Asia: Lives upended by cyclones, ‘extreme’ rainfall on the rise, warn UN agencies

This article is published in association with United Nations. Across southeast Asia, record-breaking rains and flooding caused by back-to-back tropical storms have claimed hundreds of lives and brought devastation and displacement upon entire communities, UN agencies said on Tuesday.  World Meteorological Organization (WMO) spokesperson Clare Nullis told reporters in Geneva that Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, […]

Gaza: UN agencies call for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins

This article is published in association with United Nations. As a controversial United States and Israel-backed aid distribution plan gets underway in Gaza, the UN called on Tuesday for an “immediate surge” of its own pre-positioned supplies to help prevent starvation. After nearly three months of complete blockade by Israel, a “vastly insufficient” amount of aid […]

Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as ‘bait’

This article is published in association with United Nations. Israel’s plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger and cause mass displacement while using aid as “bait”, UN humanitarians said on Friday. UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder insisted that the Israeli proposal to create a handful of […]

Israel’s restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court

This article is published in association with United Nations. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on the work of the UN and other international organizations in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The ICJ, which sits in The Hague and is the UN’s top court, is expected […]

UN agencies warn of worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis in eastern DR Congo

This article is published in association with United Nations. United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between Government forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group expands.  The rebels have already seized the provincial capital, Goma, and reports indicate that they […]

Lebanon: UN agencies call for ceasefire as war worsens dire conditions

This article is published in association with United Nations. The humanitarian situation in Lebanon has surpassed the devastation wrought by the war with Israel in 2006, UN agencies said on Saturday, publishing the latest updates from the ground amid calls for an immediate ceasefire. A new Israel airstrike hit the border post of Joussieh, where many […]

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