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Daily Wrap 18 September 2024
Result of the General Assembly vote on a draft resolution on the ICJ advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from Israel's policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
UN General Assembly demands Israel end 'unlawful presence' in Occupied Palestinian Territory

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution that demands that Israel "brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence" in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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Peace and Security
A boy walks in the Al Salaam camp for displaced people in North Darfur.
Sudan: UN urges immediate action to stop fighting in El Fasher

A sharp escalation in fighting in Sudan's El Fasher, along with ongoing clashes between rival military factions across the country, is heightening the risk of atrocities, including violence against women, and worsening the already dire humanitarian crisis, senior UN officials warned on Wednesday.

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Peace and Security
Children carry WFP food rations in a makeshift camp for displaced people in Marib, Yemen.
World News in Brief: Yemen detainee appeal, Typhoon Yagi impacts, ease asylum seekers' plight, mpox cash boost

Regional directors from six UN agencies and three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) called on Wednesday for the immediate and unconditional release of scores of colleagues who have been arbitrarily detained in Yemen for 100 days.

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Humanitarian Aid
Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva addresses the Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: UN warns of growing crisis under increasingly authoritarian Taliban rule

Concerns for women and the overall state of humanitarian rights in Afghanistan are growing following further legal clampdowns by the Taliban, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.

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Peace and Security
A shopping district in Beirut, Lebanon (file).
UN appeals for restraint after further devices explode across Lebanon

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an end to the escalation in violence in the Middle East amid reports of a fresh wave of electronic device detonations in Lebanon which caused further deaths and injuries. 

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Peace and Security
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaking at a press conference ahead of the General Assembly high-level week.
'Create a future fit for our grandchildren', Guterres urges, ahead of gamechanger Summit

Countries must use a once-in-a-generation UN summit to address current and emerging global challenges and reform outdated international institutions, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday in New York. 

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UN Affairs
Space-based observations and AI modelling are already transforming the science of forecasting, a potential gamechanger for countries ill-equipped to protect themselves from weather hazards, such as South Sudan.
Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency

Amid renewed warnings from leading climate scientists that global warming could reach 3C above pre-industrial levels this century, the head of the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) insisted on Wednesday that new technology and AI offer the opportunity to implement the drastic action needed to resist the existential crisis. 

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Climate and Environment
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