Photo:Secretary-General António Guterres (left) at a press encounter alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Photo:Children at the protection of civilians (POC) site in Malakal town, South Sudan.
17 February 2017
A senior United Nations human rights official today called for holding accountable those committing atrocity crimes in conflict-torn South Sudan.
Photo:On 13 February 2017, when there seemed to be a pause in the shelling and fighting, Sasha, 6, carefully ascends the steep steps that lead outside of the cellar of her home, about 15 kilometres from the contact line in Toretsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine.
Photo:Humanitarian supplies are delivered in Madaya in Syria during a UN-interagency initiative to ‘Four Towns’ – Foah, Kafraya, Madaya and Az Zabadani – delivering urgently needed humanitarian assistance to 60,000 people.
Photo:Many homes on the front line in Ukraine have been so badly damaged by shelling that they remain abandoned.
Photo:On the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, WHO is building a field hospital with 2 operating rooms and 48 beds to treat the injured.
Photo:Displaced families and the elderly in Ukraine line up for WFP food vouchers, which enable them to obtain food including milk, fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs and meat.
Photo:A view of United Nations Headquarters complex in New York City as seen from the Visitors’ Entrance.
Photo:On 1 February 2017, children eat a hot meal at a heated emergency shelter in freezing cold Avdiivka, Ukraine, following intense fighting at the end of January 2017.
14 February 2017
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today expressed his support for the countries like Oman that are in the forefront of mediation efforts to resolve conflict.