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Report Reveals War’s ‘stark Impacts’ On Ukraine Society
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 9:47 am | United Nations
Twenty-two percent of households in Ukraine are spending over a quarter of their monthly income on healthcare, according to a report issued on Monday by 12 UN agencies in the country. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2306/94b166b7eca985461104.jpeg" ... More >>
UN Reaches Agreement On Ocean Conservation & Marine Biodiversity
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 3:31 am | United Nations
Today, in New York, the United Nations adopted a historic agreement aiming to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction which cover over two-thirds of the ocean. “You have pumped new life ... More >>
700,000 Ukrainians Affected By Water Shortages From Dam Disaster
Saturday, 17 June 2023, 8:55 am | United Nations
UN humanitarians continue bringing life-saving aid to survivors of the flooding from the Kakhovka Dam, but they’ve warned that hundreds of thousands more people in the country’s south face severe water shortages. On Friday, relief supplies ... More >>
Polar Scientists Call For More Research Into Rapid Sea Ice Reduction
Saturday, 17 June 2023, 8:51 am | United Nations
Sea ice is reducing at an unprecedented rate, prompting polar scientists to call for an urgent increase in research and observation, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday. The rapid changes in the Artic and Antarctic have serious implications ... More >>
Hate Speech Has No Place In Our World
Saturday, 17 June 2023, 8:48 am | United Nations
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called on everyone to work together to build a more respectful and civil world, and for effective action to end hate speech, ahead of the International Day for Countering Hate Speech on ... More >>
Sudan’s Darfur Spiralling Into Humanitarian Calamity
Saturday, 17 June 2023, 8:45 am | United Nations
With the conflict between rival militaries in Sudan entering its third month, the people of Darfur are “trapped in a living nightmare”, the UN’s top aid official has said . UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths warned in a statement ... More >>
WHO Strongly Condemns Deadly Attack In Somalia
Monday, 12 June 2023, 8:40 am | United Nations
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday condemned in the strongest possible terms the deadly attack on the Pearl Beach Hotel and Restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, that left 16 dead, including a staff member. The attack occurred on Friday and left ... More >>
Trafficking In The Sahel: Muzzling The Illicit Arms Trade
Sunday, 11 June 2023, 7:46 am | United Nations
Shoppers in Mali’s Gao, Timbuktu, and Ménaka regions can snap up AK-pattern assault rifles for $750 and cartridges for 70 cents apiece, from locally handcrafted pistols to smuggled French and Turkish machine guns, as a dizzying array of illegal weaponry ... More >>
UN Suspends Food Assistance As Ethiopia Wrestles With Aid Diversions
Saturday, 10 June 2023, 5:31 am | United Nations
Amid media reports of widespread theft of aid deliveries in Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme ( WFP ) announced on Friday the immediate temporary suspension of food assistance to the country. “Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable,” ... More >>
Sudan Crisis Still Having Devastating Impact On Civilians
Saturday, 10 June 2023, 5:26 am | United Nations
Warring parties in Sudan must do more to protect civilians caught up in the conflict, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, in response to recent deadly attacks and ongoing violations. “We are concerned by the continued devastating impact of ... More >>
Ukraine Flood Disaster: Needs Grow As Long-term Impacts Loom
Saturday, 10 June 2023, 5:24 am | United Nations
The humanitarian situation following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine is still a “moving target”, immediate needs are “huge”, and concerns are rising for what the future holds, according to the UN’s top official in the country, ... More >>
UN Investigative Team Outlines ISIL Chemical Weapons Use
Friday, 9 June 2023, 9:57 am | United Nations
During their nearly four-year reign of terror in Iraq, ISIL extremists developed at least eight chemical agents, tested them on humans, and carried out at least 13 attacks, UN experts reported on Thursday. Senior officials with the UN Investigative ... More >>
Ukraine: Dam Destruction "Monumental Humanitarian, Economic & Ecological Catastrophe"
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 9:13 am | United Nations
Tens of thousands of civilians in Ukraine are in danger on the frontline, after the apparent destruction of a huge dam on Tuesday, which the UN chief described as a “monumental humanitarian, economic and environmental catastrophe” resulting ... More >>
Horn Of Africa: Over 7 Million Children Under The Age Of 5 Remain Malnourished
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 9:11 am | United Nations
More than seven million children under the age of five remain malnourished and in need of urgent nutrition aid, and over 1.9 million boys and girls are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition. As the region comes out of one of the worst droughts ... More >>
Russia Confirms Participation In Grain Deal For At Least 60 More Days
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 9:58 am | United Nations
Russia has confirmed that it will continue to take part in the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative for a further 60 days, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday. Speaking at the daily press briefing, António Guterres welcomed Russia’s decision ... More >>
Largest River And Wetland Restoration Initiative In History Launched At UN Water Conference
Friday, 24 March 2023, 6:09 am | United Nations
* Freshwater Challenge led by Colombia, DR Congo, Ecuador, Gabon, Mexico, Zambia * Aims to restore 300,000km of rivers and 350 million hectares of wetlands by 2030 New York, 22 March 2023 - A coalition of governments today launched the Freshwater ... More >>
Earthquake Disaster Latest: Fresh Snow Compounds Syrians’ Misery
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 11:20 am | United Nations
Fresh snowfall in Syria on Wednesday has compounded the already desperate situation faced by millions of people in the five governorates whose lives have been shattered by the earthquake disaster, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said. ... More >>
Yemen: Lull In Major Fighting Provides Space For Dialogue
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 1:44 pm | United Nations
Warring parties in Yemen should take advantage of the current absence of major fighting and use it to advance their talks towards peace, the top UN official in the country said on Monday in his latest briefing to the Security Council. Special Envoy Hans ... More >>
UN’s Highest Environmental Honour Celebrates Ecosystem Restoration
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 5:46 am | United Nations
Nairobi, 22 November 2022 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced its 2022 Champions of the Earth , honouring a conservationist, an enterprise, an economist, a women’s rights activist, and a wildlife biologist ... More >>
UN Secretary-General: Message On The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia And Transphobia, 17 May
Tuesday, 17 May 2022, 5:45 am | United Nations
New York, 17 May 2022 Around the world, millions of LGBTIQ+ people continue to face injustice, simply for who they are, or whom they love. I am deeply concerned by continued violence, criminalization, hate speech and harassment against LGBTIQ+ people, and ... More >>
