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Guterres Says Shocked by Number of Children Killed by Israel

UN chief Antonio Guterres said in a report on Monday that he was shocked by the number of children killed and maimed by Israeli forces in 2021, stressing the importance of holding perpetrators accountable for these violations. In his annual “Children and Armed Conflict” report, which covers violations against children…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian, Ukrainian militaries set to discuss grain exports

Military officials from Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their governments’ first face-to-face talks in months

The Independent UK

U.N. chief on Ukraine grain export talks: 'still a way to go'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that "there is still a way to go" in talks to try and resume Ukraine Black Sea exports of grain.

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UN to Monitor Ukraine War for Violations Against Children

The United Nations announced Monday it will start monitoring the war in Ukraine and conflicts in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Africa’s central Sahel region for violations against children, including killings, injuries, recruitment, rape and other forms of sexual violence. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his annual report to the Security Council…

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UN projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15

The United Nations estimates that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world’s most populous nation next year

The Independent UK

Russia wins fight to limit aid to Syrian rebels to 6 months

The U.N. Security Council is headed toward approval of a U.N. resolution Tuesday to extend humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million people in Syria’s rebel-held northwest

The Independent UK

UN to monitor Ukraine war for violations against children

The United Nations says it will start monitoring the war in Ukraine and conflicts in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Africa’s central Sahel region for violations against children, including killings, injuries, recruitment, rape and other forms of sexual violence

The Independent UK

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West bows to Russian call for 6-months aid to Syrian rebels

Supporters of a one-year extension of humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to 4.1 million Syrians in the rebel-held northwest have given in to Russia's demand for a six month extension, paving the way for approval of a UN resolution on Tuesday

The Independent UK

UN to probe killing of children in Ukraine, Ethiopia, Mozambique

Israel left off UN ‘blacklist’ intended to shame countries into implementing measures to protect children in conflict.

Al Jazeera

U.N. adds Ukraine, Ethiopia, Mozambique to children killing inquiry

U.N. officials will investigate the killing and wounding of children in Ukraine, Ethiopia and Mozambique, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday in a report that found 2,515 children were killed and 5,555 maimed in global conflicts in 2021.

Reuters

Int’l Resolution to Help Syrians. Is a Russian-American Settlement Possible?

Last-gasp negotiations are underway to salvage the international resolution that allows cross-border aid to reach Syria. Russia had last week vetoed the extension of the resolution when it was put to a vote at the United Nations Security Council. The resolution expired on Sunday. What is the resolution? Issued in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: World Population to Hit 8 Bn this Year

The world's population is expected to reach eight billion on November 15, the UN forecast Monday in a report that said India will surpass China as the most populous country on earth in 2023. That overall population milestone "is a reminder of our shared responsibility to care for our planet…

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Russia Proposes 6-Month Cross-Border Aid Renewal for Syria

As the UN Security Council prepares to vote Thursday on humanitarian aid deliveries to opposition-held northwest Syria from Turkey, Russia agreed to continue such deliveries but only for six months — not a year, as many UN Security Council members, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and more than 30 nongovernmental groups want.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN talks urge faster steps to secure ‘critical’ ocean health

A United Nations conference is warning that measures needed to protect the world’s oceans are lagging and has urged countries to accelerate their implementation

The Independent UK

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U.N.'s Guterres to visit Hiroshima

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres will attend this year's peace commemoration ceremony to be held in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on the city, according to a city government source.

The Hindu

Udaipur murder | 'We call for full respect of all religions, ensuring different communities can live in harmony, peace': U.N. spokesperson

United Nations U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for the full respect of all religions a

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Russia Tells UN Chief It’s Ready to Help Avert Food Crisis

Russia said on Wednesday it was ready to work with the United Nations to combat the risks of a global food crisis, and was willing to meet its obligations to export food and fertilizers. The commitments were made in a conversation between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Secretary-General…

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Zubair arrest: UN says journalists shouldn’t be jailed for what they write or say

Journalists anywhere in the world should be allowed to express themselves freely and without the threat of harassment, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday in response to a question about the arrest of Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair.

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France 24

Future of Australia's Great Barrier Reef hangs in the balance

As experts gather at a UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world is facing an "ocean emergency". In Australia, the Great Barrier Reef recently suffered another mass bleaching event, just months after a UNESCO committee recommended the World Heritage Site be listed as…

Al Jazeera

G7, UN condemn ‘deplorable’ Russian attack on Kremenchuk mall

G7 denounces ‘war crime’ after a Russian missile attack on a crowded Ukrainian shopping mall kills at least 18 people.

The Independent UK

Biden aims at China in new illegal fishing policy framework

The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China and ordering federal agencies to better coordinate amongst themselves in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world’s oceans

Al Jazeera

World faces ‘ocean emergency’, UN warns, as activists urge action

The five-day UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon is focused on restoring the health of the oceans.

Radio France Internationale

UN pushes for sea change to save oceans in crisis

The head of the United Nations has warned the world’s seas are in crisis as an international conference aimed at restoring the health of our oceans got underway on Monday in Portugal.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Warnings Made Against Paralyzing UNRWA

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has warned against the “chronic underfunding” that threatens the agency with “paralysis.” He stressed that every year, the Agency is forced to operate with a funding gap of around $100…

Reuters

Restricting abortion just makes it more deadly, says U.N. after U.S. ruling

Restricting abortion access does not stop people seeking the procedure "it only makes it more deadly," a spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 1973 decision legalizing abortion.

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