The office serves as the UN’s operational arm, dedicated to implementing projects for the Organization, international financial institutions, governments and other partners around the world. ‘Uplifting lives’ The development came following the resignation yesterday of Executive Director Grete Faremo. “It has been my great privilege to lead UNOPS. I continue…
Bilohorivka is close to the Government-held city of Severodonetsk, where heavy fighting was reported in the suburbs on Saturday. “This attack is yet another reminder that in this war, as in so many other conflicts, it is civilians that pay the highest price,” Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement on behalf of…
Since 24 February, over 450,000 refugees have crossed the Ukraine border, and about a hundred thousand have temporarily settled in with Moldova’s four million people. As its citizens await a visit from UN Secretary-General António Guterres tomorrow, UN News visited the country. Transformation From Odessa, Natalia and her one-year-old daughter currently live…
According to information received by UNAMA, this is a formal directive rather than a recommendation, any violations of which will lead to the punishment of male relatives. UNAMA is deeply concerned with today’s announcement by the Taliban that all women must cover their faces in public, should only leave their…
“Most of the survivors of gender-based violence that we see in the clinic are young adults,” says Primrose, Youth Coordinator for the Family Health Association (FHA) in East New Britain province. She has just stepped off stage after delivering a presentation to senior students of Kokopo Secondary School as part…
“As I have often said, the world must come together to silence the guns and uphold the values of the UN Charter,” Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement. “For the first time, the Security Council spoke with one voice for peace in Ukraine”. Last week the UN chief flew…
Moreover, it added that the country also failed to investigate and prosecute those responsible. “Any use of force must be in line with the fundamental principles of legality, necessity, and proportionality,” said Committee member Carlos Gómez Martínez. Lethal force The Committee issued its findings after reviewing a petition case filed…
The move would allow for food produced in the war-torn country to flow freely to the rest of the world as well as avoid “mountains” of grain from going to waste. Access to and from #Ukraine‘s Odesa-area ports has been 🚫 BLOCKED for the last 2 months. 🚨⚠️The disruption of…
The online meeting was held ahead of a European Union conference next week to ensure ongoing international support for Syria and neighbouring countries hosting millions of Syrian refugees. 11 years of suffering and a humanitarian crisis endured by over 15 million of our fellow humans in Syria, increasing by the…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will effect food security on the continent, both through availability and pricing of imported food, along with rising uncertainties in global financial markets and supply chains. Russia and Ukraine, both often referred to as the world’s breadbasket, are major players in the export of wheat and…
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