The Latest Breaking News from U.N.

Difficult to 'talk about the climate,' says Ukrainian scientist

As fighting reached the outskirts of Kyiv on Friday evening, families across the region were taking shelter — including Yakiv Didukh, the sole Ukrainian scientist working on a landmark U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report expected Monday.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

U.N. aid chief says more than $1 billion needed for Ukraine

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday that more than $1 billion will be needed for aid operations in Ukraine over the next three months as hundreds of thousands of people are on the move after Russia invaded its neighbor.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

International law says Putin's war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter?

Both international law and the United Nations Charter say that countries should not invade each other. But who has the ability to enforce those rules?

The Conversation · Feb 25, 2022

Trudy Rubin: What the UN should do about Russia

How does the world confront a Russian leader who is acting like Hitler?

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 25, 2022

Ukraine requested urgent debate at Human Rights Council, UN says

Ukraine has requested an urgent debate be held at the U.N. Human Rights Council on the situation stemming from the 'Russian aggression', the United Nations said on Thursday.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

Some 100,000 Ukrainians have left their homes, as several thousand flee abroad -U.N. estimates

Several thousand Ukrainians have crossed into neighbouring countries, mainly Moldova and Romania, while an estimated 100,000 have fled their homes and are uprooted in the country after Russia's invasion, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

U.N., Red Cross call for protecting civilians, vital structures in Ukraine

Civilians and critical infrastructure such as water and power systems in Ukraine must be protected from attacks in line with the rules of war, United Nations and Red Cross officials said on Thursday as aid agencies struggled to assess damage from Russia's attack.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

U.N. chief says it is scaling up Ukraine aid operations

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the world body was scaling up its humanitarian operations in Ukraine and the protection of civilians must be the top priority.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

U.N. refugee agency urges countries to give fleeing Ukrainians safe haven

The United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday that the situation in Ukraine was quickly deteriorating after Russia's invasion and appealed to neighbouring countries to keep their borders open to people seeking a safe haven.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

UN food agency says 13 million Yemenis may face starvation

The head of the U.N. food agency has warned that 13 million Yemenis are headed for starvation due to a protracted civil conflict and a lack of funding for humanitarian aid

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2022