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Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief

That’s one of the alarming updates shared by Volker Türk during a General Assembly briefing on Wednesday, the first informal meeting dedicated to the issue of the thousands who go…

2 April 2025 · 4 min read

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Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls

As emergency aid trickles in, women and girls who were already vulnerable due to years of conflict, displacement and economic instability, now face even greater risks from gender-based violence and…

2 April 2025 · 4 min read

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Myanmar earthquake latest: Entire communities flattened, aid teams say

Speaking to journalists from Yangon on Tuesday, Julia Rees, Deputy Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the country described seeing massive needs rising by the hour, after a…

2 April 2025 · 4 min read

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Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave

“This is a huge blow to us…These people were shot,” said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN aid coordination office, OCHA.UN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a statement on…

2 April 2025 · 5 min read

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DR Congo: Surging violence as armed groups target civilians in the east, Human Rights Council hears

The grim revelation emerged during a high-level discussion at the UN in Geneva on the human rights situation in DRC.The Council – the UN’s foremost human rights forum – also…

2 April 2025 · 3 min read

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INTERVIEW: Urgent aid needed as survivors of Myanmar quake struggle amid long-running crisis |

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) swiftly launched relief operations, but ongoing conflict and funding shortfalls pose serious challenges.Speaking from Mandalay, near the quake’s epicentre, Michael Dunford, WFP Country Director,…

1 April 2025 · 7 min read

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Gaza: UN relief chief demands ‘answers and justice’ following killings of first responders

The clearly identified humanitarian workers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Civil Defence and the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, had been despatched to collect injured people on 23…

1 April 2025 · 3 min read

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Myanmar earthquake tragedy ‘compounds already dire crisis’

Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Marcoluigi Corsi expressed the UN’s profound sorry at the immense loss of life stemming from Friday’s 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude quakes with the death toll rising…

31 March 2025 · 4 min read

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Myanmar quake: More than 1,600 reported killed, as UN aid operation supports rescue efforts

The earthquakes of 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude struck Myanmar in the centre of the country northwest of Sagaing. The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported on Saturday that hospitals in…

31 March 2025 · 4 min read

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Myanmar earthquake: Search and rescue efforts continue in race against time

According to news reports citing Myanmar’s military leader, around 1,700 are confirmed dead from Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake, with some 3,400 injured and hundreds still missing.In the Thai capital Bangkok…

30 March 2025 · 4 min read