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World in Brief: Persons with disabilities, Afghan quake latest, global aid funding off track

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World in Brief: Persons with disabilities, Afghan quake latest, global aid funding off track

World in Brief - We must act to protect persons with disabilities from the damaging of natural disaster, more than 5,000 victims on Afghan quake, global aid funding off track

13 October 2023 · 3 min read

Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza

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Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza   

Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday. Source link

12 October 2023 · 1 min read

World News in Brief: recovery efforts in Ukraine, human rights in Sudan and WHO report

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World News in Brief: recovery efforts in Ukraine, human rights in Sudan and WHO report

“Our team has mobilized and is currently implementing more than $1 billion in recovery and development initiatives across the country,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday.The UN Resident and...

12 October 2023 · 4 min read

From the Field: How UN distributes food aid in Gaza, West Bank

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From the Field: How UN distributes food aid in Gaza, West Bank

ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency operation to provide critical food assistance to over 800,000 people in Gaza and the West Bank who are...

12 October 2023 · 2 min read

Sudan: Massive protection crisis continues warns UNHCR

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Sudan: Massive protection crisis continues warns UNHCR

“This is one of the largest protection crises that we are faced with today,” said Mamadou Dian Balde, UNHCR’s Regional Director for the East and Horn of Africa and Great...

12 October 2023 · 3 min read

Iran: Rights experts ‘dismayed’ over continued imprisonment of Nobel Laureate Mohammadi

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Iran: Rights experts ‘dismayed’ over continued imprisonment of Nobel Laureate Mohammadi

Ms. Mohammadi has been arrested multiple times, the first arrest being in 2011 for her advocacy for incarcerated human rights activists and their families. In 2015, she was rearrested and...

11 October 2023 · 2 min read

UN teams ramp up aid after another earthquake strikes Afghanistan

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UN teams ramp up aid after another earthquake strikes Afghanistan

UN teams have stepped up their response after another strong earthquake struck western Afghanistan early on Wednesday, just days after powerful earthquakes killed over 2,000 people in the same region. ...

11 October 2023 · 2 min read

Israel-Palestine: Rising death and displacement, including among UN staff

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Israel-Palestine: Rising death and displacement, including among UN staff

The death toll in Israel from attacks by Palestinian armed groups, and in Gaza due to Israeli bombardments, has continued to rise, with mass displacement soaring across the enclave, the UN...

11 October 2023 · 1 min read

Explainer: UN on the ground amid Israeli-Palestinian crisis

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Explainer: UN on the ground amid Israeli-Palestinian crisis

The United Nations has been working in the Middle East region around the clock to de-escalate the Israeli-Palestinian crisis

11 October 2023 · 5 min read

Israel-Palestine crisis has region ‘at a tipping point’: UN relief chief

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Israel-Palestine crisis has region ‘at a tipping point’: UN relief chief

UN called for an end to the escalating violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, warning that “the whole region is at a tipping point.”

11 October 2023 · 3 min read