UN : HRC demands immediate cessation of hostilities against Ukraine (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) on 12 May reiterated its demand for the immediate cessation of military hostilities against Ukraine, and for all parties to the conflict to respect the fundamental principles and rules of international humanitarian law.

UN : Russian invasion blamed for 44 million heading towards hunger, starvation (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
The Russian invasion of Ukraine last February has triggered multiple crises on several fronts: the deaths of thousands of civilians, the destruction of heavily populated cities, the rise in military spending in Europe, a projected decline in development assistance to the world's poorer nations, the demolition of schools and health-care facilities - and now the threat of hunger and starvation worldwide.

Latin America : Opacity surrounds fossil fuels in Mexico (PRIV)
(IPS, Mexico City)
In the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, the current situation of coal, used mainly to generate electricity, is opaque.