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Ukraine Invasion: Needs Keep Growing With Cities Facing ‘Fatal Shortages’
Saturday, 19 March 2022, 6:38 am | UN News
After a missile attack near the airport in Lviv in western Ukraine early on Friday, UN humanitarians warned that the situation across the country remains dire, as Russia’s military invasion continues. “What happened in Lviv this morning, is nothing new, ... More >>
For Equality, Respect And Dignity We Must ‘Speak As One’ Against Racism: Guterres
Saturday, 19 March 2022, 6:36 am | UN News
Racism continues to poison institutions, social structures, and everyday life across all societies, the UN chief said on Friday at a dedicated meeting against what he referred to as a catalyst that “normalizes hate, denies dignity, and spurs violence”. ... More >>
Gamechanger HIV Injection Rolls Out In South Africa And Brazil
Saturday, 19 March 2022, 6:27 am | UN News
The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa and Brazil, as an alternative to daily medication, according to the UN agency UNITAID. Hosted by the World Health Organization ( WHO ), UNITAID ... More >>
Security Council Votes To Bolster UN Priorities In Afghanistan
Friday, 18 March 2022, 7:14 pm | UN News
Seven months after Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban, the Security Council on Thursday renewed the mandate of the UN special political mission in the country, charging it with a robust set of priorities, ranging from coordinating humanitarian ... More >>
UN Prioritizes Least Developed Countries In ‘Plans…Investments And…Actions’ – Guterres
Friday, 18 March 2022, 7:11 pm | UN News
The vulnerabilities of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) may be different today than they were 50 years ago – when the UN created the category – but left unaddressed, the results are the same, the UN chief told a dedicated meeting on Thursday. “Inequality. ... More >>
World Must Deliver Support To Afghans: UN Refugee Chief
Friday, 18 March 2022, 7:05 pm | UN News
UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi called on Thursday for sustained international support for Afghanistan’s people, where the country’s humanitarian crisis is worsening. Speaking from Kabul, at the end of a four-day visit to Afghanistan, Mr. ... More >>
Myanmar: ‘Appalling’ Violations Demand ‘Unified And Resolute International Response’
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 8:07 pm | UN News
Security forces in Myanmar have killed at least 1,600 people and detained more than 12,500, since the military coup last year, the UN rights office said on Tuesday. In a new report warning that serious rights abuses uncovered in Myanmar may amount ... More >>
Syria: Children ‘Live In Fear Of Violence’, Scarred By 11 Years Of War
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 7:59 pm | UN News
Nearly five million children born in Syria since March 2011 have known nothing but conflict. After 11 years of war, the crisis continues to leave them struggling with physical and psychological scars, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. ... More >>
Ukraine War Creating A Child Refugee Almost Every Second: UNICEF
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 7:57 pm | UN News
Almost one child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of the war, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as the total number of people who have now fled the country since the Russian invasion began, passed three million. “ We have now reached three million ... More >>
UN On ‘Positive Trajectory’ Towards Full Gender Parity
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 7:54 pm | UN News
Gender equality and women’s rights are essential to a renewed social contract anchored in human rights - the new Agenda for Peace - the UN chief told a meeting on Tuesday aimed at advancing women’s leadership worldwide. ... More >>
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 >>
