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Weekly Wrap 27 August 2022

Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across contact line Speaking from Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, where shelling has intensified in the last week, the UN's top aid official in the country issued an urgent appeal on Friday for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces, to allow humanitarians to deliver "absolutely necessary" relief items across the contact line.  Read more Humanitarian Aid UN chief ends Europe trip with visit to 'vessels of hope' Completing his trip to Europe on Saturday, UN chief António Guterres oversaw the departure of two ships involved in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a UN-brokered operation to bring urgently needed hunger relief to the Horn of Africa. Read more Humanitarian Aid WMO: Greater Horn of Africa drought forecast to continue for fifth year  As millions of people in the Greater Horn of Africa have already "suffered the longest drought in 40 years," parts of the region are bracing for a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has reported. Read more Climate and Environment Braving mines and missiles to bring aid to Ukraine's displaced population Six months after the Russian invasion, Ukraine is the scene of the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since the Second World War. Almost a third of those displaced by the conflict come from the region around the country's second largest city of Kharkiv, in the east. Helping those in need is dangerous work. Read more Migrants and Refugees First person: Surviving a deadly hurricane in New York As extreme weather events grow in intensity and frequency, nowhere is guaranteed to be safe from danger, as New Yorkers discovered on 1 September 2021, when Hurricane Ida struck, causing floods that led to some 29 deaths, and shutting down much of the subway system. Amrita Bhagwandin was at her home in the New York Borough of Queens on that traumatic day. Read more Climate and Environment PODCAST: Acknowledging the 'moral wound' of slavery On this week's Lid Is On, Conor Lennon speaks to two experts on racism against people of African Descent, on the insidious nature of everyday racism, the importance of reparations, and why an acceptance that the wealth of developed countries is built on the back of oppressed, Black people, is liberating for people of all races. Dominique Day is a human rights lawyer, and the chairperson of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. Verene Shepherd is a social historian, and the chairperson of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). This episode was recorded ahead of International Day for People of African Descent, which is marked on 31 August, with support from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Music: Ketsa, Within the Earth Read more The Lid is On World reaches 'tragic milestone' of one million COVID-19 deaths so far in 2022 There have been one million COVID-19 deaths so far this year – a "tragic milestone" that must lead to more people being vaccinated against the disease, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported on Thursday.  Read more Health Ethiopia: Massive fuel theft puts WFP operations in Tigray at risk The robbery of over half a million litres of fuel from the World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia's Tigray region will make it impossible to continue operations that support millions of hungry people, the UN agency said on Thursday. Read more Humanitarian Aid Guterres underlines need for peace as Ukraine marks six months of 'senseless war' The "senseless war" in Ukraine is now six months old, with no end in sight, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday, repeating his ongoing appeal for peace.  Read more Peace and Security Ukraine: Urgent agreement needed to end fighting around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant Agreement is urgently needed to reestablish the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine as purely civilian infrastructure and prevent a potentially "catastrophic" disaster amid the ongoing conflict, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Tuesday.  Read more Peace and Security Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions  This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, appealing to the international community for greater support. Read more Migrants and Refugees Ukraine prisoner of war trials in Mariupol could be a war crime: OHCHR The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) expressed concern on Tuesday after photos and videos released on social media appeared to show metal cages being built in the philharmonic hall in the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, apparently to house prisoners of war (POWs) during an upcoming "show trial".   Read more Peace and Security UN fund reports 'solid results' empowering girls and boys in crises with opportunity of quality education On Tuesday, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, issued its Annual Results Report, which revealed that despite global upheaval, the fund and partners have continued to expand their response. Read more Culture and Education Singapore: UN rights chief welcomes repeal of colonial-era law banning sex between men The UN human rights chief on Monday welcomed the announcement from the Prime Minister of Singapore, that the city State would move to repeal a law known as 377A, which for decades has criminalized sex between men. Read more Human Rights A light in the darkness for Ukrainians under fire The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows no sign of letting up, but the UN continues to bring humanitarian supplies to the country, including solar lamps, which bring some respite from the darkness of windowless basement shelters, in regions where electricity infrastructure has been destroyed or damaged by shelling. Read more Migrants and Refugees

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