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Week in Review 7 September 2024

Planning ahead: 5 things to know about the UN's landmark Summit of the Future Is there another way the world could be run? And in the face so much global turmoil, how can we make the future fairer? This September, a major event at UN Headquarters is being billed as once in a generation opportunity for the international community to grapple with these questions, and forge a new path, for the benefit of all. Read more UN Affairs Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in war-torn Gaza. Read more Humanitarian Aid Between fear and hope, Gazans line up in their thousands to protect their children from polio If the UN-led polio vaccination campaign currently underway in Gaza is to be successful in halting the spread of a virus that has resurfaced in the Strip after 25 years, 90 per cent of children under the age of 10 need to be inoculated. UN News correspondent Ziad Taleb has been speaking to some of the concerned parents. Read more Health 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 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 Catastrophic hunger doubles in 2024; Gaza and Sudan worst hit The number of people experiencing catastrophic hunger has surged more than twofold in 2024, due largely to the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Sudan, according to new figures released by the UN on Thursday. Read more Humanitarian Aid UN strongly condemns 'tragic death' of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died at a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, on Thursday, just days after reportedly being set on fire by a boyfriend.  Read more Women WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year The number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise, according to global cholera statistics for 2023 published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.  Read more Health Tech progress, automation, AI, cut workers' share of wealth: ILO The global trend for shrinking pay packets in heavily industrialized economies could be driven – at least temporarily - by tech innovations in the workplace such as automation and AI, the UN International Labour Organization, ILO, said on Wednesday. Read more Economic Development UN reports 'lethal tactics' by Israeli forces in West Bank Israeli forces continue to employ "lethal war-like tactics" in the West Bank, including airstrikes, with people being killed, injured and displaced, the UN Spokesperson said on Tuesday. Read more Peace and Security Make AI work for everyone, UN chief says The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for global cooperation in sharing the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that unequal access could exacerbate global inequalities. Read more SDGs Yemen: UN appeals for immediate release of staff held by de facto authorities Six United Nations personnel who've been held on "spurious" accusations in Yemen for three months by the Houthi de facto authorities must be released immediately, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Tuesday. Read more Human Rights Venezuela: UN rights office describes pervasive 'climate of fear' The UN human rights office, OHCHR, reiterated deep concerns on Tuesday over the continuing "climate of fear" in Venezuela, after an arrest warrant was issued for the opposition's presidential candidate in the country's recent election. Read more Human Rights Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of 'no justice, no peace' When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, visited UN Headquarters in the 1960s to protest the Viet Nam conflict, the civil rights leader likened the anti-war movement to the struggle for equality for Black people in the United States, declaring then what has today become a slogan in the country's continuing battle against racism. Read more Human Rights

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