Justice and reparations still critical, 30 years on from Sarajevo siege
Thirty years after the siege of Sarajevo, the UN team in Bosnia and Herzegovina reiterated the importance on Wednesday of pursuing justice…
What can the UN do? 5 of your questions answered
The current war in Ukraine, following the Russian invasion, has sparked all sorts of questions about the United Nations, particularly the role…
Ukraine’s President calls on Security Council to act for peace, or ‘dissolve’ itself
In an impassioned address to the Security Council that evoked the ashen destruction wrought during the Second World War, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on…
UN rights experts raise alarm over Russia’s ‘choking’ media clampdown at home
The recent adoption by Russia of a punitive “fake war news” law is an alarming move by the Government to gag and…
Ukraine: UN Secretary-General calls for probe into Bucha killings
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha,…
First Person: ‘I fear I will never see my husband again’
Nataliia Vladimirova fled her home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the first day of the Russian invasion, on 24 February, with her four-year-old…
Ukraine: Second UN convoy reaches Sumy, Mariupol access thwarted
UN humanitarian agencies and partners on the ground in Ukraine, were able to reach the town of Sumy, in the country’s northeast…
Ukraine war: Russia used cluster weapons at least 24 times, says UN’s Bachelet
Credible reports indicate that Russian armed forces have used cluster munitions in populated areas of Ukraine, at least two dozen times since…
Ukraine: UNESCO’s response to children’s education needs
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 4 million people have fled the country - two million of them,…
‘Difficult months ahead’ in Ukraine, as deaths rise, along with global shortages
At least 1,100 civilians have been killed in a month of fighting in Ukraine, a senior UN humanitarian official told the Security Council on…