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UN agencies voices concern over families caught in DR Congo violence
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Feb. UN agencies on Friday voiced alarm over the escalating violence and worsening humanitarian needs in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo where government troops have been…
UNRWA reports 7 out of 23 health centres in Gaza ‘operational’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Feb. UNRWA on Friday said 7 of its 23 health centres in Gaza are operational, with only one still functioning in the north.
OCHA reported that 600 UNRWA staff continue to work in these…
Top official condemns attacks on Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Feb. Denise Brown, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine on Friday deplored new attacks on the cities of Odesa and Dnipro as the full-scale Russian invasion reached a third year.
She said…
Guterres calls Russia to honor sovereignty, independence, unity, territorial integrity of Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Feb. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday addressed the Security Council underscored the fundamental need to honor the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity…
Head of the independent review team on UNRWA may request Gaza visit
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th 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…
ICJ calls world community to prevent genocide in Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Feb. International Court of Justice on Friday declared that Palestinians had a right to be protected from acts of genocide, called on Israel to “take all measures within its power” to…
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…