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Overnight blasts near Ukraine nuclear plant are ‘playing with fire!’ – UN nuclear chief |

·November 21, 2022·1 min read

In a statement issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said that that blasts yesterday evening and again this morning further underlined “the urgent need for measures to help prevent a nuclear accident there”. “As I have said many times before, you’re playing with...

From the Field: In Ukraine, ‘I have grown used to the endless fear’

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·November 20, 2022·1 min read

Living with fear and the daily threat of death is something that all Ukrainians have had to reckon with since Russia’s invasion of 24 February, and local UN staff are no exception....

Ukraine grain deal, Ethiopia agreement, show ‘power of multilateralism in action’: Guterres |

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·November 4, 2022·1 min read

Secretary-General António Guterres began his press stakeout at UN Headquarters in New York, with the announcement that the deal to free-up vital foodstuffs from Ukraine had hit “a new milestone” with 10 million metric tonnes now shipped through the Black Sea humanitarian corridor, in just three months. ‘Beacon of hope...

UN chief warmly welcomes Russia decision to end suspension from Ukraine grain deal |

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·November 3, 2022·2 min read

The UN-brokered deal which is implemented through a Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) in Istanbul involving Russia, Ukraine, and Türkiye, was signed in July, to allow grain, oil and other foodstuffs to leave the war-torn country for markets overseas – many of which are in desperate need of food from Europe’s...

Global jobs market set to deteriorate amid Ukraine war shocks: ILO |

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·November 1, 2022·2 min read

Estimates from ILO for the third quarter of 2022, indicate that the level of hours worked was 1.5 per cent below pre-pandemic levels, amounting to a deficit of 40 million full-time jobs. Inflation up, wages down The 10th edition of the Monitor on the World of Work confirms that rising inflation...

UN still sees no sign of biological weapons in Ukraine |

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·October 31, 2022·2 min read

This marked the third time since the 24 February invasion that the Council has formally met at Russia’s request to address its ongoing allegations. The UN’s High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumu Nakamitsu, had previously informed ambassadors – first in March, and then again in May – that the...

UN chief reaffirms support for deals to ensure export food and fertilizer from Ukraine and Russia |

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·October 29, 2022·1 min read

The Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement brokered by the UN and Türkiye in July, which was set up to reintroduce vital food and fertilizer exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world, is due to run out in the second half of November, but it can be extended,...

Vessel to collect first humanitarian wheat shipment under Ukraine grain deal |

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·August 13, 2022·2 min read

This will be the first shipment of humanitarian food assistance under the Black Sea Grain Initiative signed last month by Ukraine, Russia and Türkiye. WFP said the development marks “another important step in efforts to reintegrate Ukrainian food into global markets and get it to countries worst affected by the...

Ukraine grain export deal off to ‘a very good start’ – UN interim Coordinator |

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·August 11, 2022·1 min read

Frederick J. Kenney Jr., interim Coordinator for the UN at the Joint Coordination Centre for the Black Sea Initiative, said at a regular UN press briefing via video link from Istanbul, Türkiye that the ships contain “over 370,000 metric tons of grain and other food stocks”. “Those vessels had been...

More lifesaving grain shipments authorized to leave Ukraine |

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·August 5, 2022·3 min read

The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) which is managing the Black Sea Grain Initiative, agreed between the UN, Ukraine, Russia and Türkiye, has authorized the departure of three vessels – two from the port of Chornomorsk and one from Odesa, carrying a total of 58,041 tons of corn through the designated...

Ukraine: Guterres condemns deadly missile attack on Vinnytsia; more than 20 killed |

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·July 15, 2022·1 min read

Cruise missiles fired from a Russian submarine in the Black Sea struck civilian areas of the city, including an office block and residential buildings, according to media reports, citing Ukrainian authorities. Dozens of civilians have been killed in Ukraine over the last 24 hours. Multiplying attacks against civilian infrastructure are...

Guterres hails ‘critical step forward’ on resuming Ukraine grain exports |

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·July 14, 2022·3 min read

Secretary-General António Guterres said that a “critical step forward” had been taken to allow the “safe and secure export” of millions of tonnes of grain via the Black Sea, but emphasized that no formal agreement has yet been signed between Russia and Ukraine. .@antonioguterres tells reporters: Today in Istanbul, we...