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Europe

Humanitarians seek $2.25 billion for Ukraine response

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Humanitarians have launched a renewed appeal for war-ravaged Ukraine that calls for $2.25 billion to provide assistance and protection to nearly nine million people, the UN announced on Monday. 
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Working towards a malaria-free world

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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the past year has seen “significant breakthroughs in malaria prevention and control”, a senior official of the UN health agency said on Monday, World Malaria Day.
Defense

Turkey will follow sanctions against Russia if approved by the UN

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Turkey will apply sanctions against Russia only if they are approved at the UN level, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. "Turkey will abide by all restrictions agreed and approved at the UN level," he...
Europe

UN Secretary-General to meet with Putin in Moscow

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The UN chief announced on Friday that he will be traveling to Russia to meet with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and will also be received by President Vladimir Putin.
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Strengthening regional partnerships for drug prevention

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Partnerships for drug prevention: Around the world, young people are cooperating with their local communities and decision-makers on public drug policies
Environment

Earth Day: 5 ways we’re working to repair the damage to our planet

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International Mother Earth Day is a chance to reflect on how humanity has been treating our planet, and let’s face it: we’ve been poor custodians. And while a steady stream of reports has painted a legitimately worrying picture of the current state of the planet, don’t lose hope: there are more innovative ideas for serious climate action than ever and more and more people around the world are working together on solutions to help repair the damage that’s been done to our fragile home.
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Sustainable development hinges on fate of world’s cities

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The future of sustainable development will hinge on the fate of cities, officials told a special meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Thursday, stressing that the more than half of the world’s population currently live in urban environments, a number likely to rise to nearly 70 per cent by 2050.
Europe

Ukraine: ‘Massive scale’ devastation, one-quarter of population in need

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Over the past two months, Ukraine has seen “suffering, devastation, and destruction on a massive scale”,  the UN Crisis Coordinator for the country told journalists on Thursday, and echoed the Secretary-General in saying, “we must stop the bloodshed and destruction”.
Europe

Guterres requests meetings with Russian and Ukrainian Presidents

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In efforts to end the war in Ukraine, Secretary-General António Guterres has written separate letters to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to request meetings with them in their respective capitals, the United Nations said on Wednesday. 
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Guterres urges youth: Keep pushing, mobilizing, ‘bringing your ideas to the table’

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Despite war, COVID-19 and the climate crisis, all of which compound the other challenges facing young people today, the UN chief lauded youth for raising their voices and mobilizing for a better future.
Europe

More dialogue needed to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia

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Pristina and Belgrade must engage more actively in dialogue facilitated by the European Union (EU), the head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)  told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Europe

UN chief appeals: ‘Forge a path to safety’ during a 4-day Holy Week humanitarian truce

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This year, Orthodox Holy Week is being observed under a “cloud of a war” that totally negates the Easter message of unity, the UN chief said on Tuesday, calling for a four-day humanitarian pause in Ukraine.  
Europe

Ukraine: Security Council urged to ‘put aside’ divisions, end ‘senseless war’

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As five million people have already fled Ukraine and another seven million are displaced internally, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements urged the Security Council on Tuesday to ‘put aside’ its divisions and find a way to end the “horrific and senseless war”, now in its eighth week.  
Europe

First Person: A month in a Mariupol basement 

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Invading Russian forces have almost completely destroyed Mariupol, a port city in southern Ukraine. Former resident Alina Beskrovna recalled to UN News, a month-long ordeal sheltering in a basement there as she witnessed fierce fighting and obliteration, before her eventual escape. 
Europe

Guterres appeals for urgent humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine to allow delivery of life-saving aid as well as evacuations, his spokesperson said on Monday.
Europe

Ukraine: Escaping Bucha

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Bucha. Once a quiet dormitory town near Kyiv, it is now synonymous with the mass killing of civilians in the increasingly brutal war in Ukraine. Although Yuliia and her family escaped the bloodshed, and are receiving help form the UN migration agency (IOM), they are struggling to adapt to their new status as they join the ranks of the millions of people displaced from their homes.
Europe

Bulgaria, April 16th: Constitution and Lawyers Day – National Assembly holds Open House today

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Today the National Assembly of Bulgaria holds an "Open House" on the occasion of April 16 - Day of the Bulgarian Constitution and the celebration of 143 years since the adoption of the first...
Europe

30,000 Ukrainians returning home every day, say relief agencies

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More than 870,000 people who fled abroad since the Russian invasion on 24 February, have now returned to Ukraine, UN humanitarians said in their latest emergency update, amid concerns about deteriorating food security inside the country.
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First Person: Giving birth during the Ukraine crisis

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Mariia Shostak, a 25-year-old woman living in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, started having contractions on 24 February, the day the Russian Federation launched a military offensive in Ukraine, and gave birth amid the sounds of air raid sirens.
Christianity

The European Parliament has condemned the role of Russian Patriarch Kirill in the war (updated)

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In a resolution on 7 April 2022 about the increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexei Navalny, the European Parliament condemned the role of Moscow Patriarch Kirill in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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Cyprus: Rights experts call for urgent solutions for missing persons tragedy

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A top UN-appointed human rights panel issued an appeal on Tuesday for faster progress towards finding the remains of those who disappeared during deadly violence that split the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, decades ago.
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UNODC Report – signs of increased opium production in Myanmar

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Bangkok (Thailand), 8 April 2022 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) opium survey for Myanmar has found that cultivation in Myanmar between September 2020 and January 2021 increased for the first...
America

Rights expert concerned about erosion of democracy in Brazil

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Decrying the erosion of democracy in Brazil, a UN expert has called for authorities to create and maintain a safe environment conducive to the exercise of the rights to peaceful assembly and association. 
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Protection of older persons’ rights needed now ‘more than ever’: Bachelet

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The basic rights of older persons need to be protected today, more than ever before, said the UN human rights chief on Monday, but existing legal safeguards render them, in effect, “invisible”.
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UNODC and Japan agree to strengthen cross-border cooperation in Central Asia 

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© UNODC Tashkent (Uzbekistan), 11 April 2022 – The region of Central Asia borders Afghanistan, the world’s largest opium poppy producer, and the area serves as a hub for illicit drug trafficking. For a more...
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