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To attack babies is ‘an act of unconscionable cruelty’: UN top officials urge end to attacks on health care in Ukraine

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Since Russia invaded Ukraine, 31 attacks on health care have been documented by the World Health Organization. These incidents have killed and injured civilians, as well as destroyed facilities and ambulances, disrupting access to essential health services.
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EVENT: The Expendable and Targeted Communities: Religious or Belief Minorities at Risk

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The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations invite you to two side events...
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UN warns of ‘utter devastation’ facing Ukraine cities by Russian forces

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UN political affairs chief warns of ‘utter devastation’ facing Ukraine cities by Russian forces 11 March 2022Peace and Security With the war in Ukraine now in its third week, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo warned the Security Council on...
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UNODC launches partnership with civil society countering drugs and crime

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UNODC launches partnership document countering drugs and crime for the promotion of African development Vienna (Austria), 11 March 2022 – Last month, UNODC hosted its African Conference on Drugs and Crime, in which some 100...
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UN and partners boost presence and aid supplies inside Ukraine

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Humanitarians are deploying extra staff across Ukraine to aid the growing number of civilians sheltering from Russian bombardment, or fleeing the violence, the UN Spokesperson said on Thursday.
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UNESCO bolsters protection for Ukrainian heritage under fire

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The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has said that it is taking measures as best it can, to try and protect some of Ukraine’s priceless heritage from destruction in the face of the Russian invasion, noting that the international community also has a duty to help protect and preserve the country’s historic buildings, and other treasures.
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Crash in family incomes during COVID will increase inequality for generations

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At least two-thirds of households with children have lost income since the COVID-19 pandemic hit two years ago, according to a joint report published on Wednesday by the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) and World Bank.
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Invasion of Ukraine: Neighbours struggle with refugee influx; UN expresses ‘horror’ at Mariupol hospital attack

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The exodus of millions of Ukrainians from their country following the Russian invasion could overwhelm neighbouring countries, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday, as the head of the UN Children’s Fund, expressed her horror over the reported destruction of a maternity hospital in the stricken coastal city of Mariupol, which has been under heavy bombardment for days.
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Belarus: UN report reveals extent of violations in human rights crackdown

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The Belarusian Government’s continuing crackdown on political opponents, civil society, journalists and lawyers has seen the fundamental human rights of tens of thousands violated, with no sign of any of the perpetrators being held accountable, the UN rights office, OHCHR, reported on Wednesday.
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UN refugee chief praises European response to Ukraine exodus

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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has praised European countries welcoming people fleeing the war in Ukraine, whose numbers now surpass two million. 
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UNODC supports the empowerment of female criminal justice practitioners

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UNODC Field Offices, 8 March 2022 – As we commemorate International Women’s Day 2022, female practitioners are still underrepresented in the justice and security sector. Thus, for UNODC it is key to keep providing...
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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.
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UN relief chief outlines immediate humanitarian priorities for Ukraine

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Allowing civilians to safely leave areas under fire in Ukraine, and delivering desperately needed aid to these locations, are among immediate priorities for humanitarians, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told the Security Council on Monday. 
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President Metsola asks Russia to free protesters: truth is not easily suppressed

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President Metsola called on the Russian authorities to free all anti-invasion peaceful protesters unjustly detained, at the opening of the plenary session in Strasbourg. As the shelling of Ukraine continues unabated and the number of...
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Protect unaccompanied children fleeing Ukraine: UN agency chiefs

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Unaccompanied and separated children fleeing the conflict in Ukraine must be protected, two senior UN officials said in a joint statement on Monday. 
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Invest in care services to generate jobs, support working parents

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Greater investment in care services could create nearly 300 million jobs by 2035, the UN’s labour agency, ILO, said in a report published on Monday ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8 May. 
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Russia reduced Genocide Convention ‘to confetti’, Ukraine tells world court

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Ukraine addressed the UN’s highest court on Monday to reject as a “grotesque lie” Russia’s claims that genocide has been committed in eastern Ukrainian oblasts, or regions, before calling for emergency measures to halt Russian aggression.
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Russian military control of Ukraine nuclear plants cause for grave concern, nuclear energy agency warns

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Reports that Ukraine’s, and Europe’s, largest nuclear power plant is under the control of Russian forces is a cause for grave concern, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, said on Sunday.
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Ukraine: UN chief calls for safe passage from conflict zones, rights body records 1,123 civilian casualties, WHO outlines health concerns

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UN chief António Guterres called on Sunday for a pause in fighting to allow civilians to escape conflict zones in Ukraine, as the UN rights body (OHCHR) announced it had recorded 1,123 civilian casualties since the beginning of Russia’s armed attack on the country.
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Ukraine: Crisis chief calls for ‘humanitarian pause’, urgent UN aid arrives, WHO condemns healthcare attacks

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Amin Awad, the United Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine, called on Saturday for an “immediate humanitarian pause” in fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, as UN aid supplies arrive in the country.
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WFP ramping up operations as hunger rises in Ukraine

Amid reports of dwindling food supplies in embattled areas in Ukraine, the World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday began ramping up operations, warning that the conflict could have consequences beyond the country.
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‘Unprecedented’ number of traumatized people flee Ukraine

UN humanitarians on Friday described as “unprecedented,” the continuing outflow of children and families fleeing the “relentless shelling” of Russian military action in Ukraine – as they await assurances for the safe passage of relief teams to provide urgently needed assistance.
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Food Price Index hit record high in February, UN agency reports

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Global food prices reached an all-time high in February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday.
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Human Rights Council to establish Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine

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In a resolution adopted on Friday, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva agreed to establish a commission to investigate violations committed during Russia’s military attack on Ukraine. 
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More countries also asked for EU membership because of the crisis in Ukraine

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On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose country was attacked by Russia a week ago, called on the European Union to accept Ukraine immediately. Earlier on Thursday, another former Soviet republic, Georgia, also applied for...
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