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Ukraine: Civilian casualties spike following wave of Russian attacks

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Civilian casualties spike following wave of Russian attacks 16 January 2024 © Proliska The city of Dnipro in eastern Ukraine has been hit by renewed missile attacks. Recent weeks have seen a steep increase in civilian casualties in Ukraine following an intensification of Russian attacks, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, said in a new report issued on…

Gaza: Fewer than 1 in 4 aid missions given green light, says OCHA

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Fewer than 1 in 4 aid missions given green light, says OCHA 16 January 2024 © WFP A convoy of humanitarian food aid makes its way from Jordan to Gaza The Israeli authorities have continued to block lifesaving aid from reaching northern Gaza 102 days since Hamas-led terror attacks triggered the war, UN humanitarians have insisted, just as UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned…

Ukraine war: UN humanitarians launch $4.2 billion appeal for most vulnerable

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine war: UN humanitarians launch $4.2 billion appeal for most vulnerable 15 January 2024 © UNOCHA/Allaham Musab UN agencies and partners are providing assistance to people who have been affected by the renewed shelling of Lviv. Nearly two years since Russian forces launched a “full-blown war and occupation” of Ukraine, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths on Monday issued an urgent appeal…

UN urges radical change to aid relief access in Gaza amid fresh famine fears

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN urges radical change to aid relief access in Gaza amid fresh famine fears 15 January 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba None of the aid deliveries to Gaza would have been possible without the Palestinian and Egyptian Red Crescent Societies, OCHA noted (file photo). After more than 100 days of war in Gaza and no let-up in sight, senior UN humanitarians issued a rare joint appeal for greater aid…

WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to deliver healthcare in crises

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to deliver healthcare in crises 15 January 2024 © WHO/Ala Kheir A woman receives medical care at a cholera treatment centre in Sudan. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched a $1.5 billion emergency appeal to provide care to more than 87 million people this year in 41 ongoing crises, including in the occupied Palestinian territory, Ukraine, Sudan,…

UN chief reiterates Gaza ceasefire call, condemns ‘collective punishment’ of Palestinians

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief reiterates Gaza ceasefire call, condemns ‘collective punishment’ of Palestinians 15 January 2024 © UNICEF/Abed Zagout Children wait to be served food in Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized the imperative of establishing “basic conditions” to facilitate safe and full-scale aid delivery to civilians in Gaza while stressing that only a…

World News in Brief: Emergency funds for Sudan refugees, democracy prevails in Guatemala, climate change in Iraq

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Emergency funds for Sudan refugees, democracy prevails in Guatemala, climate change in Iraq 15 January 2024 © WFP/Muna Abdelhakim Nearly 18 million people across Sudan are facing acute hunger in 2023, more than double the number in 2022. Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has allocated $10 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to…

Troubled year in store for the world’s children: UNICEF report

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Troubled year in store for the world’s children: UNICEF report 15 January 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A boy walks past the rubble of destroyed houses in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Globally in 2024, children are likely to see increased exposure to violence and war, and economic hardship, says the UN children’s agency (UNICEF), in a flagship study released on Monday…

Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Fifth Session

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Fifth Session 15 January 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its ninety-fifth session, during which it will review reports on the efforts of the Republic of the Congo, Bulgaria, Senegal, the Russian Federation, Lithuania and South Africa to adhere to the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child…

OCHA / UNHCR Press Conference

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home OCHA / UNHCR Press Conference 15 January 2024 Press Conference Announcement Joint launch of the Ukraine Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan and Regional Refugee Response Plan 2024 Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief CoordinatorFilippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees