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Ukraine War: UN Chief Arrives For Talks In Moscow As ‘Messenger Of Peace’
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 6:10 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed the need to “keep alive the values of multilateralism” amid the war in Ukraine and its fallouts across the globe. Speaking in Moscow on Tuesday, he outlined proposals that would establish ... More >>
Interview: ‘Era-defining’ War In Ukraine Impacts WFP Operations In South Sudan
Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 7:01 pm | UN News
Nearly eight million people in South Sudan are facing severe levels of food insecurity at a time when the cost of staple items and fuel have shot up due to supply chain disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine, the World Food Programme (WFP) has reported. ... More >>
Development Financing Crucial To Get Global Economy Back On Track
Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 6:59 pm | UN News
The global economy is under severe stress and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in “need of urgent rescue”, the deputy UN chief told the Financing for Development Forum on Monday. “Financing for developing is an essential part ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Experts Call On US Government To Unblock Foreign Assets Of Central Bank To Ease Humanitarian Impact
Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 5:49 am | UN News
GENEVA (25 April 2022) – Alarmed by the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, UN human rights experts call on the Government of the United States to unblock the foreign assets of Da Afghanistan Bank of more than US $7 billion to enable the unimpeded ... More >>
New Ebola Outbreak Declared In The Democratic Republic Of Congo
Monday, 25 April 2022, 6:06 pm | UN News
The health authorities of the African nation declared a new outbreak of Ebola after a case was confirmed in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Saturday. The infected patient was ... More >>
Biodiversity And Ecosystem Protection Highlighted On Mother Earth Day
Saturday, 23 April 2022, 6:19 pm | UN News
Marking International Mother Earth Day, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid urged on Friday, for collective action to safeguard biodiversity and protect ecosystems. Nature is suffering. Oceans are filling with plastic and turning more acidic; extreme ... More >>
Earth Day: 5 Ways We’re Working To Repair The Damage To Our Planet And Combat Climate Change
Saturday, 23 April 2022, 6:09 pm | UN News
International Mother Earth Day is a chance to reflect on how humanity has been treating our planet, and let’s face it: we’ve been poor custodians. And while a steady stream of IPCC reports has painted a legitimately worrying picture of the current ... More >>
Ukraine: ‘Massive Scale’ Devastation, One-quarter Of Population In Need
Friday, 22 April 2022, 6:44 pm | UN News
Over the past two months, Ukraine has seen “suffering, devastation, and destruction on a massive scale”, the UN Crisis Coordinator for the country told journalists on Thursday, and echoed the Secretary-General in saying, “we must stop the bloodshed ... More >>
Security Council Hears Of ‘Trust Deficit’ In Disputed Abyei Region
Friday, 22 April 2022, 6:42 pm | UN News
Although the overall security situation in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan has remained calm, the “trust deficit” between the two main communities continues to be a great concern, UN Peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the ... More >>
UN Chief Appeals: ‘Forge A Path To Safety’ During A 4-day Holy Week Humanitarian Truce
Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 6:54 pm | UN News
This year, Orthodox Holy Week is being observed under a “cloud of a war” that totally negates the Easter message of unity, the UN chief said on Tuesday, calling for a four-day humanitarian pause in Ukraine. In five days, Ukrainians and Russians ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Condemns Deadly Blasts At Two Schools In Kabul
Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 6:52 pm | UN News
The United Nations has condemned the deadly bomb blasts at two educational institutions in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, which killed at least six people and wounded nearly 20 others. The explosions took place at the all-boys Abdul Rahim ... More >>
Ukraine: Aid Agencies Step Up Relief Deliveries As Humanitarian Situation Worsens
Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 6:34 pm | UN News
Amidst devastating Russian shelling and attacks on health care facilities and personnel, UN aid agencies said on Tuesday that they continue to mobilize inside Ukraine in an effort to help the country’s most vulnerable people. Seven weeks since the Russian ... More >>
Worsening Drought In Horn Of Africa Puts Up To 20 Million At Risk: WFP
Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 6:33 pm | UN News
Up to 20 million people could go hungry this year as delayed rains worsen extreme drought in the Horn of Africa region amid a shortfall in humanitarian aid, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Time is fast running out, the UN agency warned, ... More >>
UN Releases $100 Million To Fight Hunger In 6 African Countries And Yemen
Friday, 15 April 2022, 6:29 pm | UN News
The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as the spillover effects of the war in Ukraine threaten to push millions even closer to famine. The contribution from the Central Emergency Response Fund ( CERF ), announced ... More >>
Yemen: ‘Light At The End Of The Tunnel’ As First Nationwide Truce In Six Years Continues
Friday, 15 April 2022, 6:27 pm | UN News
A UN brokered two-month renewable truce between the warring parties in Yemen is holding, Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Thursday, providing “light at the end of the tunnel”, and the possibility of a lasting peace. The ... More >>
30,000 Ukrainians Returning Home Every Day, Say Relief Agencies
Friday, 15 April 2022, 6:05 am | UN News
More than 870,000 people who fled abroad since the Russian invasion on 24 February, have now returned to Ukraine, UN humanitarians said in their latest emergency update, amid concerns about deteriorating food security inside the country. Citing the State ... More >>
Eastern Africa: Millions Displaced, Amid Growing Hunger, 'Unprecedented Needs’
Thursday, 14 April 2022, 6:34 pm | UN News
Millions of displaced families across eastern Africa will fall deeper into hunger as food rations dwindle due to humanitarian resources being stretched to the limit as the world grapples with a toxic cocktail of conflict, climate shocks, and COVID-19, ... More >>
Ukraine Conflict Putting Global Trade Recovery At Risk: WTO
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 7:11 pm | UN News
The war in Ukraine has created immense human suffering but it is also putting the fragile recovery of global trade at risk, and the impact will be felt across the planet, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Tuesday. World merchandise ... More >>
Cyprus: Rights Experts Call For Urgent Solutions For Missing Persons Tragedy
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 6:53 pm | UN News
A top UN-appointed human rights panel issued an appeal on Tuesday for faster progress towards finding the remains of those who disappeared during deadly violence that split the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, decades ago. The UN Working Group on Enforced ... More >>
Ukraine Resilience-building Programme To Help Most Vulnerable
Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 6:24 pm | UN News
A UN-led development plan for Ukraine launched on Monday, to provide immediate economic help and longer-term assistance to the millions left struggling to meet basic needs, in the wake of the Russian invasion. The UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) aims to ... More >>
