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India train disaster: UN chief deeply saddened by loss of life

·June 4, 2023·1 min read

Latest news reports said the death toll is at least 275. More than 1,000 people were hospitalised but close to 800 of those involved in the crash have reportedly been discharged. According to reports, railway officials and India’s minister in charge of the vast network, said on Sunday that a...

UN in Ukraine ‘appalled and saddened’ at deadly airstrikes and attacks

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·May 5, 2023·2 min read

According to news reports, Russian airstrikes targeted the capital Kyiv for the third time in four days, following on from what Russian authorities said was an assassination attempt by drone strike, on President Vladimir Putin, earlier on Wednesday. Ukrainian authorities, who deny any involvement in the drone incident in Moscow,...

UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ at deaths from South Africa gas tanker explosion

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·January 3, 2023·1 min read

The blast in Boksburg severely damaged the roof of the emergency department at the Tambo Memorial hospital there, killing and injuring dozens while also reportedly destroying houses and cars. Initial reports estimated around 27 deaths, but that figure had risen to 34 by the past weekend, according to regional health...

UNESCO ‘deeply saddened’ over death of football legend, Pelé

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·December 30, 2022·2 min read

The UN education and culture organisation which champions the power of sport across the world, UNESCO, tweeted that it was “deeply saddened” at his passing, and extended condolences to the Brazilian people, and the wider “football family”. As a 17-year-old, Pelé won his first football or soccer World Cup, in 1958,...

UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by deaths amid floods in DR Congo

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·December 15, 2022·1 min read

Floods in the capital, Kinshasa, and some provinces have destroyed homes and farmland, as well as schools and other public infrastructure. “The Secretary-General extends his condolences to the families of the victims, as well as to the Government and people”, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement, also wishing a...