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Daily Wrap 11 October 2024
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UN chief condemns attacks against peacekeepers in Lebanon

The UN Secretary-General on Friday condemned recent attacks against peacekeeping personnel and premises in southern Lebanon.

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Peace and Security
Families in Gaza are struggling to find enough food to eat.
Gaza food aid levels at 'breaking point'

Aid entering the Gaza Strip is at its lowest level in months, and both the north and south of the enclave are at "breaking point", UN humanitarians said on Friday.

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Humanitarian Aid
Young girls fetch water in Jampur, South Punjab, Pakistan.
The world must step up for girls, UN chief says

As the world marked the International Day of the Girl Child on Friday, a town hall held at UN Headquarters provided an opportunity for young women activists to engage directly with policymakers and offer recommendations on what they need to fully realise their rights. 

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SDGs
A girl collects water from a communal tap in the town of Renk, South Sudan. Since April 2023, over 810,000 people have crossed into the country from Sudan, many among them children.
Sudan: Refugee numbers swell as war continues to drive displacement

The number of Sudanese refugees in South Sudan has surpassed half a million, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, announced on Friday, as ongoing conflict in neighbouring Sudan continues to drive massive displacement.

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Peace and Security
Children in Indonesia learn about disaster preparedness through traditional songs.
Twenty years on: Indonesia 'better prepared' following tsunami

When Ahmadi, a local storyteller on the Indonesian island of Simeulue, sings a lullaby to his one-year-old grandson, the song is not one about fairies and angels but rather about the precautions to take in a potential tsunami.

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Climate and Environment
Coffee farmers pick beans in Laos.
Farmers cultivate an opium-free future for Lao PDR

High in the mountains of Houaphanh province in the north of Lao People's Democratic Republic in an area historically known for opium cultivation, farmers are creating a more secure and sustainable future with the cultivation of coffee.

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SDGs
Secretary-General António Guterres meets with survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima (file).
Guterres salutes Japanese anti-nuclear group on Nobel Peace Prize win

UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the Japanese anti-nuclear weapons organization Nihon Hidankyo which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

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Peace and Security
Essential nutrition services have been expanded in Rakhine state which is only one area with "immense" needs caused by mass displacement linked to hostilities and flooding.
Myanmar is spiralling, warns UN chief in peace call to regional bloc ASEAN

Amid escalating hostilities in Myanmar sparked by a 2021 military coup that have plunged millions into a deepening humanitarian crisis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the country's neighbours "to leverage their influence" to bring about peace. 

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Peace and Security
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