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Kosovo: Dialogue and building trust, key to defusing tensions

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Kosovo: Dialogue and building trust, key to defusing tensions 23 October 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, briefs members of the Security Council. Recent developments in Kosovo highlight ongoing security challenges and political tensions in the region, highlighting the need…

UNRWA fuel supply set to run out in three days

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA fuel supply set to run out in three days 22 October 2023 © UN Photo/Srdjan Slavkovic Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), briefs journalists at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, will run out of fuel in three days, putting humanitarian response in Gaza at…

Second aid convoy ‘another glimmer of hope’ for millions in Gaza: UN relief chief

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Second aid convoy ‘another glimmer of hope’ for millions in Gaza: UN relief chief 22 October 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe شاحنات تقل مساعدات إنسانية تنتظر السماح لها بدخول غزة عبر معبر رفح المصري. More aid arrived in Gaza on Sunday aboard 14 trucks that passed through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, the UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator said in a post on social media…

Government urged to support safe withdrawal of UN Mission from Mali

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Government urged to support safe withdrawal of UN Mission from Mali 22 October 2023 MINUSMA/Gema Cortes UN peacekeepers visit a remote part of Northern Mali and provide free medical assistance to isolated communities. Mali must ensure that the UN Mission in the country, MINUSMA, can safely complete its drawdown by the end of the year, amid insecurity in the north and other restrictions.…

‘The world must do more’ for Gaza, 5 UN agencies say

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘The world must do more’ for Gaza, 5 UN agencies say 21 October 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba فلسطينيون يفرون من حي تل الهوى الذي دمر، متجهين إلى الجنوب. The aid that entered Gaza on Saturday "is only a small beginning and far from enough", five UN agencies said in a joint statement.  They called for a humanitarian ceasefire and safe access to civilians in efforts to save lives and prevent…

At Cairo Peace Summit, Guterres stresses need for sustained humanitarian aid to Gaza

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home At Cairo Peace Summit, Guterres stresses need for sustained humanitarian aid to Gaza 21 October 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UN Secretary General at the Cairo Summit ForPeace. UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his call for sustained humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza and for Hamas to free all hostages, in remarks to the Cairo Summit for Peace on Saturday.…

UN welcomes first Gaza aid convoy, but more are needed

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN welcomes first Gaza aid convoy, but more are needed 21 October 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Aid convoys enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing border. UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator Martin Griffiths welcomed the entry of an aid convoy into Gaza on Saturday, the first since the start of hostilities two weeks ago following deadly attacks by Hamas against Israel…

Gaza: UNRWA chief underscores duty to protect civilians at all times

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UNRWA chief underscores duty to protect civilians at all times 21 October 2023 © UNICEF/Hassan Islyeh Families sheltering in an UNRWA school collect mattresses. The protection of civilians must be upheld at all times, the head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Saturday, appealing for an end to attacks on places such as schools, hospitals and the homes of…

Banksy highlights cultural revival amid rubble strewn Kyiv suburb

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Banksy highlights cultural revival amid rubble strewn Kyiv suburb 21 October 2023 © UNICEF/Filippov A teenager in Ukraine stops to take a photograph of a work by British street artist Banksy, in the war-ravaged town of Irpin (file). When Russian invaders withdrew in early spring of 2022 from Borodianka, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a piece of street art by world renowned graffiti…

INTERVIEW: UNICEF has ‘every hope’ for more Gaza convoys

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: UNICEF has ‘every hope’ for more Gaza convoys 21 October 2023 © UNICEF/Mohammad Ajjour Water is in short supply across the Gaza strip. The first humanitarian convoy into Gaza following two weeks of conflict crossed the border from Egypt on Saturday morning. The 20 trucks carried food,…