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Daily Wrap 6 September 2024

UNICEF renews school protection call in Ukraine amid 'deadly reality' of attacks Continued Russian attacks across Ukraine this week made for a tragic start to the new school year, a senior official with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Friday.  Read more Culture and Education UN leads search for synergy on climate and development Governments, experts and civil society representatives met in Brazil this week for a UN-backed conference to examine solutions that address the interlinked challenges of the climate emergency and the sustainable development crisis.  Read more Climate and Environment Millions impacted by 'catastrophic and massive floods' in Bangladesh Recent "catastrophic and massive floods" in Bangladesh have affected millions of people across the country, including those in Cox's Bazar where nearly one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar live alongside host communities, spokesperson William Spindler told journalists in Geneva on Friday.  Read more Climate and Environment Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the UN independent expert on the right to health on Friday stressed that equitable access to vaccines is crucial in the race to save lives. Read more Health Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a polio vaccination campaign there, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Friday. Read more Peace and Security Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end 'rampant' abuse Top human rights investigators into Sudan's brutal war called on Friday for a country-wide arms embargo as they recounted harrowing testimony of victims of horrific sexual attacks whose bodies are treated as a "theatre of operation" by fighters acting with total impunity. Read more Human Rights

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