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General Assembly advocates labour rights, ending illicit wildlife trade, adopting 6 resolutions as it concludes Seventy-Third Session at 107th and 108th meetings.

General Assembly advocates labour rights, ending illicit wildlife trade, adopting 6 resolutions as it concludes Seventy-Third Session at 107th and 108th meetings.

Committee on Information concludes fortieth session with approving 2 draft resolutions for General Assembly’s consideration at 5th meeting.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived Monday (7 May) in Havana, Cuba where he met with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel. ECLAC

On the margins of a preparatory meeting towards the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, a top migration official said the Compact offers “a historic opportunity” to generate a sense of “shared responsibility” for people on the move. UNIC MEXICO

Sustainable Development Goals and the refugee crisis are among department’s key focus areas, Under-Secretary-General tells Committee on Information during the opening of the thirty-eighth session.

Around one million people from North Waziristan have been displaced after the Pakistan Army launched a full-scale military operation on 15 June to clear out militants based there. Livestock health is essential to protect the livelihoods of both the IDPs and their hosting communities; as many as 70 percent of the displaced families have carried their animals with them.  UNIC PAKISTAN

Around one million people from North Waziristan have been displaced after the Pakistan Army launched a full-scale military operation on 15 June to clear out militants based there. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been providing emergency health care and is tracking the health needs of the IDPs- the biggest threats being diarrhea and dehydration. UNIC PAKISTAN

Thousands of displaced in Bannu, Pakistan are choosing to stay with relatives, friends or even strangers in order to avoid living in Government camps as they wish to preserve their tradition of purdah or privacy for their women. 19 August is World Humanitarian Day. UNIC PAKISTAN

Over 1,000 schools have become temporary homes to people from North Waziristan displaced after the Pakistan Army launched a full-scale military operation to clear out militants based there. These buildings lack appropriate facilities and many families are living in cramped, crowded and unhygienic conditions. 19 August is World Humanitarian Day.  UNIC PAKISTAN