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In Miami, NATO official says only Ukraine can decide what ‘just and lasting peace’ would look like

Even as several countries have offered to mediate in the search for a political solution to the war in Ukraine, including several in Latin America, a high-ranking North Atlantic Treaty Organization official insists that only the Ukrainian government can determine what it will consider “a just and lasting peace.”

Miami Herald

Kremlin says it needs to see more progress after Black Sea grain deal renewal

The Kremlin on Thursday confirmed that Russia had renewed the Black Sea grain deal for two months after achieving some results in talks which had given it "certain hopes", but said more progress had to be made to advance its own interests.

Reuters

Myanmar cyclone relief faces hurdles

SITTWE, Myanmar: Residents in the capital of cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state queued for rice and drinking water as the United Nations negotiated with the internationally isolated Myanmar junta for access to hard-hit areas.

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Myanmar residents hunt for water as UN asks junta for access

Sittwe (Myanmar) (AFP) - Residents of Myanmar's cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state capital queued for rice and drinking water on Wednesday as the United Nations negotiated with the internationally isolated junta for access to hard-hit areas.

AFP

Ukraine grain deal extended for two months: Erdogan

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday announced a two-month extension of a UN-backed deal under which Ukraine ships grain across the Black Sea to global markets.

AFP

UN seeks $3 billion for Sudan as fighting rages in Khartoum

The United Nations said on Wednesday more than half Sudan's population now needed aid and protection, as civilians sought shelter from air strikes and sporadic clashes between rival military factions in the Khartoum area.

Reuters

Russia's threat to exit Ukraine grain deal adds risk to global food security

The United Nations is racing to extend a deal that has allowed shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger

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Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv tells China it will not accept any peace plan involving loss of land to Russia – as it happened

Statement from Ukraine’s foreign ministry comes after talks with top Chinese envoy

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine Black Sea grain deal extended for two months

The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, in what U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed as "good news for the world," a day before Russia could have quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertiliser exports.

Reuters

Ukraine and Russia face off in June at World Court over flight MH17

Ukraine and Russia will face off before the United Nations' top court on June 6, when judges will hear Ukraine's claim that Moscow violated a U.N. treaty by supporting pro-Russian separatists who were identified by a Dutch court as being responsible for the 2014 downing of flight MH17.

Reuters

Palestine’s Abbas calls on UN to ‘suspend’ Israel as Nakba marked

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas insists that Israel must respect UN resolutions on Palestine or cease as UN member.

Al Jazeera

Palestinians mark 75 years since 'Catastrophe' in occupied West Bank

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Thousands from across the occupied West Bank demonstrated Monday, waving Palestinian flags to mark the 75th anniversary of the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" which they associate with Israel's creation.

AFP

Abbas urges UN to 'suspend' Israel on Nakba anniversary

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called for Israel to end its "aggression" against Palestinians or be suspended from the United Nations during a speech marking the 75th anniversary of the "Nakba" Monday.

AFP

‘We fled on foot’: Palestinians in US recall Nakba dispossession

For Palestinians in the United States, memories of the 1948 ‘catastrophe’ sit alongside frustration with US policy.

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The Independent UK

UN to commemorate Palestinians' 1948 flight from Israel for the first time

For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus

Reuters

UN asks Syria to extend deadline for post-quake aid access

The United Nations has asked Syria's government to extend its approval for two additional crossings to deliver post-earthquake aid into opposition-held zones, a spokesperson said on Friday, but two informed sources said an extension was unlikely.

AFP

UN outlines five days of horror in Mali's Moura

Dakar (AFP) - A damning report released Friday by the United Nations on a March 2022 incident in Moura, central Mali, describes five days of horror during which at least 500 people were allegedly executed by Malian and "foreign" soldiers.

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UN Security Council Holds Another Emergency Meeting On Israel-Gaza Hostilities

Ambassadors to the United Nations, landed safely in Tel Aviv, experiencing life in a city under attack

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Sudan warring sides make humanitarian promise but no truce

Riyadh (AFP) - Sudan's warring military factions signed a commitment to respect humanitarian principles in their spiralling conflict late Thursday but they did not reach a ceasefire in talks described by US diplomats as difficult.

Newsroom.co.nz

UN refugee agency criticises mass arrivals crackdown

'Freedom from arbitrary detention is a fundamental human right,' the United Nations refugee agency says of NZ's plans to increase the maximum period of warrantless detention for asylum seekers.

Reuters

No deal yet on extending Ukraine grain deal, UN proposals in focus

Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations discussed on Thursday U.N. proposals to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, which Moscow has threatened to quit on May 18 over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports.

The New Daily

UN urges halt to Sudan conflict as fighting continues

The United Nations has urged countries with influence in Africa to help end the conflict in Sudan after reported progress in truce talks.

The Conversation

The Nakba at 75 – Palestinians' struggle to get recognition for their 'catastrophe'

On May 15, 2023, the United Nations will stage a high-level special meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – the mass displacement of around 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948.

Zenger

Hezbollah Builds 27 New Bases In Lebanon Under Cover Of Fake NGO

Israel’s Foreign Ministry revealed on Monday that Hezbollah has in the past year constructed no fewer than 27 military posts along the Blue Line, a demarcation separating Israel and Lebanon

Reuters

Banana fungus may worsen hunger crisis in Venezuela

A resistant fungus which wilts banana and plantain plants and infects soil could worsen the food crisis in Venezuela, where 6.5 million people already suffer hunger, growers groups and a United Nations agency say.

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