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‘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…

UNRWA at ‘breaking point’ warns agency chief

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA at ‘breaking point’ warns agency chief 22 February 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad al-Baba Schools in Gaza run by UNRWA are sheltering people displaced by the conflict. The UN agency serving Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has reached breaking point due to Israeli calls for its abolition and the associated funding freeze, just when it is needed most, said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini…

Climate and conflict collide on the high seas: UN warns of soaring costs and delays

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Climate and conflict collide on the high seas: UN warns of soaring costs and delays 22 February 2024 UNCTAD Photo A Singaporean cargo ship docks in a northern European port, having navigated the busy East Asia-Europe transit. Attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea coupled with wider geopolitical and climate-related crises, are upending international trade, inflating costs and causing…

Independent review group on UNRWA may request Gaza visit

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Independent review group on UNRWA may request Gaza visit 22 February 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Catherine Colonna, Chair of the Independent Review Group on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), briefs reporters at UN Headquarters. Researchers have been deployed to the Middle East and requests issued to meet with Israel officials, said the head of an independent team…

'Shocking, unsustainable and desperate' conditions across Gaza, Security Council hears

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home 'Shocking, unsustainable and desperate' conditions across Gaza, Security Council hears 22 February 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe The UN Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. The Security Council met on Thursday at UN Headquarters in New York on the situation in the Gaza Strip, wracked by months of unrelenting war and tensions…

Gaza has become a ‘death zone’, warns UN health chief

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza has become a ‘death zone’, warns UN health chief 21 February 2024 © WHO/Christopher Black WHO led two crucial missions to transfer 32 critical patients from Nasser hospital, in southern Gaza on 18 and 19 February. An “inhumane” health and humanitarian situation now prevails across Gaza with conditions continuing to deteriorate, the head of the UN World Health Organization warned on…

UK urged to end ‘national threat’ of violence against women and girls

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UK urged to end ‘national threat’ of violence against women and girls 21 February 2024 © Unsplash/Heidi Fin مبنى البرلمان في لندن، المملكة المتحدة. The United Kingdom must take action to end all forms of violence against women and girls, having labelled it a “national threat”, a UN independent human rights expert on the issue said on Wednesday.…

World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks in Donetsk, Afghan quake costs, ‘forever chemicals’ dumped in US, benefits of multilingual education

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks in Donetsk, Afghan quake costs, ‘forever chemicals’ dumped in US, benefits of multilingual education 21 February 2024 © UNICEF Olena and her five children wait for an evacuation train at the train station in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region of Ukraine. As the war in Ukraine nears the two-year mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, UN humanitarians…

Myanmar: Mandatory conscription shows junta’s ‘desperation’, rights expert says

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: Mandatory conscription shows junta’s ‘desperation’, rights expert says 21 February 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters. Myanmar’s military government is becoming an even greater threat to civilians following the imposition of a mandatory draft this month, the UN independent expert…