UN retirees host Ukrainian refugee family — Global Issues

DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), since March 2022 alone, 5.7 million people have been displaced in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. Record displacement Overall, 6.2 million people have fled their homes across the country – the highest number in Africa. “The country…

UN retirees host Ukrainian refugee family — Global Issues

UN calls for solidarity and inclusion amid record displacement — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

With forced displacement at a record high of 110 million people around the world, Mr. Guterres called for more solutions to resettle refugees and help them rebuild their lives. He also stressed the need for solidarity with host countries and communities. More than numbers “These are not numbers on a…

UN retirees host Ukrainian refugee family — Global Issues

UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’ — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland was reacting on Twitter to the news of a shooting attack reportedly by two Palestinian gunmen, who opened fire at a petrol station on a road outside an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. News reports quoting the Israeli…

UN retirees host Ukrainian refugee family — Global Issues

Guterres calls for continuation of ‘vital’ food and fertilizer agreement — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Russia confirmed that for 60 days it would continue to be a part of the Initiative and the complementary Memorandum of Understanding on food and fertilizer exports from Moscow, in late May – but the deal in effect expires on 17 July. The UN brokered the deal guaranteeing safe passage…

Decade-long cycle of conflict can be broken — Global Issues

Decade-long cycle of conflict can be broken — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Valentine Rugwabiza head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MINUSCA) briefed ambassadors on important progress which has been made in the implementation of a key 2019 peace agreement between the Government and armed groups. She emphasized the significance of the dissolution following “active engagements” by the Government in…

Sudan crisis threatens to hobble South Sudan’s transition, UN official says — Global Issues

Sudan crisis threatens to hobble South Sudan’s transition, UN official says — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“Now is not the time to take our eyes off the ball in South Sudan,” said Nicholas Haysom, who also heads the UN mission in the country (UNMISS). “What we can learn from Sudan is how quickly hard-won peace gains can unravel.” On the political front, the Sudan crisis is…

Guterres urges donors to boost aid response to halt death, destruction — Global Issues

Guterres urges donors to boost aid response to halt death, destruction — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Addressing donors at a pledging event in Geneva convened by the UN with Egypt, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the African Union and the European Union, Mr. Guterres said that some $3 billion was needed to assist people in Sudan and those who have fled to neighbouring countries. “The scale and…

UN retirees host Ukrainian refugee family — Global Issues

Europe warming twice as fast as other continents, warns WMO — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

According to a report issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, during 2022, multiple nations in the region had their warmest year on record but the expanded use of renewable energy provides a silver lining. Extreme heat, drought and wildfire, marine heatwaves,…