UNICEF highlights devastating mental health dangers for Ukraine’s children — Global Issues

UNICEF highlights devastating mental health dangers for Ukraine’s children — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“We’re anticipating numbers in terms of all forms of violence against children to be in the tens of thousands for sure,” said Aaron Greenberg, UNICEF’s regional child protection advisor for Europe & Central Asia. Since the start of war in Ukraine, we’ve reached over 140,000 children and caregivers with mental health and…

Civil Society Responds — as Health-Care Facilities in Ukraine Come Under Attack — Global Issues

Civil Society Responds — as Health-Care Facilities in Ukraine Come Under Attack — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Delivering medicine and humanitarian aid to those in need. Credit: 100%LIFE via UNAIDS Opinion by Eamonn Murphy (geneva) Friday, May 06, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, May 06 (IPS) – The writer is UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director and is leading UNAIDS’ humanitarian response.Alongside the devastation caused by bombs and bullets, the…

7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises $6.5 billion — Global Issues

7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises $6.5 billion — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Mr. Griffiths was addressing the International Donor Conference for Ukraine in Warsaw. Co-hosted by Poland and Sweden, in cooperation with the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council. The conference raised a reported $6.5 billion. According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, more than 5.7 million people have…

Threats to media workers’ freedom ‘growing by the day’, UN chief warns — Global Issues

Threats to media workers’ freedom ‘growing by the day’, UN chief warns — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The day shines a spotlight on the essential work they do, bringing those in power to account, with transparency, “often at great person risk”, said Secretary-General António Guterres, in a video message. Frontlines of crises “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many media workers have been on the frontlines, providing accurate, science-based reporting…

Consign chemical weapons to ‘pages of history’, urges disarmament chief — Global Issues

Consign chemical weapons to ‘pages of history’, urges disarmament chief — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement hailing the “powerful testament” that the convention represents, as a successful example of multilateralism, and the security that it can provide.  “We cannot allow an erosion of this essential pillar of the disarmament and non-proliferation regime,” he said.  “There can be no justification for…

Breaking Vicious Cycle of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation — Global Issues

Breaking Vicious Cycle of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Rural women are often targeted by human traffickers and taken across borders in Africa and forced to become sex workers. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Friday, April 29, 2022 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Apr 29 (IPS) – Desperate to escape the rural area where she was engaged in the…

Justice must prevail over alleged Libya war crimes, ICC Prosecutor tells Security Council — Global Issues

Justice must prevail over alleged Libya war crimes, ICC Prosecutor tells Security Council — Global Issues

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Outlining a new four-pronged investigation strategy to the Security Council on Thursday, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) pledged his commitment to delivering justice against crimes committed in Libya. “This situation cannot be a never-ending story”, said Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.  “Justice delayed may…