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Marina has been displaced twice as shells continued to rain down on her village in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Now she must make do in a ramshackle shelter, caring for four generations of family while hoping peace will allow them to pursue happier and safer lives. UNHCR

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said Syrian refugees in Lebanon are struggling to make ends meet as the majority borrow money to cover their basic needs such as rent, food and health care. UNHCR

Thanks to a solar power project funded by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), doctors and nurses at the Teaching Hospital in the country’s capital Juba, can now assist those in need despite often powercut-offs. UNMISS

More than 200 children were released by armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday. This was the second release of children in a series, supported by UNICEF, that will see almost 1,000 children released from the ranks of armed groups in the coming months. UNICEF

During a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, Secretary-General António Guterres said “Rwandans have shown that reconciliation is possible,” adding that “Rwandans have learned from the events of 1994, and so must the international community.” UNIFEED

Meeting residents of the world’s largest camp for Somali refugees, located in north-eastern Kenya, the top United Nations official for Somalia today expressed his solidarity with their situation and highlighted the gradual progress made in their home country. UNSOM

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF today issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first two years would save the lives of more than 820,000 children under age 5 annually. UNIFEED / FILE

World-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs said the total cost to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was so little that it would be “crazy if we don’t get this done” adding that such a failure would mean that the world had “a profound misdirection of resources to war or to the richest people.” UNIFEED

The UN Security Council failed today to adopt a resolution on the alleged chemical weapons attack in the Syrian city of Douma after voting on three separate drafts. UNIFEED

To meet the needs of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, in Yemen, the United Nations (UN) and the governments of Sweden and Switzerland raised more than two billion in pledges today at the pledging conference in Geneva. UNTV CH