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Haiti: 0 million plan to support millions facing gangs, hunger and cholera
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Haiti: $720 million plan to support millions facing gangs, hunger and cholera

The 2023 funding appeal is the largest for the Caribbean country since the devastating 2010 earthquake and more than double the amount requested last year.  The UN humanitarian affairs office…

14 April 2023 · 2 min read

Chad: aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger
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Chad: aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger

Speaking from Ndjamena, Pierre Honnorat, director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Chad, said that as the country moves into the lean season in-between harvests, food assistance could…

14 April 2023 · 3 min read

Yemen: UN envoy welcomes mass prisoner release, urges push for political solution to war
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Yemen: UN envoy welcomes mass prisoner release, urges push for political solution to war

“Nearly 900 conflict-related detainees are being released by the parties in Yemen starting today, Friday, and over the course of three days,” the Office of the Special Envoy of the…

14 April 2023 · 2 min read

UN independent experts spotlight ‘prima facie war crime’ in East Jerusalem
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UN independent experts spotlight ‘prima facie war crime’ in East Jerusalem

“There has been an ongoing and unchecked tragedy: the forced eviction of Palestinians from their homes,” they said in a joint statement.  “Israel’s transfer of its own population into the…

13 April 2023 · 4 min read

Guterres delivers message of ‘hope and renewal’ for Somalia
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Guterres delivers message of ‘hope and renewal’ for Somalia

“Somalia faces many challenges, but in the spirit of Ramadan, I also bring a message of hope and renewal – the United Nations stands in solidarity with the Somali people.…

12 April 2023 · 5 min read

Afghanistan: UN forced to make ‘appalling choice’ following ban on women nationals
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Afghanistan: UN forced to make ‘appalling choice’ following ban on women nationals

“UN national personnel – women and men – have been instructed not to report to UN offices, with only limited and calibrated exceptions made for critical tasks,” according to a statement…

11 April 2023 · 2 min read

In Mogadishu, UN chief urges ‘massive international support’ for Somalia
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In Mogadishu, UN chief urges ‘massive international support’ for Somalia

“I am also here to ring the alarm on the need of massive international support, because of the humanitarian difficulties the country is facing, massive humanitarian support in relation to the build-up…

11 April 2023 · 6 min read

Türkiye: Protecting cultural heritage after the earthquakes
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Türkiye: Protecting cultural heritage after the earthquakes

It marks the start of a wider effort to support the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in protecting damaged artifacts, ahead of full restoration. The deliveries took place two months…

11 April 2023 · 3 min read

Myanmar: UN condemns deadly military airstrike on crowd of civilians
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Myanmar: UN condemns deadly military airstrike on crowd of civilians

Military aircraft dropped bombs and fired on a crowd of people in Kanbulu Township, located in Sagaing Region, who had gathered that morning for the opening of a new town…

11 April 2023 · 3 min read

New settlement opens for latest Somali refugees in Ethiopia
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New settlement opens for latest Somali refugees in Ethiopia

Mr. Guterres’s appeal came as the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned about the ongoing crisis faced by people displaced by violence from Somalia to Ethiopia. Relocation for the most vulnerable…

11 April 2023 · 4 min read