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UN Goodwill Ambassador Sharapova visits post-Chernobyl projects in Belarus
Maria Sharapova, tennis star and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador, has touched down in Belarus to visit children living in areas affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The family of Ms. Sharapova, 23, fled the Belarusian city of Gomel a year before she was born because of radiation concerns in [Read More]
UN refugee agency sounds alarm after 16 migrants drown on Turkish-Greek border
The United Nations refugee agency today called on countries worldwide to do more to protect migrants trying to reach their destinations by river or sea after 16 people drowned this week while attempting to cross a river on the Turkish-Greek border. The migrants, most of whom were Somali, died on Tuesday, the UN [Read More]
Tennis ace bound for Belarus to visit UN projects helping youth after Chernobyl
The tennis star and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Maria Sharapova will head from the Wimbledon tournament, where she is currently competing, to Belarus to visit an area in the southeast affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Ms. Sharapova will travel to the Gomel region, where her charitable [Read More]
No impunity for crimes committed during conflict in Georgia, ICC Prosecutor says
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) stressed today that there must be no impunity for any serious crimes committed during the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia, Georgia, after they wrapped up an official visit to the Caucasus country. A delegation from the prosecutors office spent three days in Georgia this week as [Read More]