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Yemen bears world’s highest cholera burden, deepening humanitarian crisis

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen bears world’s highest cholera burden, deepening humanitarian crisis 23 December 2024 OCHA/Matteo Minasi A cholera patient receiving treatment at a hospital in Aden. (file) Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated deaths as of 1 December, accounting for 35 per cent of worldwide cholera cases and 18 per cent of…

Only 3 per cent of UN emergency food aid getting to desperate Gazans

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Only 3 per cent of UN emergency food aid getting to desperate Gazans 23 December 2024 © UNRWA A young girl looks through a window in Khan Younis, Gaza. Since October, when Israeli forces launched a ground offensive in northern Gaza, only three per cent of food and water deliveries organized by the UN World Food Programme  (WFP) have been permitted to enter areas in northern Gaza…

Syria: UN investigators call for protecting evidence amid worsening humanitarian crisis

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: UN investigators call for protecting evidence amid worsening humanitarian crisis 23 December 2024 叙利亚问题国际公正独立调查机制 叙利亚严重罪行国际公正独立调查机制负责人珀蒂在叙利亚大马士革的一家法院查看文件。 The humanitarian crisis in Syria continues to escalate, with millions struggling to access basic resources as fuel shortages and damaged infrastructure hinder relief efforts, the UN reported on Monday…

Over 207 executed in Port-au-Prince massacre: UN report

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Over 207 executed in Port-au-Prince massacre: UN report 23 December 2024 © IOM/Antoine Lemonnier Vue aérienne de Port-au-Prince et d'un site de déplacement dans la capitale haïtienne. A little over two weeks after a surge of violence in the Cité Soleil commune of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, a UN report has concluded that more than 207 people were executed by the Wharf Jérémie gang…

UN surge teams mobilise as Vanuatu hit by second earthquake

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN surge teams mobilise as Vanuatu hit by second earthquake 22 December 2024 © UNICEF/Damian Mobbs A UNICEF water and sanitation (WASH) specialist inspects the damage caused by the earthquake in Mele Maat village, about 10 kilometres northwest of Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu. UN agencies are intensifying their response in Vanuatu after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed 12 people and…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

3 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 20 December 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the Director-General of the International Organization for Migration, representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the United Nations Refugee…

Gaza is now a graveyard and there’s no escape, say UN aid teams

3 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza is now a graveyard and there’s no escape, say UN aid teams 20 December 2024 © WFP/Jonathan Dumont Hot meals are distributed to people in Gaza. Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to endanger people’s lives in Gaza, which has become “a graveyard”, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.…

Syria transition may fail if support lifeline is delayed, says IOM chief

3 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Syria transition may fail if support lifeline is delayed, says IOM chief 20 December 2024 © UNOCHA/Bilal Al-Hammoud Tom Fletcher, the UN's humanitarian affairs chief visits Idlib in Syria. The head of the UN migration agency stressed on Friday that Syria is in no position to take back millions of Syrians following the fall of the Assad regime, while there is an urgent need to “re-…

Security and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loom

3 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loom 20 December 2024 © WFP/Simon Pierre Diouf Des femmes et leurs enfants à Dagouji, au Niger. West Africa and the Sahel continue to grapple with a confluence of political, security and humanitarian crises as countries prepares for pivotal elections in 2025, the UN special envoy for the vast region told ambassadors in the…

Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies

3 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies 20 December 2024 联合国难民署/Reason Moses Runyanga 逃离苏丹冲突的家庭抵达南苏丹乌韦勒的一个转运中心。 The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee crisis on the South Sudan border, have intensified an already alarming humanitarian crisis, according to UN agencies on Friday.…