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Ukraine War: $100 Billion In Infrastructure Damage, And Counting
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 7:52 pm | UN News
War in Ukraine risks seeing 90 per cent of the country “freefall into poverty” and extreme vulnerability, nearly three weeks since Russia invaded its neighbour, a new UN report said on Wednesday. UNDP warned that ... More >>
International Court Orders Russia To ‘immediately Suspend’ Military Operations In Ukraine
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 6:18 pm | UN News
Russia must immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday, in The Hague. By a vote of 13 to two, with Vice-President Kirill Gevorgian of Russia and Judge Xue Hanqin of China dissenting, ... More >>
Yemen Facing ‘Outright Catastrophe’ Over Rising Hunger, Warn UN Humanitarians
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 6:25 pm | UN News
Yemen’s already dire hunger crisis is “teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe”, UN agency chiefs said on Monday, as new data analysis from the war-ravaged country indicated potentially record food insecurity. Today, more than 17.4 million Yemenis ... More >>
Women And Girls Must Lead Battle Against ‘Widespread And Interlinked Crises’
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 6:23 pm | UN News
To forge a sustainable future for us all, “women and girls must be front and centre, leading the way”. Secretary-General António Guterres told the opening session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Monday. He described the climate ... More >>
Yemen War Now ‘chronic Emergency’ As Millions Face Hunger
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 6:05 pm | UN News
After more than seven years of war, Yemen is living in a chronic state of emergency, marked by hunger, disease and other miseries that are rising faster than aid agencies can reverse, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Tuesday, ... More >>
‘We Cannot Fail The Syrian People’ Guterres Declares, Marking 11 Years Of Brutal War
Sunday, 13 March 2022, 6:55 am | UN News
Syria’s 11 years of brutal fighting has come at an “unconscionable human cost”, subjecting millions there to human rights violations on a “massive and systematic scale”, said the UN chief on Friday , marking yet another tragic anniversary “The ... More >>
Russian Attacks On Civilian Targets In Ukraine Could Be A War Crime: UN Rights Office
Saturday, 12 March 2022, 9:46 pm | UN News
The UN rights office, OHCHR, reiterated deep concern on Friday at the increasing number of civilian casualties in Ukraine following the Russian invasion which began on 24 February, before issuing a reminder to Moscow that any targeting of non-combatants ... More >>
UN And Partners Boost Presence And Aid Supplies Inside Ukraine
Friday, 11 March 2022, 8:14 pm | UN News
Humanitarians are deploying extra staff across Ukraine to aid the growing number of civilians sheltering from Russian bombardment, or fleeing the violence, the UN Spokesperson said on Thursday. Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Leads Call For Global COVID-19 Vaccine Equity
Friday, 11 March 2022, 7:36 pm | UN News
The global failure to deliver enough COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries “is prolonging the pandemic” and causing tens of thousands of preventable deaths every week, senior UN figures told the Human Rights Council on Thursday. To date, more ... More >>
Ukraine: World Must Unite In Face Of Russia’s ‘Violation Of International Law’
Friday, 11 March 2022, 7:09 pm | UN News
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine compels Member States of the United Nations to unite in “cooperation and solidarity” to support all those impacted “and to overcome this violation of international law” said Secretary-General António Guterres ... More >>
Polluted Planet: UN Expert Urges Ambitious, Urgent Action To Tackle Human Rights Violations
Friday, 11 March 2022, 7:50 am | UN News
GENEVA (10 March 2022) – As Earth becomes increasingly poisoned by toxic substances and pollution, a UN human rights expert is calling for urgent and ambitious action to curb exposures to the deadly substances, prevent pollution and rehabilitate contaminated ... More >>
WHO Issues New Guidelines On Abortion To Help Deliver Lifesaving Care
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 6:59 pm | UN News
New guidelines on abortion are now available from the World Health Organization (WHO), in a bid to prevent more than 25 million unsafe terminations that happen each year. Craig Lissner, the UN health agency’s acting director for Sexual and Reproductive ... More >>
Fears Grow For Syria Amid Rising Violence, Deepening Humanitarian Crisis
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 6:55 pm | UN News
Top UN-appointed rights investigators on Wednesday urged renewed efforts for a political solution to Syria’s devastating war, which has been marked by an uptick of violence and a deepening humanitarian crisis in recent months. Presenting the latest UN Human ... More >>
UNESCO Bolsters Protection For Ukrainian Heritage Under Fire
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 7:06 am | UN News
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has said that it is taking measures as best it can, to try and protect some of Ukraine’s priceless heritage from destruction in the face of the Russian invasion, noting that the international ... More >>
Women Building A Sustainable Future: India’s Rural Energy Pioneers
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 7:29 pm | UN News
A UN project, in association with one of India’s leading clean energy companies, is training women salt farmers in the Indian state of Gujarat to work in the solar power industry, and build a better life. Salt farming in India is hard work. In Gujarat, ... More >>
Ukraine War Now ‘Apocalyptic’ Humanitarians Warn, In Call For Safe Access
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 7:45 am | UN News
On day 13 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and amid rising numbers of civilian casualties, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday repeated her ceasefire call, with humanitarians on the ground describing conditions as increasingly “apocalyptic”. ... More >>
Women Building A Sustainable Future: Fighting Back The Desert, Amid Niger’s Refugee And Climate Crises
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 8:25 pm | UN News
Internal displacement, regional instability, and climate change have created a refugee crisis in Niger, but an initiative in the town of Ouallam is showing how different communities can work together to survive, and improve the local environment. In the ... More >>
South Sudan Marks Milestone Amid Stalled Progress, Spreading Violence
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 7:39 am | UN News
South Sudan’s unity government marked its two-year anniversary against a backdrop of stalled constitutional progress and ongoing cycles of community violence – often fuelled by political groups and armed militias – the senior UN official in the ... More >>
Russia Reduced Genocide Convention 'To Confetti', Ukraine Tells World Court
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 7:21 am | UN News
Ukraine addressed the UN’s highest court on Monday to reject as a “grotesque lie” Russia’s claims that genocide has been committed in eastern Ukrainian oblasts, or regions, before calling for emergency measures to halt Russian aggression. The ... More >>
Invest In Care Services To Generate Jobs, Support Working Parents: ILO Report
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 7:18 am | UN News
Greater investment in care services could create nearly 300 million jobs by 2035, the UN’s labour agency, ILO, said in a report published on Monday ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8 May. The move would benefit hundreds of millions ... More >>
