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Ukraine: More than one million tonnes of grain and food items exported under Black Sea deal
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Ukraine: More than one million tonnes of grain exported under Black Sea Grain Initiative

Exports of Ukrainian grain and other foodstuffs under a landmark agreement amid the ongoing war, have surpassed one million metric tonnes, the UN Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative,…

28 August 2022 · 2 min read

Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across frontline
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Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across frontline

The UN's top aid official in the country issued an urgent appeal for access across frontline for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces, to allow humanitarians to deliver “absolutely necessary”…

27 August 2022 · 3 min read

Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia 
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Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia 

Staple foods have become unaffordable, warned UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei on Friday, who pointed out that severe malnutrition in crisis-wracked Sri Lanka was already among the…

26 August 2022 · 3 min read

Braving mines and missiles to bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced population
Source of Revival NGO - Critical infrastructure and residential area heavily damaged in the northeast region of Ukraine following 2022 Russian invasion.

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Braving mines and missiles to bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced population

Almost a third of those displaced by the conflict come from the region around the country’s second largest city of Kharkiv, in the east. To bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced…

26 August 2022 · 5 min read

Ukraine prisoner of war trials in Mariupol could be a war crime: OHCHR
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Ukraine prisoner of war trials in Mariupol could be a war crime: OHCHR

The United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) has expressed concern about the construction of metal cages, apparently to house prisoners of war (POWs) in an upcoming "show trial.  

24 August 2022 · 4 min read

A light in the darkness for Ukrainians under fire
Ukrainian Prism NGO - Hospitals are receiving solar lamps from IOM in Chernihiv Region.

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A light in the darkness for Ukrainians under fire

The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows no sign of letting up, but the UN continues to bring humanitarian supplies to the country, including solar lamps, which bring some respite from…

22 August 2022 · 4 min read

Saudi Arabia: UN calls for release of woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweeting
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Saudi Arabia: UN calls for release of woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweeting

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a 34 years in prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman charged with following and retweeting so-called dissidents…

20 August 2022 · 2 min read

Grain deal ‘victory for diplomacy,’ UN chief tells journalists in Ukraine
UN Photo/Mark Garten - Secretary-General António Guterres (right), Presidents Volodymyr Zelinskyy (center) of Ukraine and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye, brief the journalists at a press conference in Lviv, Ukraine.

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Grain deal ‘victory for diplomacy,’ UN chief tells journalists in Ukraine

Despite that the Black Sea Grain Initiative was signed a few weeks ago, the UN chief reiterated that “there is no solution to the global food crisis without ensuring full global access…

19 August 2022 · 5 min read

“I've been waiting 16 years for this moment”: Helping to transform the lives of victims of terrorism in Iraq 
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“I’ve been waiting 16 years for this moment”: Helping to transform the lives of victims of terrorism in Iraq 

Helping to transform the lives of victims of terrorism in Iraq at a three-day psychosocial workshop implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with the Lebanese…

19 August 2022 · 3 min read