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UN CERF allocates $100M to underfunded emergencies
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Tuesday released $100 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to support underfunded aid operations in 7 countries in…
UN agencies voices alarm over renewed clashes in eastern DR Congo
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN peacekeeping mission in DRC on Tuesday has called on the M23 rebels to cease its offensive, after reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the…
Top envoy warns fighting in DRC threatens stability of entire region
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN Special Representative and the head of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC, MONUSCO Bintou Keita on Tuesday briefed the members of the UNSC told in New York…
WFP warns Gazans ‘hanging in thread’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. World Food Programme on Tuesday warned that Gaza is “hanging by a thread”, called for urgent access to allow it to reach the thousands of Palestinians facing famine.
WFP in a statement…
US vetoed Algeria resolution calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN Security Council on Tuesday held a meeting on the situation in Gaza, a draft resolution put forward by Algeria on behalf of Arab States demanded “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire…
UN appeals $2.6B for DR Congo
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN humanitarians agencies and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday have launched a $2.6 billion appeal to provide life-saving assistance and protection to…
UNHCR warns displaced face uncertainty in Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN refugee agency on Tuesday warned prolonged uncertainty and exile for millions who have been displaced in the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine enters a third year this week.…
OCHA reports ‘Surge of hostilities’ in Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 20th Feb. The UN aid coordination office in New York said that there was a surge in fighting across the frontline in Ukraine over the weekend, which resulted in civilian casualties, the UN…
Human rights ‘key’ in transition to ‘durable peace’ in South Sudan says UN
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 20th Feb. UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Monday said that the South Sudan’s leaders must carefully navigate the period of transition towards “durable peace”, to prevent ng…
WFP warns 25M battle hunger in war torn Sudan
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 20th Feb. World food Programme on Monday has warned that 25 million people are facing hunger and malnutrition as the war in Sudan continued sends shockwaves around the region, in a press release…