Syria – UN completes 200th cross-border aid mission since February quakes
The United Nations announced that it has conducted 200 cross-border aid missions into northwest Syria from Türkiye since the February earthquakes
Haiti violence: ‘Carnage needs to stop’ says UN relief chief
The desperate situation prompted a tweet on Friday from Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths calling for an immediate end to the fighting.…
Sudan: ‘Civilians need life-saving assistance now,’ says UN relief chief
Amid the deepening crisis driven by warring militaries in Sudan, the UN announced on Tuesday an additional allocation of $20 million from…
Iran: Draft hijab law tantamount to ‘gender apartheid’ say rights experts
“The draft law could be described as a form of gender apartheid, as authorities appear to be governing through systemic discrimination with…
Niger spiralling into ‘protection crisis’ following takeover: UNHCR
The political crisis in Niger has created uncertainty for scores of vulnerable displaced people, with restrictions on humanitarian operations limiting aid and…
First Person: Caught in the crossfire in Ukraine
Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director General for Operations with the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM), vividly describes what it was like spending…
UN expert sounds alarm over ‘contemporary forms of slavery’ in Canada
Tomoya Obokata, the Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on the global scourge of modern slavery issued his statement at the end of a 14-day…
‘Not the time to forget’ Central African Republic
Attacks by armed groups against security forces in the Central African Republic (CAR), combined with increased food and fuel prices and an…
UNICEF urges support for children, as wildfires rage across Greece
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday called for urgent assistance for children caught up in wildfires in Greece, considered to be…
Accountability key to Sri Lanka’s future: UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, stressed the urgency of addressing these challenges if the country is to move forward,…