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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…

World off track for reaching key goal on sustainable energy by 2030

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home World off track for reaching key goal on sustainable energy by 2030 06 June 2023 © ADB A technician works at a solar panel plant in Thailand. The world is not on track to meet Sustainable Development Goal 7, designed to ensure access to affordable, reliable energy for all, a new report from the UN and partners revealed on Monday…

Human rights for all, still ‘work in progress’ warns Türk

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human rights for all, still ‘work in progress’ warns Türk 06 June 2023 UNIS Vienna Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action +30 Symposium. The full realization of human rights for all is a “work in progress”, and the world must now adapt and update its thinking to respond to current “dramatic rollbacks”, the UN…

UN Security Council to welcome five new non-permanent members

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Security Council to welcome five new non-permanent members 06 June 2023 UN Photo/Evan Schneider A delegate casts his country's vote to elect five new non-permanent members to the UN Security Council. Five countries have been elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly on Tuesday.…

Ukraine: Dam destruction ‘monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe’: Guterres

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Dam destruction ‘monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe’: Guterres 06 June 2023 © IAEA/Fredrik Dahl Water is used to cool processes at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. 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…

Buckling up to save lives: UN celebrates five decades of seat belt laws

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Buckling up to save lives: UN celebrates five decades of seat belt laws 06 June 2023 © Unsplash/Milan De Clercq Seat belts have saved millions of lives around the world in the past 50 years. Laws making seat belt use mandatory in cars have saved millions of lives, UN agencies announced on Tuesday, marking half a century of vehicular safety legislation around the world…

Haiti: UN deeply saddened as latest earthquake kills three, in wake of floods

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: UN deeply saddened as latest earthquake kills three, in wake of floods 06 June 2023 © AAH/Vicky Onelien A vehicle ploughs through mud after floodwaters receded. The UN expressed deep sadness as another deadly earthquake claimed the lives of at least three people near the Haitian city of Jerémie in the early hours of Tuesday, compounding an already life-threatening situation in recent…