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United Nations Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres has voiced his condolences and
offered UN support to the people of Lebanon
after a massive explosion in the port city of
Beirut left at least 135 people dead and
thousands more injured. The UN Interim Force in
Lebanon Maritime Task Force reports that its
ship was damaged and several peacekeepers were
wounded in the blast. Full Story: The Associated Press
(8/5), Asian News International
(India)
(8/5)
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The International Labour
Organization this week welcomed a decision from
Tonga to ratify a convention aimed at protecting
children from forced labor, sexual exploitation
and armed conflict -- making the treaty the
first in the agency's history to be ratified by
all 187 member states. The ILO notes that
although the number of child workers has
decreased over the last two decades, progress
could be undone by the pandemic. Full Story: Deccan Herald (India)/Agence
France-Presse
(8/4), Thomson Reuters
Foundation
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Pandemic-related school closures
have affected 1 billion students around the
world and increased the likelihood of around
23.8 million dropping out of school without
completing their education, a UNESCO report
warns. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres is urging world leaders to reopen
schools as soon as it is safe, prioritize
funding for education as well as digital
literacy and infrastructure, and develop
initiatives to support at-risk
students. Full Story: CBS News
(8/4), Prensa Latina (Cuba) (8/4)
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Rights activists in Peru are
calling on leaders to create a national registry
of missing persons, citing data from the
country's Ministry of Women that 1,200 women and
girls have been reported missing in the last
four months. The United Nations has noted that
pandemic-related lockdowns increase the risk of
domestic violence and urged governments to take
action against it. Full Story: Thomson Reuters
Foundation
(8/4)
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A scenario known as
representative concentration pathway 8.5 and
outlined by United Nations climate experts that
predicts a five-degree increase in global
temperatures by 2100 is consistent with actions
announced by governments up to 2050 and should
serve as a warning to the world, a US study
concludes. "RCP8.5 is characterized as extreme,
alarmist, and 'misleading,' with some
commentators going so far as to dismiss any
study using RCP8.5," says study author
Christopher Schwalm. Full Story: Climate Home News (8/3)
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Female Islamic State militants
are often mischaracterized as victims and
underestimated due to security forces' gender
bias, warns Michele Coninsx, Executive Director
of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism
Executive Directorate. "While women are often
active as online propagandists and recruiters,
their involvement in other types of activities,
including violence, was less prominently
documented online because of ISIS's restrictive
gender norms," Coninsx notes in a
report. Full Story: Daily Mail (London) (8/4)
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COVID link to breastfeeding,
negligible Full Story: UN News (8/4)
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"New Study: Coastal Flooding
Could Cost Up to 20% of the Global
Economy" Full Story: UN Dispatch (8/5)
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Did you know that a great part of
the food produced in the world comes from
smallholder farmers? Access to diverse
agricultural technologies is key to ensuring
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