UN aid convoys deliver lifesaving relief to Ukraine’s war-ravaged east

UN aid convoys deliver lifesaving relief to Ukraine’s war-ravaged east

Medicines, roofing repair kits, bottled water and solar lamps were offloaded, highlighting the desperate plight of many thousands of people who are unable or unwilling to leave their homes, amid “regular” shelling attacks. On Thursday, a five-lorry inter agency convoy reached the town of Hulyaipole in the Zaporizhia region – home to Europe’s largest nuclear…

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UN child rights committee lauds Swiss asylum offer to Kurdish family

UN child rights committee lauds Swiss asylum offer to Kurdish family

“We welcome the timely action taken by Switzerland to suspend the children’s return to Bulgaria, in compliance with the Committee’s request for interim measures,” said Ann Skelton, a member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). “We also welcome the decision to reassess these children’s situation and their risk of being exposed…

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Transforming how we eat, ‘a critical accelerator’ towards 2030 development goals: Deputy UN chief

Transforming how we eat, ‘a critical accelerator’ towards 2030 development goals: Deputy UN chief

The so-called UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment is the first global follow-up to a 2021 summit convened to change how the world produces, consumes and thinks about food.  The high-level event falls at the halfway point for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development (SDGs), which provide a blueprint for…

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UN chief: Build ‘alliance of peace’ on International Day of Human Fraternity

UN chief: Build ‘alliance of peace’ on International Day of Human Fraternity

The International Day of Human Fraternity celebrates the values that “are the glue that hold our human family together” – compassion, religious understanding, and mutual respect, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. Prevent hatred, defuse extremism “These values underwrite peace, yet all over the world, they are being eroded by deepening divides, widening inequalities and growing…

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Ethiopia: Northern aid access improving but some areas still hard to reach

Ethiopia: Northern aid access improving but some areas still hard to reach

Associate Spokesperson Florencia Soto Niño​ told correspondents at the regular noon briefing in New York that aid distribution had expanded in the Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions, but some pockets remained that have not yet been accessed. Relief for 3.8 million people  “Since the Cessation of Hostilities agreement in mid-November, more than 127,000 tons of…

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