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WHO raises concerns at Nasser hospital complex as ground invasion looms over Rafah
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Feb. World health agency on Thursday expressed concerns over the ongoing airstrikes in Rafah and reported that Israeli forces have conducted a military operation inside the Nasser Hospital…
UN study reveals $486B needs for recovery, reconstruction in Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Feb. According to the updated Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment issued on Thursday by the Government, the World Bank Group, the European Commission and the UN covers damage incurred since…
UN ESCAP data showed Asia-Pacific off track on SDGs
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Feb. UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia in a new UN report on Thursday has revealed concerns for the Asia-Pacific region, projected a delay until 2062 to achieve the Sustainable…
WMO reports warmest January on record
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Feb. World weather agency on Thursday said that the battle to slow global warming, January was the hottest month on record.
The agency noted that global precipitation reached a near…
UNRWA provides lifesaving work in Gaza despite challenges
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Feb. UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) continues to provide lifesaving supplies and services to over 1.5 million displaced people in Rafah despite unprecedented challenges.…
UN Counter-Terrorism head calls for decisive multilateral action, ‘force alone not the answer’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Feb. Under-Secretary-General for the Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov on Thursday told the members of the UNSC that iInternational cooperation is vital to confront the…
UNFPA raises awareness on child marriage
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 15th Feb. UN Population Fund on Wednesday using the occasion of Valentine’s Day on 14 February to raise awareness about child marriage.
UNFPA recalled that each year, 12 million girls become…
WHO says polio investment in Eastern Mediterranean yields $39 return
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 15th Feb. World Health Organization said on Wednesday that every dollar invested in fighting polio in the Eastern Mediterranean region yields a return of nearly $39, in a press release issued in…
UN reports tensions high in North Kivu, DRC
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 15th Feb. UN mission in DRC on Wednesday reported that tensions remain high in North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in the town of Sake, as clashes persist…
UN medics warns Rafah invasion ‘disaster ‘beyond imagination’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 15th Feb. UN medics on Wednesday said that they feared a humanitarian disaster “beyond imagination” if a full-scale incursion by the Israeli military happens in Rafah.
OCHA head Martin…