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‘We stand by you’ declares UN relief chief, outlining emergency plan for Ukraine dam disaster

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We stand by you’ declares UN relief chief, outlining emergency plan for Ukraine dam disaster 09 June 2023 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, is interviewed by UN News. Plans to help the people of Ukraine following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam are centred on saving people “right now”, UN…

Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert 08 June 2023 © UNICEF/Suman Paul Himu A Rohingya family stand outside their home in a refugee camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Bangladesh must “immediately suspend” a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, where they face “serious risks” to their lives and freedom, a UN-appointed…

From the Field: Boosting ocean literacy

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home From the Field: Boosting ocean literacy 08 June 2023 © Henley Spiers Marine biologists tend to a coral nursery at COMO Cocoa Island, Maldives. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the annual World Oceans Day Photo Competition, a new exhibit is making a splash now through 14 July at UN Headquarters to promote a better understanding of Earth’s invaluable bodies of water…

‘Robust’ cooperation with Arab League can quell conflict in the region

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Robust’ cooperation with Arab League can quell conflict in the region 08 June 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Rosemary DiCarlo (right), Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, briefs Security Council members on cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States. From settling the conflict in Sudan to realizing a two-State solution in Israel and Palestine…

Dam disaster: UN ‘committed to reaching all Ukrainians in need’, says top aid official

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Dam disaster: UN ‘committed to reaching all Ukrainians in need’, says top aid official 08 June 2023 © Ukrainian Red Cross An elderly woman is evacuated from a flooded neighbourhood following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. The UN’s top official in Ukraine reassured the country’s Foreign Minister on Thursday that the Organization has been working to provide support…

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief 08 June 2023 © Unsplash/Brandon Jacoby An aerial view of the downtown financial district of New York City. Proposed legislation in New York state, in the northeast United States, could provide effective and fair relief for developing countries crippled by debt, two experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on…

UN investigative team outlines findings around ISIL chemical weapons use

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN investigative team outlines findings around ISIL chemical weapons use 08 June 2023 © UNICEF/Wathiq Khuzaie A family walks past a memorial set up at the location of a suicide bombing, claimed by ISIL, at Al-Shuhadaa Staduim in Babil, Iraq. 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…

Ukraine dam disaster: Lack of clean water, spread of disease, major risks

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine dam disaster: Lack of clean water, spread of disease, major risks 07 June 2023 © UNICEF/Alexsey Filippov A neighbourhood in Kherson is flooded after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. The magnitude of the humanitarian catastrophe following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, is becoming clearer as UN humanitarians redoubled efforts to reach…

Admissible evidence, competent courts, critical to ensuring justice for ISIL victims in Iraq

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Admissible evidence, competent courts, critical to ensuring justice for ISIL victims in Iraq 07 June 2023 © UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi Oil wells set alight by ISIL members as they retreated, in Qayyara, Iraq. (file) Competent courts, admissible and reliable evidence, and an appropriate legal framework are needed to ensure that ISIL extremist militants can be prosecuted for the atrocities they…

World Oceans Day underscores need to protect ‘the foundation of life’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home World Oceans Day underscores need to protect ‘the foundation of life’ 07 June 2023 © Unsplash/Alec Douglas Viti Levu, in Fiji. Over a third of global fish stocks are being harvested at unsustainable levels – just one example of how human activity is harming oceans, which cover more than 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface…