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What is the UN Environment Assembly and why does it matter?

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home What is the UN Environment Assembly and why does it matter? 25 February 2024 UNEP/Duncan Moore Sixth Open-Ended Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-6) in Nairobi, Kenya. Every two years, all 193 UN Member States have an opportunity to collectively address critical environmental issues facing the planet. This moment is the United Nations Environment Assembly, or UNEA…

Drawing a line in the sand as communities adapt to climate change

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Drawing a line in the sand as communities adapt to climate change 25 February 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Sand is driven by seasonal winds inland in southern Madagascar. Communities in some of the most climate-change-affected areas in southern Madagascar are finding ways to thrive in increasingly challenging environments by becoming more resilient and adapting to unpredictable weather…

Ukraine: Bucha and Irpin rise from the ashes of Russian military occupation

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Bucha and Irpin rise from the ashes of Russian military occupation 23 February 2024 UN News/Anna Radomska This neighborhood in Bucha suffered greatly during the Russian occupation. This house was bombed. Today everything has been completely restored. When the Russian occupation of Bucha in the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine ended in March 2022, widespread…

General Assembly President calls for solidarity with Ukraine as ‘needless war’ reaches two-year mark

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home General Assembly President calls for solidarity with Ukraine as ‘needless war’ reaches two-year mark 23 February 2024 UN News/Аnna Radomska Destroyed buildings in the village of Borodyanka, in the Kiev region of Ukraine. UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis urged countries to stand with the people of Ukraine “in their quest for justice and peace” during a meeting on Friday to mark…

UN rights chief deplores ‘entrenched impunity’ by all parties in Israel, OPT

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief deplores ‘entrenched impunity’ by all parties in Israel, OPT 23 February 2024 OMS Les frappes de missiles ont provoqué des destructions généralisées à Gaza, comme celles photographiées ici en octobre 2023. The UN’s top human rights official on Friday made a strong call for accountability for serious violations committed by all parties in Gaza, the West Bank, including East…

Rights violations ripple across war-torn Sudan

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rights violations ripple across war-torn Sudan 23 February 2024 © WFP/Hugh Rutherford Families arrive in South Sudan after fleeing fighting in Sudan. The armed conflict in Sudan has resulted in thousands of civilians killed, millions displaced, property looted and children conscripted, as fighting has spread to more regions of the country since the conflict began last April, according to a…

Dozens address UN world court hearings on Israeli practices

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Dozens address UN world court hearings on Israeli practices 23 February 2024 © ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek View of the International Court of Justice courtroom at the start of the public hearings on Israeli practices. “Here are the choices: ethnic cleansing, apartheid or genocide,” said Palestine’s foreign minister at the opening of public hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) this…

World News in Brief: Fresh Ukraine attacks condemned, Gaza healthcare, DR Congo needs escalating

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Fresh Ukraine attacks condemned, Gaza healthcare, DR Congo needs escalating 23 February 2024 © UNOCHA/Saviano Abreu The Humanitarian Coordinator and Head of the United Nations in Ukraine, Denise Brown (centre right), talks to residents of Hroza on the frontline in Ukraine. The top UN aid official in Ukraine deplored new attacks on the cities of Odesa and Dnipro on Friday…

‘High time for peace’, UN chief says, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters third year

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘High time for peace’, UN chief says, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters third year 23 February 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the UN Security Council meeting to discuss the maintenance of peace and security in Ukraine. The UN Secretary-General addressed the Security Council on Friday, underscoring the fundamental need to honour the…

Ukraine: Report reveals war’s long-term impact which will be felt ‘for generations’

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Report reveals war’s long-term impact which will be felt ‘for generations’ 22 February 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov A mother and her two children take refuge from bombardments in a Kyiv metro station in January 2024. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, entering its third year, has exacted a “horrific human cost”, inflicting immense suffering on millions of civilians that will…