A pregnant woman and a young child died when two boats carrying scores of migrants sank in rough seas off […]
World ‘wilfully ignoring’ child deaths during dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossings
The figure is equivalent to about 11 children dying each week, “far beyond what we hear in news headlines,” Vera […]
Black Sea Initiative exports top 30 million tonnes from Ukraine, as talks continue over renewal
That was the message conveyed by the UN Humanitarian Affairs chief, Martin Griffiths, to a meeting held on Thursday in […]
Black Sea Grain Initiative extended on deadline day
The announcement was made in a Note to Correspondents, released by the UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson’s office on Saturday, which emphasized […]
Italy sea rescue law could put more migrant lives at risk: UN rights chief
“More people in distress will be made to suffer and more lives risk being lost because timely help is not […]
Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea
Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection […]
UN aims to boost aid to frontline areas of Ukraine; Black Sea grain exports near 18 million tonnes
The UN humanitarian coordination office, OCHA, said in a press release that a seven-truck convoy had reached Vovchansk in the […]
UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by stalled Black Sea Grain Initiative |
On Sunday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said, in a statement for the Secretary-General, that Mr. Guterres has decided to delay […]
Black Sea exports ramp up, bringing confidence to global commerce and food to most vulnerable |
Described as a “beacon of hope” by UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the signing ceremony for the plan on 27 July […]
Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks in Aegean Sea – UNHCR |
“Very sad news from the Aegean: Dozens of people are missing after a boat sank off the island of Rhodes […]