Peace and Security

The damaged unit 4 reactor and shelter at Chernobyl, Ukraine.
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Heightened security fears on Chernobyl disaster anniversary

26 April 2022
Europe

On the 36th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, the world is again concerned about the safety of nuclear power plants, amid the ongoing Russian invasion, which has seen shelling take place at Chernobyl, and other nuclear sites in the country.

The 76th session of the General Assembly adopted without a vote, a resolution mandating that it meets whenever a veto is cast in the Security Council.
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UN General Assembly mandates meeting in wake of any Security Council veto 

26 April 2022
Global

The UN General Assembly decided on Tuesday to automatically meet within 10 days, if the veto is used in the Security Council by one of its five permanent members.

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his delegation (left) meet the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
UN Russia/Yuri Kochin

Russia agrees ‘in principle’ to UN and Red Cross involvement in evacuations from Mariupol

26 April 2022
Europe

Russia has agreed “in principle” to UN involvement in the evacuation of citizens from the last remaining holdout in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, following a meeting between Secretary-General António Guterres and President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday.

The village of Novoselivka, near Chernihiv in Ukraine has been bombed in the conflict with Russia.
UNDP Ukraine/Oleksandr Ratushnia

Humanitarians seek $2.25 billion for Ukraine response

25 April 2022
Europe

Humanitarians have launched a renewed appeal for war-ravaged Ukraine that calls for $2.25 billion to provide assistance and protection to nearly nine million people, the UN announced on Monday. 

Qalandia checkpoint between East Jerusalem and Ramallah in the West Bank.
UN News/Shirin Yaseen

Middle East: ‘No justification’ for terrorism or violence against civilians, Security Council hears 

25 April 2022
Middle East

Recent violence in the occupied West Bank and terror attacks in Israel have killed and injured scores of civilians, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process updated the Security Council on Monday.

Families wait in the early hours of the morning to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and partner agencies, in Thonyor, Leer county, South Sudan (file photo).
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UN condemns ‘horrific’ surge of violence in South Sudan

25 April 2022
Africa

Additional peacekeepers have been deployed to Leer county, South Sudan, following a surge of violence, including rapes, gang rapes, beheadings, burning civilians alive, and attacks on humanitarians, the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS, reported on Monday. 

A man holds a dog as he walks past a damaged house following shelling in Mariupol, in southeastern Ukraine.
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'Tomorrow could be too late': The UN calls for an immediate halt to fighting in Mariupol, Ukraine

24 April 2022
Europe

The UN’s crisis coordinator in Ukraine called on Sunday for an immediate stop to fighting in besieged Mariupol to allow trapped civilians to leave the city safely.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (file photo).
UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN Secretary-General to meet separately next week with Putin and Zelenskyy

22 April 2022
Europe

António Guterres will be traveling to Russia and Ukraine to meet with both the Foreign Ministers and Presidents of these countries.

Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem's Old City.
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Rights experts call for action to address rising violence in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory

22 April 2022
Middle East

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday called for a probe into Israel’s response to the escalating violence surrounding the Al Asqa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. 

The village of Novoselivka, near Chernihiv, Ukraine has been heavily bombed.
UNDP Ukraine/Oleksandr Ratushnia

UN’s Bachelet condemns ‘horrors’ faced by Ukraine’s civilians 

22 April 2022
Europe

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday condemned the “horrors” committed against civilians in Ukraine as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that it feared the worst in devastated areas of the country's east and south.