocket attack on a football field in the Golan Heights that killed at least 12 civilians, mainly children and teenagers. Urging restraint, they also warned against escalating violence in the region. Read more Peace and Security Skyrocketing violence against children in Sudan demands urgent protection measures: UN report 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. Read more Peace and Security Israeli military in spotlight over 'incommunicado' detention of Palestinians A new UN report published Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of Palestinians detained by the Israeli authorities since war erupted in Gaza last October has documented a range of serious violations that may amount to torture. Read more Peace and Security 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 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 More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say The heads of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for greater access to breastfeeding support to both reduce health inequity and ensure mothers and babies can survive and thrive.  Read more Health UN officials alarmed by civilian targeting amid renewed fighting in Myanmar Senior UN officials on Monday voiced alarm over the continued escalation in conflict in Myanmar, amid reports of direct targeting of civilians in aerial attacks, and the abduction and forced recruitment of children by armed forces. Read more Peace and Security Gaza: 'Frightening increase' in Hepatitis A cases 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.   Read more Humanitarian Aid Gaza: UNRWA programme aims to get children 'back to learning' The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, launched a programme on Thursday to get boys and girls in the Gaza Strip back to learning – and to just being children – amid the ongoing conflict. Read more Humanitarian Aid 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 Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows A staggering 175,000 people die from heat-related causes every year in Europe and that figure is set to soar in line with our steadily warming planet. That's the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which said on Friday that European countries are seeing temperatures rise at around twice the global average. Read more Climate and Environment UNICEF reports 32 children killed, many injured and detained in Bangladesh protests At least 32 children were killed and many more injured and detained during student protests that erupted in Bangladesh in July, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. Read more Human Rights Fight bigotry whenever and wherever it appears, UN chief declares Top UN officials on Friday called for a stand against bigotry "wherever and whenever it appears", paying tribute to the hundreds of thousands of Roma and Sinti brutally murdered during the Second World War by the Nazis. Read more Human Rights US-Russia prisoner swap 'an unprecedented diplomatic act', rights expert says A UN independent human rights expert has welcomed the landmark prisoner swap on Thursday involving the United States, Russia and five other countries. Read more Human Rights Stories from the UN Archive: Pope Francis's message to the world In 2015, His Holiness Pope Francis paid an historic visit to UN Headquarters, calling the United Nations "necessary". Read more UN Affairs Millions of young women suffer at the hands of their intimate partners: WHO Nearly a quarter of all adolescent girls who have been in a relationship – close to 19 million – will have experienced intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new analysis on Monday.  Read more Women 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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