Geopolitics
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations agencies are stepping up aid deliveries to non-Government-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine where more than 100,000 people, cut off from assistance for months, are now facing added hardship with the approach of the bitter east European winter. more
Ukraine: UN agency begins cash assistance programme to meet food needs in crisis-torn eastern areas

New York, Aug 14 (JEN) Responding to the recurring food shortages created by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun cash distributions to so ...

Road ahead will be difficult in Ukraine: UN political chief

New York, Mar 7 (JEN): As the Security Council on Friday morning met to hear briefings from top United Nations officials on the political, humanitarian and human rights situations in Ukraine ...

Ukraine: Minsk peace accords must be revived, UN political chief tells Security Council

New York, Jan 27 (JEN) Briefing the Security Council on recent developments in Ukraine, Jeffrey Feltman, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, called on Monday f ...

Ukraine ceasefire exists ‘in name only,’ UN political chief tells Security Council

New York, Jan 22 (JEN) After weeks of relative calm, the United Nations political chief said the Security Council was meeting on Wednesday amid the ‘worst hostilities’ in easter ...

Ukraine: UN kicks-off campaign to reach displaced persons with humanitarian aid

New York, Jan 1 (JEN) Amid continuing fighting and a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ukraine, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Wednesday announced it is launching ...

As challenges mount for displaced in eastern Ukraine, UN agency ramps up food voucher plan

New York, Nov 22 (JEN) Key steps have been taken recently to deliver food vouchers to some 10,000 internally displaced people in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the United Nations World Food ...

Ceasefire in Ukraine under ‘continuous, serious strain,’ UN official warns

New York, Nov 13 (JEN): Prevailing hostilities in Ukraine in recent days are putting the ceasefire agreed to in September under “continuous and serious strain,” a senior United N ...