‘Grim milestone’ as Ukraine war reaches 500-day mark
The war began on 24 February 2022, and the UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has confirmed that more than 9,000 civilians, including over 500 children, have been…
Ukraine: Kakhovka dam aid effort reaches 180,000 people
That’s the latest from the UN’s aid coordination office (OCHA), which tweeted that the UN and its humanitarian partners have delivered vital supplies, mainly water, hygiene items and food, to…
UN Mechanism reaches ‘watershed moment’ in prosecuting crimes in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia
Two senior officials with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), briefed ambassadors on recent developments, including the arrest of a top fugitive from the 1994 Genocide against the…
Diplomacy in Yemen reaches new pitch following year of relative calm, Security Council hears
“The truce can only be a stepping stone,” said Hans Grundberg, the UN’s Special Envoy for Yemen. Reiterating that short-term solutions and piecemeal approaches can only bring partial relief, he…
More aid reaches Syria’s quake victims but it’s not enough, say UN aid agencies
A total of 14 trucks crossed into opposition-held areas of Syria from Türkiye at Bab al-Hawa, the UN migration agency, IOM, confirmed. That crossing is the only one authorised for…
First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster
“Aid, life-saving aid, is desperately needed by civilians wherever they are irrespective of borders and boundaries,” he told journalists in Geneva. “We need it urgently, through the fastest, most direct,…