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A young girl stands in the rubble of her damaged school in Horenka, in the Kyiv region of Ukraine.
Guterres underlines need for peace as Ukraine marks six months of ‘senseless war’
NEW YORK — The “senseless war” in Ukraine is now six months old, with no end in sight, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday, repeating his ongoing appeal for peace.The “sad and tragic milestone” coincided with Ukraine's 31st anniversary of independence, and Guterres congratulated the country's people.“The people of Ukraine and beyond need peace and they need peace now,” he said. “Peace in line with the UN Charter. Peace in line with international law.”Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky participated in the meeting via videoconference, though the feed was at times unclear. He remarked that the world is dependent on his country’s independence.In the period since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, thousands of civilians...
August 25, 2022

Guterres underlines need for peace as Ukraine marks six months of ‘senseless war’

WFP⁩ food parcels are distributed to war-affected people in Kharkiv Oblast in collaboration with the Ukrainian Red Cross.
UN agencies deliver food, healthcare and other aid amid Ukraine fighting
KYIV — UN agencies and entities have underlined their continued support to Ukraine, as Tuesday marked six months since the start of the war devastating the country.Matilda Bogner, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, called for greater efforts to spare and protect civilians.The Mission has been in the country since 2014, when it began work documenting violations in the east stemming from the fighting between Government forces and pro-Russian separatists.Bogner said the resulting escalation of the eight-year long armed conflict has brought more death, suffering, damage, and destruction.“Every day, we speak with people affected by the war, and hear about and document violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, including war crimes,” she...
August 25, 2022

UN agencies deliver food, healthcare and other aid amid Ukraine fighting

The events took place in the grounds of Fresnes prison in Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. — courtesy Twitter
Controversy in France over 'shocking' go-kart event in prison grounds
PARiS — French President Emmanuel Macron has added his voice to mounting criticism surrounding a go-karting event held at a prison near Paris.Images of French prisoners riding go-karts and holding tug-of-war events over a swimming pool have sparked controversy in France.The events took place in July within the grounds of Fresnes prison and were inspired by the French television game show Koh Lanta.Three teams — made up of inmates and wardens — are believed to have been competing in the event known as "Kohlantess," which was organized by a local resident alongside the prison governor.A video of the event was posted on YouTube on Friday and has since been deleted."Our prisons are not holiday camps where inmates and guards become friends," said French politician...
August 24, 2022

Controversy in France over 'shocking' go-kart event in prison grounds

WHO is supporting African countries in implementing mass vaccination campaigns. — courtesy WHO
UN steps up post-COVID support in Africa; battles cholera in Malawi
GENEVA — In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday a new drive to find ways of revamping the African region’s health systems.“The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fragility of our continent’s health infrastructure and the urgent need to strengthen the overall health system to secure access to quality care for all Africa’s people, when and where they need it, without incurring financial hardship,” said WHO’s Africa Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti.Rebuilding good healthTo rethink and rebuild resilient health systems on the continent, WHO’s Regional Committee for Africa has been meeting this week in Lomé, Togo.There, they are examining measures in achieving universal access to health care and exploring how to maintain...
August 24, 2022

UN steps up post-COVID support in Africa; battles cholera in Malawi

Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin in this file photo.
Finland PM Marin says sorry for guests' topless photo at government residence
HELSINKI — Finland's under pressure Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologized after a photo emerged of topless guests at an official government residence.The picture was uploaded to the social media site TikTok and shows two women kissing each other covering up their bare chests with an official-looking "Finland" sign.It is very similar to the one in front of Marin at official press conferences.It comes after video footage emerged last week showing Marin, 36, partying with friends, with some political opponents claiming narcotics were involved.Marin denied this and voluntarily took a drug test, which came back clean.Marin confirmed on Tuesday the topless photo was taken at her official residence in Kesaranta, after she attended a music festival, which ran from July...
August 24, 2022

