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Week in Review 30 November 2024

UN welcomes ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon The United Nations has welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Read more Peace and Security Lebanon ceasefire deal: displaced communities start to return home As the Lebanon ceasefire deal entered into force early Wednesday based on the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) – facilitated by UN peacekeepers UNIFIL and bolstered by an international monitoring committee - UN humanitarians committed to supporting communities uprooted by the war that have already started returning home. Read more Humanitarian Aid UN rights office urges Russia to cease attacks on Ukraine's energy grid as winter sets in The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday reiterated its call for Russia to halt attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, adding that those responsible must be held to account.  Read more Human Rights 'The UN is not leaving Haiti,' spokesperson afffirms As the security situation in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince rapidly worsens due to ongoing gang violence, the United Nations is adjusting its operations to ensure the continued delivery of critical humanitarian assistance.   Read more Peace and Security General Assembly President urges collective action on Sudan as crisis deepens Addressing the General Assembly on Tuesday, President Philémon Yang called for urgent collective action to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and stressed the shared responsibility of UN bodies to safeguard global peace and security. Read more Peace and Security Arrest warrant sought for Myanmar Commander-in-Chief for Rohingya crimes The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has filed an application for an arrest warrant against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces and Acting President, alleging his involvement in crimes against humanity targeting the Rohingya population. Read more Law and Crime Prevention 'No excuse': A global call to end violence against women On the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, world leaders and advocates gathered at the UN Headquarters to confront a stark reality: violence against women and girls remains a pervasive global crisis. Read more Women COP29 climate talks end with $300 billion annual pledge, Guterres calls deal a 'base to build on' Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually to the global fight against climate change as UN climate talks came to a contentious end early Sunday morning in Baku. Developing nations who had sought over $1 trillion in assistance called the agreement "insulting" and argued it did not give them the vital resources they required to truly address the complexities of the climate crisis. Read more Climate and Environment Security Council urged to ensure greater protection of humanitarian workers With 2024 the deadliest year for aid workers on record, the Security Council must clearly condemn attacks against them and ensure accountability for perpetrators, a senior official with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Tuesday.  Read more Peace and Security Talks begin in South Korea to clinch 'essential' deal on plastics pollution Talks began in Busan, South Korea, on Monday aiming to clinch a legally binding deal on plastics pollution, led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Read more Climate and Environment Millions of women and girls forced to flee face high risk of gender-based violence: UNHCR More than 60 million women and girls worldwide who are forcibly displaced or stateless face high risks of gender-based violence (GBV), but funding for lifesaving services to support them is woefully lacking, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday.  Read more Women Upholding human rights is key to ending AIDS by 2030 Ahead of World AIDS Day on 1 December, a new report by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) highlights the critical role of human rights in ending the AIDS pandemic as a public health threat by 2030. Read more Health ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel, Hamas leadership: what happens next? The decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants citing alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas commander Mohammed Deif, has led to huge interest in the court, and what comes next. Here is what we know so far. Read more Law and Crime Prevention 'We need peace': Global Forum concludes with hope and a plan The message, from second graders and octogenarians to imams, rabbis, young changemakers and the King of Spain, was clear: "we need peace and mutual understanding now more than ever before," according to more than 1,800 participants at the UN Alliance of Civilizations 10th Global Forum, which concluded on Wednesday. Read more Culture and Education Haiti: Child recruitment by armed groups surges 70 per cent The number of children being recruited into armed groups in Haiti has increased by 70 per cent over the past year, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)  said on Monday.  The unprecedented spike also reveals the alarming deterioration of child protection amid escalating violence in the Caribbean nation.    Read more Human Rights 2/3 of digital content creators do not fact-check, UNESCO survey reveals In an age when social media dominates global information sharing, an alarming two-thirds of digital content creators are publishing unverified information to millions of followers, a landmark survey by UN educational and cultural agency UNESCO revealed on Wednesday. Read more Culture and Education Wages are recovering after negative shift in 2022, says UN labour agency Pay packets around the world rose 1.8 per cent in 2023 and continued their positive trajectory in the first half of the year, rising by 2.7 per cent on the back of a strong post-COVID global recovery, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Thursday. Read more Economic Development The trial that brought down a warlord How do you bring a war criminal to justice? UN Video reported on the case of Sheka, the infamous leader of a feared armed group that raped and ravaged civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in its award-winning film The Trial that Brought Down a Warlord. Read more Law and Crime Prevention Devastating 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends, marked by record-setting storms The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially concludes this weekend, leaving a trail of destruction, loss of life and massive economic damage across the Americas and the Caribbean, the UN meteorological agency reported on Friday. Read more Climate and Environment One woman killed every 10 minutes: The harrowing global reality of femicide A sobering report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday reveals that in 2023, 140 women and girls died every day at the hands of their partner or a close relative, which means one woman killed every 10 minutes.  Read more Women

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