Environment
UN scientists on Monday delivered a stark warning about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves and floods are…
Europe
Security Council vote sets up emergency UN General Assembly session on Ukraine crisis The Security Council voted on Sunday to call for a rare emergency special session of the 193-member…
Europe
Secretary-General António Guterres has announced that the UN will launch an appeal to fund its humanitarian operations in Ukraine, amid reports on Saturday of casualties and people fleeing their homes…
Europe
Even before the recent events that “convulsed the world” last week, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator reminded that an eight-year-long conflict in Eastern Ukraine had already level three million people…
Europe
While 11 of the Council’s 15 members voted in favour of the text, China India, and the United Arab Emirates abstained. A ‘no’ vote from any one of the five…
Europe
Amid reported deadly missile attacks from Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine, including the capital Kiev and other cities, terrified families have been forced to seek shelter underground, the UN said on Friday, adding…
Europe
France has violated the rights of French children detained for years in camps in northeast Syria by failing to repatriate them, the UN Child Rights Committee said in findings issued…
Europe
The President of the European Parliament delivered the following statement at the European Council on Thursday. “Dear President of the European Council, Dear President of the European Commission, Dear Presidents…
Europe
Russian military operations inside the sovereign territory of Ukraine “on a scale that Europe has not seen in decades, conflict directly with the United Nations Charter,” Secretary-General António Guterres told…
Europe
EP President and political group leaders agree to hold an extraordinary plenary session on Tuesday, 1 March to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At an extraordinary meeting of Parliament’s…
