Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza
Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday. Source link
World News in Brief: recovery efforts in Ukraine, human rights in Sudan and WHO report
“Our team has mobilized and is currently implementing more than $1 billion in recovery and development initiatives across the country,” UN spokesperson…
From the Field: How UN distributes food aid in Gaza, West Bank
ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency operation to provide critical food assistance to over 800,000 people…
Sudan: Massive protection crisis continues warns UNHCR
“This is one of the largest protection crises that we are faced with today,” said Mamadou Dian Balde, UNHCR’s Regional Director for…
Iran: Rights experts ‘dismayed’ over continued imprisonment of Nobel Laureate Mohammadi
Ms. Mohammadi has been arrested multiple times, the first arrest being in 2011 for her advocacy for incarcerated human rights activists and…
UN teams ramp up aid after another earthquake strikes Afghanistan
UN teams have stepped up their response after another strong earthquake struck western Afghanistan early on Wednesday, just days after powerful earthquakes…
Israel-Palestine: Rising death and displacement, including among UN staff
The death toll in Israel from attacks by Palestinian armed groups, and in Gaza due to Israeli bombardments, has continued to rise, with…
Explainer: UN on the ground amid Israeli-Palestinian crisis
The United Nations has been working in the Middle East region around the clock to de-escalate the Israeli-Palestinian crisis
Israel-Palestine crisis has region ‘at a tipping point’: UN relief chief
UN called for an end to the escalating violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, warning that “the whole region is…
UN warns of heightened risk of genocide and atrocity crimes in Ethiopia
“The incident reports that we see coming out of Ethiopia are deeply disturbing and constitute a call for action,” said Alice Wairimu…