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United Nations Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres and World Health Organization
Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
are calling for a further $35 billion in
contributions to fund the Access to COVID-19
Tools Accelerator program. Trials of one of the
leading coronavirus vaccine candidates, under
development by AstraZeneca, has been halted over
concerns about potential side
effects. Full Story: Voice of America
(9/10), Center for Infectious Disease
Research and Policy
(9/10), Reuters (9/9)
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Members of the United Nations
Security Council this week unanimously called
for increased protections for schools, and end
to attacks targeting educational facilities and
accountability for parties attacking teachers or
students. UN data shows that approximately
11,000 attacks on education were carried out
between 2015 and 2019. Full Story: The Daily Star (Lebanon)/Agence
France-Presse
(9/11)
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Xinhua News Agency
(China)
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Thousands of refugees on the
Greek island of Lesbos have been sleeping on the
streets since fires destroyed the Moria refugee
camp they had called home. The Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
has offered assistance to refugees in the region
as well as Greek authorities, and leaders in
France and Germany are working on a plan to
relocate some of the displaced camp residents in
European countries. Full Story: The Guardian (London)
(9/11), CNN
(9/10)
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The Associated
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Houthi rebels in Yemen recruited
34 teenage girls to work as spies, guards,
medics or to recruit other children and 12 of
the girls were reportedly sexually abused or
forced into marriage, according to a report
commissioned by the United Nations Human Rights
Council. "The international community has a
responsibility to put an end to this pandemic of
impunity, and should not turn a blind eye to the
gross violations that have been committed in
Yemen," says Kamel Jendoubi, chair of the expert
panel responsible for the report. Full Story: The Associated Press (9/9)
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Governments around the world have
not met 2020 goals on protecting plant and
wildlife biodiversity, and the loss of important
habitats remains "worryingly high," according to
a draft report from the United Nations
Convention on Biological Diversity. Reversing
the negative trends will require "a reinvention
of the ways in which we collectively produce,
consume and live," the report says. Full Story: Climate Home News (9/8)
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United Nations Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres has condemned an attack on a
convoy carrying Amrullah Saleh, the first Vice
President of Afghanistan, which killed dozens of
civilian bystanders. "Perpetrators must face
justice," said Deborah Lyons, head of the UN
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. Full Story: Associated Press of
Pakistan
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The Irish Times
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The Guardian
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