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Hi, this is Michelle. As UNAids holds a conference in Munich, its latest report singles out Eastern Europe and central Asia for criminalising the LGBTQ community, sex workers and drug addicts, allowing HIV infections to rise in the process.

Talks over humanitarian relief for Sudan ended in Geneva on a cautiously optimistic note, and a potential new contender in the US presidential race is already fuelling speculations in international Geneva circles.

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Michelle Langrand

23.07.2024


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A rally against the crackdown on LGBTQ rights in Russia under President Vladimir Putin, in front of the Russian embassy building in Belgrade, Serbia, 13 December 2023. (KeystoneAP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

🏛️UNAids blames punitive laws and stigma for HIV surge in Eastern Europe and central Asia. Infections across the region have surged by 20 per cent since 2010 despite dropping to 1980s levels globally, according to a new report.

Health Policy Watch (EN)

💉UN urges Gilead to ‘make history’ with game-changing HIV drug. UNAids head Winnie Byanyima urged the US pharmaceutical company to open up Lenacapavir to the UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool.

AFP via France24 (EN)

🇸🇩Sudan expresses cautious optimism following Geneva humanitarian talks. Despite no formal deal, the Rapid Support Forces made unilateral commitments on the protection of civilians and facilitating aid access during the talks, which ended on Friday – days before a report by Médecins sans Frontières warned of the collapse of civilian protection in Sudan.

Sudan Tribune (EN)

🇺🇲Harris pick would signal trade continuity for Dems. And potentially good news for the World Trade Organization, whose chief, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, already has a good rapport with the vice-president. Politico

Politico (EN)

🤖Inside the United Nations’ AI policy grab. A leaked report hinting at a central role for the UN in improving access to AI technologies for developing countries falling behind displeases some western diplomats.

Politico (EN)

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