Finland PM Marin says sorry for guests' topless photo at government residence

Ukrainians mark independence from Soviet Union amid Russian invasion.
Kyiv displays captured tanks on Independence Day as Ukrainians cast a wary eye on Russia
KYIV — Ukraine's Independence Day, which on Wednesday marks 31 years since the country voted to break with the Soviet Union, is set to be a somber affair as officials warn that Russia may carry out missile attacks against Ukrainian cities.While previous years have been marked by celebrations and parades, Wednesday's commemoration comes exactly six months after Russia's invasion of the country began.President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the day with an emotional address that spoke of the Russian invasion as a new independence day — the day Ukraine had to fight for its freedom, rather than simply voting for it at the ballot box."A new nation emerged on February 24 at 4 a.m. Not born, but reborn. A nation that didn't cry, didn't scream, didn't get scared....
August 24, 2022

Kyiv displays captured tanks on Independence Day as Ukrainians cast a wary eye on Russia

Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, addresses UN Security Council meeting on Threats to International Peace and Security.
Urgent agreement needed to end fighting around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
NEW YORK — Agreement is urgently needed to reestablish the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine as purely civilian infrastructure and prevent a potentially “catastrophic” disaster amid the ongoing conflict, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Tuesday.Recent weeks have seen an escalation in shelling in and around Europe’s largest nuclear facility.The Council meeting was requested by Russia, whose forces have occupied the plant since March, or shortly after the start of the war, while Ukrainian personnel continue to carry out their on-site operations.Ms. DiCarlo reiterated the UN’s ongoing grave concern over the dangerous situation, recalling the Secretary-General’s appeals for common sense, reason and restraint, as well as...
August 24, 2022

Urgent agreement needed to end fighting around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

IOM assistance is reaching affected communities across Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine..
Braving mines and missiles to bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced population
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Six months after the Russian invasion, Ukraine is the scene of the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War Two. Almost a third of those displaced by the conflict come from the region around the country’s second largest city of Kharkiv, in the east. Helping those in need is dangerous work.Before dawn on 24 February, Kharkiv took a fierce hit. Within 24 hours, Russian troops had reached the northern suburbs, just 30 kilometers from the Ukraine-Russia border. Despite outnumbering the Ukrainian forces, the invading army was unable to enter the city.“I am from Kharkiv, from the largest residential area in Ukraine – Saltivka, where about 400,000 people lived before the war,” says 21-year-old Tania, who has found a temporary home in Ivano-Frankivsk...
August 24, 2022

Braving mines and missiles to bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced population

More than 170 civilians were successfully evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine. Hundreds of fighters surrendered to Russian authorities as prisoners of war (May 2022).
Ukraine POW trials in Mariupol could be a war crime: OHCHR
GENEVA — The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) expressed concern on Tuesday after photos and videos released on social media appeared to show metal cages being built in the philharmonic hall in the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, apparently to house prisoners of war (POWs) during an upcoming “show trial”.OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said the trials by the Russian-backed authorities could begin in the occupied city, possibly within days - and warned that such a process could amount to a war crime."We are very concerned about the manner in which this is being done. There are pictures in the media of cages being built in Mariupol's philharmonic hall, really massive cages and apparently, the idea is to restrain the prisoners", Ms. Shamdasani told a briefing in...
August 24, 2022

Ukraine POW trials in Mariupol could be a war crime: OHCHR

One evacuated passenger shared a photo from inside the cargo train they were picked up by.
Passengers stuck for hours inside Eurotunnel
LONDON — Dozens of people were left stranded for hours inside the Channel Tunnel after a train from Calais to Folkestone appeared to have broken down.Footage emerged showing Eurotunnel Le Shuttle passengers being evacuated and walking along an emergency service tunnel between the UK and France.They were eventually transferred to a replacement train and taken to the Folkestone terminal in Kent.Le Shuttle said the train's alarms went off and this needed to be investigated."The service tunnel was terrifying," said Sarah Fellows, 37, from Birmingham to PA news agency after the incident on Tuesday evening."It was like a disaster movie. You were just walking into the abyss not knowing what was happening. We all had to stay under the sea in this big queue."There was a...
August 24, 2022

Passengers stuck for hours inside Eurotunnel

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