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Failures on the part of UN Peacekeeping missions have been highly publicised and well documented – and rightly so. But if you look at the overall picture and crunch the data, a different and ultimately positive picture emerges.
“This resolution sends a message that nobody can take nature, clean air and water, or a stable climate away from us – at least, not without a fight,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
© UNICEF/Anton Skyba for The Globe and Mail A man photographs an apartment building that was heavily damaged during escalating conflict, in Kyiv, Ukraine. UN Photo/Loey Felipe The UN Security Council meets on the situation in Ukraine, 27 February 2022. © UNICEF/Tom Remp Families arrive in Berdyszcze, Poland, after crossing the border from Ukraine, fleeing …
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© Unsplash/Paul Gilmore Emissions from a power plant in Koln, Germany.
© UNICEF/Oleksandr Ratushniak A woman holds her newborn baby in a makeshift ward at a perinatal centre in Kyiv, Ukraine.