Attacks targeting medical facilities, personnel and transport are prohibited under international humanitarian law.
Russia's war in Ukraine has unleashed at least 700 attacks on the nation's health care facilities and workers since the full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24, according to the World Health Organization.
"WHO has verified more than 700 attacks on health care, impacting facilities, supplies, transport, and other means, injuring and killing health care workers and patients," WHO's Ukraine representative, Dr. Jarno Habicht, told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.
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.
The five-year partnership aims to help ski federations, venues and race organizers better manage natural and artificial snow.
For disabled kids and their families, navigating forced displacements amid the rubble is a life-or-death challenge.
Some 1.9% of electricity globally was consumed by 148 digital companies, including 10 big users in Asia and the U.S.
A new IEA report shows that tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency can be achieved with 'enabling' conditions.
