Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, at least 2,400 children have been dead or injured, according to the most recent UNICEF reports.U.N agency says the war is creating a mental health crisis among children in Ukraine.
Dina A. Gilmutdinova, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN, addresses the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
Large areas of land in North India have recently been abandoned in ruins as farmers stopped working their fields. This is due in part to the fact that farming the small patches of land they own was not profitable and in part to the fact that stray animals destroy the crops they planted. A group of farmers have now joined forces to restore these wastelands as part of a project that is assisting rural women in increasing their incomes.
The Sednaya Prison, infamously known to as “the human slaughterhouse,” was the destination of many Syrians seeking information about their missing loved ones following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Roya Mahboob, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of the Digital Citizen Fund, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan.
In Malawi, a new initiative is changing the lives of students and smallholder farmers. The U.N. World Food Program is promoting the Home-Grown School Feeding Program, which is bridging the gap between agriculture and public primary schools, improving student nutrition while providing farmers more economic power.
Austin Tice disappeared in Syria twelve years ago, but his family has received evidence that he is still alive. The overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government has renewed efforts to bring him home.
Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT).
Damascus Residents are celebrating a rebel victory that quickly swept throughout Syria and ended a half-century of his family’s dominance over the weekend when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown and fled to Moscow.
Some citizens said that they hope the victory of the rebels would bring freedom and wealth in the wake of the fall of the Syrian government. The future is far from certain at this moment of international turmoil, analysts warn.