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First Person: The towns in Ukraine which no longer exist
- UN News
Almost a year into the war in Ukraine, some communities are having to cope with the total destruction of their way of life and the towns where they used to live; that’s according to a humanitarian worker for the UN Migration Agency, IOM.
Amid ‘spy balloon’ controversy, WMO highlights key role of weather balloons in climate monitoring
- UN News
Weather balloons play an important part of a vast, intricate global observation system, providing vital information for climate monitoring and forecasters, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
Ukraine needs ‘implementable’ peace, Security Council hears, meeting on anniversary of Minsk accord
- UN News
While a peaceful resolution is desperately needed to the war in Ukraine, any agreement reached must be tangible, implementable and address the conflict’s root causes, officials told the Security Council on Friday, citing lessons learned from the fate of the so-called Minsk accords.
Rights experts say peaceful transition in South Sudan crucial, amid ‘immense suffering’
- UN News
South Sudan’s leaders must prioritize a peaceful transition as rampant sexual violence and attacks on civilians continue across the world’s youngest nation, the UN Commission investigating human rights abuses there said on Friday.
Guterres calls for G20 to agree $500 billion annual stimulus for sustainable development
- UN News
The UN on Friday called for a significant increase to the tune of $500 billion each year in extra financing from the world’s most developed nations, to meet the crucial 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Guterres in Africa: End political stalemate in Libya now, UN chief urges leaders
- UN News
Overcoming the current political impasse in Libya can unleash much-needed progress in tackling myriad crises there, the UN chief said on Friday at a high-level meeting of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital.
Quake latest: Aid convoys will keep crossing into Syria ‘for as long as needs are there’
- UN News
A steady flow of UN aid trucks filled with vital humanitarian relief, continues to cross the border from southern Türkiye into northwest Syria to help communities enduring terrible trauma caused by last week’s earthquake disaster – and “will continue every day for as long as the needs are there”, UN aid teams said on Friday.
Act on the Taliban and Secure Our Right to Education, Afghan Women and Girls' Plea
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA & BULAWAYO, Feb 16 (IPS) - Education Cannot Wait’s Director Yasmine Sherif said that about USD 70 million had gone to education in Afghanistan, and nearly 60 percent of that funding has gone to supporting girls; more funding was on its way. “We have an ongoing program that has continued—it did not stop.”It has been more than 500 days since the Taliban regime in Afghanistan shut down schools and shattered the education dreams of girls and women like Somaya Faruqi, who has been forced to leave her homeland to continue her education.
ECW High-Level Financing Conference Raises More than 826 Million USD to Keep Crisis-Impacted Children in School
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA & NAIROBI, Feb 16 (IPS) - As an unparalleled, unprecedented global education crisis unfolds, an estimated 222 million crisis-impacted children are desperate to learn. As barriers to accessing education increase, darkness beckons, and education is their last hope.
Venezuela: The End of Civil Society as We Know It?
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb 16 (IPS) - In late January, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, finished an official visit to Venezuela. He said he’d found a fragmented society in great need of bridging its divides and encouraged the government to take the lead in listening to civil society concerns and responding to victims of rights violations.
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