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UN relief leaders issues urgent plea for Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Feb. UN humanitarian agencies on Thursday in an appeal implored world leaders to help prevent deterioration of the crisis in Gaza that has left tens of thousands of Palestinians mostly…
OHCHR report reveals long-term war impact stays ‘for generations’ in Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Feb. UN human rights chief Volker Türk in a new report launched on Thursday stated that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has exacted a “horrific human cost”, inflicting immense…
Top envoy warns ‘Shocking, unsustainable, desperate’ conditions across Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Feb. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland on Thursday briefed the members of the Security Council on the situation in the Gaza Strip is wracked by months…
UNCTAD deplores attacks on commercial ships, warns soaring costs, delays
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Feb. UN trade and development agency on Thursday said in its latest report that the attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea with wider geopolitical and climate-related crises, are…
UNRWA chief warns agency at ‘breaking point’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Feb. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini on Thursday said that the agency has reached breaking point due to Israeli calls for its abolition and the associated funding freeze, just when it is…
Head of the independent review team on UNRWA may request Gaza visit
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Feb. Head of an independent review team on UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, Catherine Colonna on Thursday briefed reporters in New York said that researchers have been…
DSG calls global community to collaborate on SDGs
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UN deputy chief Amina Mohammad on Wednesday said that today’s multilateral arrangements global and regional organizations and major development banks are “not up to the job” of helping…
Top rights expert says Junta ‘a greater threat’ to civilians, mandatory draft shows ‘desperation’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews on Wednesday said that the Myanmar’s military government is becoming a greater threat to civilians after the imposition of a mandatory draft…
UN official urged UK to end violence against women, girls ‘a national threat’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UN Special Rapporteur and the human rights expert Reem Alsalem on Wednesday said that the Great Britain must take action to end all forms of violence against women and girls, have…
OCHA reports Russian attacks in Donetsk
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UN humanitarians on Wednesday reported that attacks on the frontline in the Donetsk region had disrupted clean water supplies in Kramatorsk City, as the war in Ukraine marked 2 years.…