The U.N.-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative signed between the world body, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey in July 2022 has been vital to allow food supplies to reach global markets.
Russia announced it will no longer allow Ukraine to ship food to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia threatened by growing hunger and poverty.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Monday – the day the Black Sea Grain Initiative was set to expire – that Russia would suspend the deal. Russia's war on Ukraine has disrupted both countries' globally important food exports.
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts for people in Yemen (US$20 million) and Ethiopia (US$15 million).
As the U.N. honored the Geneva Conventions, the Red Cross chief said non-compliance is a 'serious problem.'
The U.N.'s chief says it will work with Sudanese authorities to use a 'simplified system' for humanitarian aid deliveries.
The four international treaties, which form the rules of war, have been ratified or acceded to by virtually all nations.
People's health, nature and farmland all suffer from the spiraling negative impacts, says the U.N. health agency
Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia depends on Russia to meet its energy needs and China to buy its exports.
The guidance comes weeks before the U.N. General Assembly takes up the issue of AMR at its high-level meeting this month.
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts for people in Yemen (US$20 million) and Ethiopia (US$15 million).
