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Ukrainian refugees arrive in Poland ‘in a state of distress and anxiety’
2022-05-27With more than 3.5 million people having fled to Poland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, continues to scale up its operations to provide aid to arrivals, the agency’s spokesperson said on Friday.
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Cultural destruction in Ukraine by Russian forces will reverberate for years, UN rights expert warns
2022-05-25The attempted destruction of Ukraine’s historic culture by invading Russian forces, will have a devastating impact on the pace of recovery in the post-war era, an independent UN human rights expert warned on Wednesday.
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Europe: WHO supporting countries affected by rare monkeypox outbreak
2022-05-20The World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with countries where cases of the rare viral disease monkeypox have been reported, the UN agency said on Friday. The UN agency said in a statement that there were around 80 cases confirmed so far, across 11 countries, with a further 50 cases pending investigation.
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Climate change threatening access to water and sanitation
2022-05-20Climate change is set to increase pressure significantly on people’s access to water and sanitation unless governments do more to prepare key infrastructure now, the UN warned on Friday.
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Minimal risk of monkeypox transmission in UK following confirmed case
2022-05-16Risk of monkeypox transmission in the United Kingdom is minimal following a confirmed case of the rare and sometimes fatal animal-bourne disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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Ukraine: Support for war crimes investigations ‘of paramount importance’
2022-05-16Investigators probing allegations of war crimes in the Ukraine conflict must work closely together and in compliance with international standards of forensic best practice, the UN expert on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions said on Monday.
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Ukraine: Amid fresh Russian claims, no trace of secret bioweapons programme
2022-05-13Amid new claims by Moscow of a covert biological weapons programme in Ukraine, the Director of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) affirmed on Friday that the UN is not aware of any such programme and has neither the mandate nor the technical operational capacity to investigate it - a message first delivered to the Security Council on 11 and 18 March, by High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu.
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Mariupol evacuations ‘a glimmer of hope’ in Ukraine war
2022-05-12The United Nations continues to explore all options to reach civilians affected by Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine, deputy humanitarian affairs chief Joyce Msuya said in an update to the Security Council on Thursday.
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Russia in spotlight over Ukraine atrocities as Human Rights Council meets
2022-05-12The UN Human Rights Council met in special session on Thursday in Geneva, prompted by increasing concern over atrocities committed against civilians, linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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Another European war ‘not an impossibility’; unity crucial in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2022-05-11Amidst rising tensions, a months-long political stalemate and increasing speculation about yet another conflict in Europe, the international community must stand firm behind a peaceful, unified Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country’s UN envoy told the Security Council on Wednesday.