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Lebanon: Crisis deepens amid escalating conflict and funding shortfalls

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: Crisis deepens amid escalating conflict and funding shortfalls 20 August 2024 UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz UNIFIL deminers check an area along the Blue Line. (file photo) The urgency of deescalating tensions along the frontier that separates Lebanese and Israeli armed forces, “cannot be overstated”, a senior UN humanitarian official said on Tuesday…

World Humanitarian Day

8 months 1 week ago 19 August 2024 Salles de conférence du Palais (64201) 2023 marked the deadliest year on record…

Director-General's remarks on World Humanitarian Day 2024

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks on World Humanitarian Day 2024 19 August 2024 Tatiana Valovaya World Humanitarian Day 2024 – Commemoration CeremonyMonday, 19 August 2024, 4.00 p.m. Palais des Nations, Building E, 3rd FloorOutside Room XX (the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room) Dear humanitarian workers, Dear survivors of attacks on humanitarian workers,Dear families and friends of colleagues lost in humanitarian service, Excellencies,…

Youth-led groups tackle famine in war-ravaged Sudan

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Youth-led groups tackle famine in war-ravaged Sudan 19 August 2024 © Abu-Shouk Emergency Response Room A youth-led emergency response room in Abu Shouk camp provides food for displaced people. How do you tackle famine? UN News spoke with young people operating “emergency response rooms” in war-torn Sudan to find out how they are helping to overcome hunger at besieged famine-stricken camps in…

#ActforHumanity and end violence against aid workers on World Humanitarian Day

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home #ActforHumanity and end violence against aid workers on World Humanitarian Day 19 August 2024 © UNRWA UNRWA staff are supporting children in Gaza. With the number of aid workers killed in the line of duty reaching record highs, the UN and partners are demanding greater accountability as countries commemorate World Humanitarian Day on Monday.…

Gaza: UN warns of worsening humanitarian disaster as ceasefire talks continue

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN warns of worsening humanitarian disaster as ceasefire talks continue 19 August 2024 © UNRWA A school which had sheltered displaced people in Gaza stands in ruins. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following negotiations in Doha focused on trying to end the war in Gaza, where the situation continues to remain catastrophic after more than 10 months of unrelenting war…

Widespread floods and uptick in fighting deepen humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Widespread floods and uptick in fighting deepen humanitarian crisis in Myanmar 19 August 2024 © UNICEF/Myo Thame Destroyed houses in a village in Sagaing province. (file) A surge in conflict combined with torrential rains and floods is deepening the crisis in Myanmar, leading to a surge in displacement, UN humanitarians have said…

World Humanitarian Day: What it means to be an aid worker today

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World Humanitarian Day: What it means to be an aid worker today 19 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Matteo Minasi A humanitarian worker provides information to a family arriving at a humanitarian hub in Zaporizhzhia, after evacuating from Donetska Oblast in Ukraine in 2022. (file) As the aid worker community commemorated fallen colleagues at solemn ceremonies marking World Humanitarian Day on Monday,…

Humanitarian aid to Sudan civilians stalled by floods and violence

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarian aid to Sudan civilians stalled by floods and violence 19 August 2024 © WFP WFP prepares food for distribution in Forbaranga, West Darfur. On Monday, UN authorities in Sudan confirmed that truckloads of food and supplies have been approved to cross the border from Chad through the Adre crossing…

Guterres demands immediate release of UN staff and others detained in Yemen

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres demands immediate release of UN staff and others detained in Yemen 19 August 2024 © UNICEF/Anas ALhjj Boys study in what used to be their classroom in Al Khair school, in Taiz governorate, Yemen. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Monday for Houthi rebels in Yemen to immediately and unconditionally release UN staff, humanitarians, diplomatic personnel and others who…