UN News Daily Wrap 8/8/2022

After three days of deadly fighting, the Security Council held an emergency meeting on Monday to assess a fragile truce between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza. Read more Peace and Security

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Daily Wrap 8 August 2022

Security Council examines capacity building for sustaining peace in Africa Greater investment in State institutions is critical to counter peace and security challenges in Africa, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday.  Read more Peace and Security UN Committee reviews anti-discrimination efforts underway The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opened in Geneva on Monday to review anti-discrimination efforts being done in seven UN Member States. Read more Human Rights ILO calls for adequate workers conditions during extreme heat in Iraq The UN labour agency, ILO, says it is becoming increasingly concerned about working conditions in Iraq, where temperatures have soared to 50 degrees Celsius in recent weeks. Read more Health Sri Lanka: UNFPA appeals for $10.7 million for ‘critical’ women’s healthcare The UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, is leading efforts to protect women and girls’ rights to give birth safely and live without gender-based violence, according to a statement issued on Monday. Read more Women Attacking a nuclear plant ‘suicidal,’ UN chief tells journalists in Japan UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned a recent attack on a nuclear power station in southern Ukraine during a meeting in Tokyo on Monday with the Japan National Press Club. Read more Peace and Security Ethiopia: Loan from UN fund allows FAO to scale up fertilizers for farmers in Tigray A $10 million loan from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will allow the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to scale up the procurement of fertilizers to support farmers in the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, the agency announced on Monday.  Read more Humanitarian Aid From the Field: Outreach across the Horn of Africa In July, a UN human rights officer embarked on an outreach visit to the Horn of Africa’s Sool and Sanaag regions, a seven-day round-trip of more than 1,600 kilometres by road. Read more Peace and Security

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