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Daily Wrap 17 September 2024
People in Gaza are living in increasingly unsanitary conditions.
General Assembly resumes emergency special session on Palestine

The General Assembly resumed its 10th emergency special session on the issue of Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Palestine introduced a draft resolution that demands an end to the occupation within one year, which Member States are expected to vote on at 11am (New York time) on Thursday.

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Peace and Security
(File) Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at a Security Council meeting.
Top UN official appeals for calm following wave of attacks in Lebanon

The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, has called for calm following attacks across the country on Tuesday which killed at least nine people, including children, and left thousands injured - many critically. 

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Peace and Security
Alice Edwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
UN rights expert calls for immediate release of all Israeli hostages

The UN independent human rights expert on protection from torture on Tuesday reiterated the urgent need for all Israeli hostages held in Gaza to be unconditionally released.

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Human Rights
Families wade through floodwaters to access a water point at a site for internally displaced people in Dikwa in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno State.
Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods

UN agencies and their humanitarian partners are providing life-saving relief to families in Nigeria who lost their homes during recent flooding.

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Humanitarian Aid
A family arrives to safety after fleeing the restive east of Myanmar.
Over 5,000 civilians killed since Myanmar military coup

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, issued its latest report on Myanmar on Tuesday, detailing a range of serious violations that continue to underscore the deepening crisis and lack of rule of law throughout the country. 

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Human Rights
Protests erupted in the capital Caracas and elsewhere following the re-election of President Nicolas Madura in July.
Venezuela: Rights probe points to 'unprecedented' repression

Violence used against opponents of the Venezuelan authorities has reached unprecedented levels, a top independent human rights probe alleged on Tuesday, citing arrests, sexual abuse and torture as just some of the methods used by the Government of President Nicolas Maduro to stay in power.

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Human Rights
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