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Human Rights Council: Russia responsible for ‘widespread death and destruction’ in Ukraine

·February 28, 2023·4 min read

Speaking only days since a large majority of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, the UN chief stressed that Russia’s decision to go to war against its neighbour on 24 February 2022 had unleashed “widespread death, destruction and displacement”....

UN Security Council hears echoed demands to end war in Ukraine

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·February 25, 2023·6 min read

“Life is a living hell for the people of Ukraine,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Council, which has held more than 40 debates on the conflict since Russia’s full-scale invasion one year ago. On the occasion, the 15-member organ held a ministerial-level meeting on the heels of the UN...

Ukraine: 18 million need support as war enters second year

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·February 25, 2023·4 min read

“Since the start of the full-scale war we, along with our humanitarian partners in Ukraine, have made every effort to ramp up operations to provide life-saving support to those who need it most,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York. Last year, thousands of convoys delivered vital supplies...

Ukraine: ‘Calling it a crisis seems so insignificant compared to everyday reality on the ground’: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

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·February 24, 2023·5 min read

Denise Brown is the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine. Based in the capital Kyiv, she works alongside around 20 UN agencies with some 2,600 staff, the majority Ukrainians. She spoke to UN News about the challenges of supporting communities in a country at war. “Conditions have been pretty...

Ukraine: deliberate destruction of culture must stop, say rights experts

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·February 22, 2023·2 min read

According to humanitarian workers, at least six people were killed on Tuesday after Russian missiles struck a busy street in the city of Kherson. Most of the victims were standing at a bus stop, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York that day. Identities and shelters targeted ...

UN rights chief deplores Ukraine death toll one year after Russian invasion

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·February 22, 2023·5 min read

Matilda Bogner, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), told journalists in Geneva that the civilian death toll in the southern city of Mariupol – besieged and bombarded by Russian missiles – had been particularly high. “My colleagues interviewed a former prisoner of war, and he...

First Person: The towns in Ukraine which no longer exist

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·February 20, 2023·3 min read

Johannes Fromholt is currently near the frontline in Donetsk Oblast and has been describing the support the UN is providing. “I am currently in Kurakhove, which is close to the frontline. We see heavy fighting, which has intensified even in the past week. We came here as part of a...

Ukraine needs ‘implementable’ peace, Security Council hears, meeting on anniversary of Minsk accord

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·February 18, 2023·2 min read

“Peace is not just about signing an agreement,” said Miroslav Jenča, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, who briefed members during a meeting requested by the Russian Federation – as the one-year mark nears, since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Mr. Jenča stressed that turning...

Ukraine: UN appeals for $5.6 billion to help millions affected by relentless conflict

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·February 15, 2023·4 min read

The situation for many in Ukraine remains desperate, amid “relentless” shelling of civilian targets and infrastructure, the UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told journalists in Geneva. Humanitarian funding is needed to continue supporting lifesaving aid convoy deliveries to communities on the front line, “into areas of great danger and...

UN relief chief tells Security Council ‘we can do better’ in Ukraine

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·February 7, 2023·3 min read

“On the eve of the horrific one-year milestone, we have a lot to do and we can do better,” said Martin Griffiths, who also serves as the Emergency Relief Coordinator. The tragedy continues to unfold “We have warned about the toxic brew of death, destruction, displacement, and deprivation that this...

Ukraine: UN aid reaches Soledar area as IAEA boosts safety measures at nuclear sites

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·January 21, 2023·3 min read

Jens Laerke from UN aid coordinating office, OCHA, said that three trucks had been granted access to areas under Ukrainian Government control just a few kilometres from the heavily disputed city in the Donbas region, which has been an intense battleground, as Russian forces seek to advance on the strategically...

Ukraine war: No chance for serious peace negotiations yet, says UN chief

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·January 19, 2023·6 min read

Following that sobering assessment, António Guterres also told the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, that he remained committed to alleviating the suffering of Ukrainians and vulnerable people in the wider world, still reeling from the conflict’s “dramatic, devastating impacts” on the global economy. “There will be an end…there...