Reports

In August 2023, Action on Armed Violence recorded 2,877 deaths and injuries from 576 incidents of explosive violence around the world, as reported in English-language media. Civilians accounted for 63% (1,801) of the deaths and injuries…

SITUATION UPDATE • In August 2023, indiscriminate attacks impacting civilians and civilian infrastructure continued to cause death, destruction, displacement, and soaring humanitarian needs. From 1 to 27 August 2023, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human…

Russia has abducted thousands of children from occupied areas in Ukraine. On 14 September Hanke Bruins Slot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke with Ukrainian children who had been unlawfully deported to Russia. Russia’s deportation of children Since the…

Highlights Across the region, UNFPA and its partners trained over 1,660 people to enhance sexual and reproductive health services while over 100 people were trained to improve gender-based violence services. UNFPA and its partners distributed close to 3,290…

OPERATIONAL CONTEXT: • Waves of Russian missiles and drones continue to hit people and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. On 30 August, Russia launched multiple drones and missiles against Kyiv, killing two people and injuring three, in one…

SECURITY COUNCIL 9414TH MEETING (AM) SC/15405 Speakers Recall General Assembly’s Condemnation of 2022 Referendums, Urge Talks The Russian Federation’s latest illegal attempts to organize new so-called electoral processes in the occupied areas of Ukraine further undermine the prospects for peace,…

The safety and well-being of children is paramount. Accordingly, upon being made aware that a website previously used by one of our partners for raising mine risk awareness was hijacked and has been displaying objectionable material,…

Background This is an overview of key protection risks in Ukraine based on the Protection Cluster’s revised Protection Monitoring Tool (PMT). The revised PMT is built upon 14 protection typologies, including: safety and security; right to life,…

At least 17 people, including a child, have been killed in an attack on a marketplace in Kostiantynivka. MSF medical teams have treated more than 30 wounded patients, many of them in life-threatening conditions, at Kostiantynivka hospital. After…

Mr. President, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – launched in violation of the UN Charter and of international law – continues to inflict large scale suffering on the people of Ukraine as they face daily, intensifying attacks…