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Continuing restrictions hamper humanitarian access inside Gaza
04 June 2024
The UN humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) on Tuesday warned that lifesaving aid for hundreds of thousands in need across Gaza remains limited due to access constraints.
Humanitarians said that “security and humanitarian access conditions” have been further reduced since May because of…
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Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers Opens Thirty-Eighth Session
03 June 2024
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The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today opened its thirty-eighth session, which is being held from 13 to 31 May, during which it will consider reports from the Republic of the Congo, Senegal and Türkiye.The Committee adopted its…
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Conditions in Gaza are ‘unspeakable’ as one million people flee Rafah: UNRWA
03 June 2024
A staggering one million people have now fled Rafah in southern Gaza, the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday, amid fresh reports of overnight attacks in southern, central and northern locations by Israeli forces.
The city of Rafah on Gaza’s southern…
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UNICEF extends aid to children in Afghanistan affected by flash floods
03 June 2024
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has rushed to support tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan who are being affected by ongoing flash floods, mainly in Baghlan, Badakhshan and Ghor.
Afghanistan’s most recent floods killed about 350 people, including dozens of children, and damaged…
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UN project empowers refugees in Angola
03 June 2024
In the lush fields of Angola’s northeastern Lunda Norte province, a transformative project initiated by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) is not only about cultivating rice, maize, and vegetables – but also nurturing self-reliance and dignity among refugee communities.
With more than 160…
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World News in Brief: Aid breakthrough for Haiti, police violence in Chicago, celebrating ‘pedal power’
03 June 2024
UN humanitarians said on Monday that they have finally been able to deliver truckloads of food to highly vulnerable people in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, after gang violence prevented access for more than two months.
Jean-Martin Bauer, Country Director in…
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UN experts concerned about migrant labour exploitation in UK
03 June 2024
Independent UN human rights experts have expressed concern about the protection risks faced by migrant workers in the United Kingdom (UK), including “deception, exorbitant recruitment fees, debt bondage, undignified living conditions, and potential deportation.”
The experts said they have…
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Ongoing war destroying social fabric in Gaza: Aid official
03 June 2024
The narrowing space left for civilians in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly limited and crowded, while dire living conditions are eroding the social fabric there, a senior official with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Monday.
Andrea De Domenico, Head of OCHA's Office in the…
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Iran’s uranium stockpile grows following three years of denied access
03 June 2024
Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium continues to increase, the head of the UN atomic watchdog agency said on Monday, adding that it has been three years since the agency was able to access the country.
Addressing the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),…
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At World Health Assembly, countries agree on efforts to boost pandemic preparedness
02 June 2024
Countries on Saturday agreed to a set of key actions to better guide and coordinate international efforts in preventing, detecting, and responding to public health risks, while also committing to finalize negotiations on a global pandemic agreement within a year at the latest.…
