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Trending UN News: Week Ending Sept. 16

Damilola Banjo
• September 16, 2022

This week, we focus on the preparations of the annual United Nations General Assembly opening session with world leaders — “high-level week” — from Sept. 20-26 and other stories around the world. The speakers’ list is constantly revising, though it’s …

Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

TOPIC: WOMEN

Fleeing Mariupol, a Ukrainian Refugee’s Life Is Pained by War and Uncertainty

Dawn Clancy
• August 8, 2022

WARSAW, Poland — Olena’s journey begins in the smoldering shadow of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, but whether her escape to safety will end in a suburb of Warsaw, Poland, or thousands of miles away in Dublin, Ireland, …

Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Peace and Security, Refugees, Women

Ukraine Boosts Its Campaign to Find Children That Russia Has Abducted

Barbara Crossette
• July 14, 2022

Amid mounting reports of Ukrainian children being forcibly deported to Russia during Moscow’s brutal war against the country and its culture, savvy Ukrainian technocrats are launching a tool to fight back in cyberspace. An interactive public website will soon go …