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WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to deliver healthcare in crises
15 January 2024
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, Syria and the Horn of Africa.
The appeal comes at a time when…
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World News in Brief: Emergency funds for Sudan refugees, democracy prevails in Guatemala, climate change in Iraq
15 January 2024
Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has allocated $10 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support men, women and children fleeing the conflict between rival militaries in Sudan, across the border into neighbouring South Sudan…
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Troubled year in store for the world’s children: UNICEF report
15 January 2024
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.
At the beginning of each year, UNICEF looks ahead to the risks that children are likely to face, and suggests…
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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…
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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
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How is the UN helping civilians in Gaza?
13 January 2024
Despite the immense dangers and obstacles, the UN continues to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid in Gaza. Here is an overview of the humanitarian efforts in the occupied territory.
In conflict zones across the world, UN humanitarian workers work under extreme conditions, but it is hard to exaggerate the risks…
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Guterres warns against Red Sea escalation
12 January 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to avoid an escalation in the situation in the Red Sea, where Houthi rebels in Yemen have been attacking commercial vessels amid the ongoing war in Gaza.
The UN chief's appeal came a day after the United States and the United Kingdom, with the support of…
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Security Council meets over widening Middle East crisis
12 January 2024
The UN Security Council met on Friday for briefings on the worsening situation across the Middle East, looking first at threats of forced displacement from Gaza and then the escalating conflict in and around the Red Sea – all as the war in Gaza approaches the 100-day mark.
The UN relief chief told…
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War against Hamas in Gaza is act of self-defence, Israel tells world court
12 January 2024
Israel strongly rejected accusations by South Africa of genocidal intent against Palestinians on Friday at the United Nations’ highest court, insisting that it was engaged “in a war it did not start and did not want” in Gaza.
On the second and final day of preliminary hearings at the…
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World News in Brief: COVID risk still high, massive Congo flood displacement, concern over Sri Lanka drugs crackdown
12 January 2024
The public health risk from COVID-19 remains high, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
The virus is still circulating globally but relatively few countries are following infections closely, meaning the actual threat due to…
