The ITUC calls for a commitment by all governments and employers to enhance policies
and practices addressing heat stress through social dialogue and collective bargaining.
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First Preparatory Committee meeting of the Fourth International Conference on Financing
for Development concludes in Addis Ababa with renewed focus on bridging gaps in SDG
financing and delivering international financial architecture reform. Read more...
The transfer of arms to Ukraine was the focus of debate in the UN Security Council
on Thursday in the latest meeting convened by Russia to address the issue.
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A UN inter-agency humanitarian team has reached the area affected by deadly landslides
in Ethiopia earlier this week and is supporting the response.
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The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million polio
vaccines to Gaza after the discovery of the highly infectious disease in sewage samples.
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The Committee against Torture (CAT) today issued its findings on Ecuador, the Republic
of Korea, Côte d’Ivoire and Türkiye, after reviewing the four State parties in
its latest session. Read more...
We deeply regret the decision by the Supreme Court of Ghana to uphold colonial-era
provisions of the Criminal Offences Act that effectively criminalise consensual same-sex
relations. Read more...
As the Summer Olympics and Paralympics get underway in Paris on Friday, UN Secretary-General
António Guterres called for global respect of the Olympic Truce – a custom of
halting all hostilities from before to after the Games. Read more...
Russia must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender, Alexey
Sokolov, and drop the criminal charges against him, UN experts said today.
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A veteran Canadian politician and diplomat was on Thursday elected President of the
UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which lies at the centre of the Organization’s
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