UN aid convoys deliver lifesaving relief to Ukraine’s war-ravaged east
OCHA Ukraine | A convoy delivers aid to Dobropillia village in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region Humanitarian Aid Two UN aid convoys have reached communities with acute needs near the contact line in Ukraine’s war-shattered east this week, relief coordinators reported on Friday. Medicines, roofing repair kits, bottled water and solar lamps were offloaded, highlighting the desperate […]
Surge in poverty-stricken children in Eastern Europe, Central Asia
Surge in poverty-stricken children in Eastern Europe, Central Asia © UNICEF/Alexsey Filippov A mother and her child live in a refugee centre in Lviv after they were forced to flee violence in Zaporizhska, Ukraine. Rising inflation and the Ukraine war have triggered a 19 per cent increase in child poverty across Eastern Europe and Central […]
More than 100 million now forcibly displaced: UNHCR report
© UNICEF Children sit outside their family tent at the Alzhouriyeh makeshift camp in east rural Homs, Syria. 16 June 2022 Migrants and Refugees A staggering 100 million people have now been forced to flee their homes globally, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday, highlighting worldwide food insecurity, the climate crisis, war in Ukraine and other emergencies […]
Afghanistan facing ‘the darkest moments’ in a generation
The Afghanistan people are experiencing some of “the darkest moments” in a generation the UN human rights chief told Human Rights Council on Wednesday.
Ukraine: Competing drafts on humanitarian assistance debated at General Assembly
© UN Photo/Mark GartenSergiy Kyslytsya (at podium), Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, addresses the UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine. 23 March 2022Humanitarian Aid The UN General Assembly met on Wednesday for its second emergency session on the Ukraine crisis since Russia invaded the country on 24 February, with two similar but […]
Secretary-General’s press remarks following vote of General Assembly on Ukraine
António Guterres The world wants an end to the tremendous human suffering in Ukraine…I will continue to do everything in my power to contribute to an immediate cessation of hostilities and urgent negotiations for peace. People in Ukraine desperately need peace. And people around the world demand it. Ladies and gentlemen of the media, The […]