Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan — Global Issues

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan — Global Issues

One of the UN teams on the ground, the refugee agency UNHCR, transported tons of relief items into the provinces of Khost and Paktika, where several thousand houses were destroyed or damaged by the 5.9 magnitude quake that struck early on Wednesday. The latest tally from Thursday evening indicated that at least 1,036…

Supporting UN’s Palestine refugee agency, means ‘investing in stability for the region’ — Global Issues

Supporting UN’s Palestine refugee agency, means ‘investing in stability for the region’ — Global Issues

“It means investing in the economic and social wellbeing of Palestine refugees and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly ad hoc committee for voluntary contributions to UNRWA. “It means investing in the future through education of children and youth, girls and boys,…

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan — Global Issues

UN and partners deliver lifesaving aid to Donetska region — Global Issues

The 12 trucks carrying food, water purification tablets, hygiene and other desperately needed household items, arrived in the region on Monday.  Yesterday, humanitarians delivered 12 trucks of life-saving items to 64K people in Kramatorsk & Sloviansk.Intense hostilities left the entire population of these two cities in desperate need of assistance….

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan — Global Issues

UN brainstorms how to strengthen aid delivery amid ‘megacrises’ — Global Issues

The three-day ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS) brings together UN agencies, diplomats, aid workers, the private sector and other partners, to discuss current and emerging challenges, as well as priorities, and to share experiences and lessons learned.  ECOSOC President Collen Kelapile recalled that the world is witnessing the highest number…

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan — Global Issues

Guterres underlines ‘moral imperative’ to continue cross-border aid operation from Türkiye — Global Issues

Overall, more than 14 million people in Syria require assistance amid a dire situation in which infrastructure has crumbled and economic activity halved due to conflict, regional financial crises, sanctions, and the COVID-19 pandemic.  The international community has helped avoid a total collapse in Syria. But the only way to…

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan — Global Issues

Window of opportunity closing for South Sudan, on road to lasting peace — Global Issues

“This includes the full and proper participation of women in all the mechanisms contemplated by the [Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan]”, said Nicholas Haysom, who is also Head of the UN Mission there (UNMISS). SRSG Haysom at UNSC: Renewed legislative activity is noticeable following completion…

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan — Global Issues

$3.2 billion plan launched to support local families and refugees — Global Issues

The 2022 Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) aims to deliver critical assistance to more than three million people as vulnerabilities rise, and to support public infrastructure, services, and the local economy.  Today, over 126 partners launched the LCRP to help support displaced &host communities in #Lebanon ,incl.:– 1.5M Lebanese– 1.5M…

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan — Global Issues

Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger, refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm — Global Issues

Impossible choices Hamstrung by funding constraints, WFP is having to prioritize assistance to ensure that vital food reaches the most vulnerable families first – often leaving refugees without support at a time where food assistance is the difference between life and death. As WFP is forced to institute ration reductions…

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan — Global Issues

Urgent support needed for 14,000 who fled following Burkina Faso massacre — Global Issues

According to an alert from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, almost 16,000 mostly women and children, have been displaced to Dori, after gunmen killed at least 79 people in the town of Seytenga, which is close to the border with Niger. Door-to-door killers “The new arrivals in Dori gave accounts of…

One-third of population faces acute food insecurity — Global Issues

One-third of population faces acute food insecurity — Global Issues

The Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment (CFSVA) shows that the combined effects of economic and political crises; conflict and displacement; climate shocks; and a poor harvest in the past agricultural season are among the key drivers of the emergency.  As millions of people are being “pushed deeper into hunger…