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Top adviser voices ‘horrific’ situation of civilians in Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Alice Wairimu Nderitu on Friday expressed profound horror at the ongoing situation in the Middle East, reiterated the call for a…
OHCHR warns dire human rights situation as gang violence spreads in Haiti
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Friday that the dire human rights situation in Haiti has deteriorated more as the gang violence expands.
OHCHR said in a…
UN Commission on West Asia reports unprecedented scale of death in Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in its policy brief reported on Friday said that the Gaza conflict is unfolding in a way that makes it the most severe episode in the…
UNSC deplores pre-election terrorist attacks in Pakistan
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. UN Security Council on Friday has condemned in the strongest terms the deadly “heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks” in Pakistan on Wednesday, in a press statement issued in New York.…
Mongolia faces extreme weather ‘Dzud’ puts 90% of nation at high risk
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. According to the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Mongolia and other UN agencies on Friday warned that the ongoing “white and iron” dzud extreme weather in Mongolia is at a…
OHCHR head says Gaza ‘buffer zone’ by Israel a war crime
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Thursday that Israel’s reported attempt to create a “buffer zone” with Gaza could constitute a war crime.
Volk said in a…
OCHA chief warns Gazans facing hunger, disease, death’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. UN humanitarian and coordination office head Martin Griffiths on Thursday echoed widespread international fears about a further escalation of the conflict in the region after fighting…
IAEA head visits nuclear power plant in Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. Head of UN nuclear watch dog agency IAEA Rafael Mariano Grossi on Thursday visited the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, according to a statement issued by his…
UN experts calls US to review sanctions against State Sponsors of Terrorist
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. UN experts on Thursday said that the United States must review its domestic framework that triggers sanctions against countries designated as State Sponsors of Terrorist.
Cuba, the…
OCHA head allocates $6M for DR Congo flood response
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Thursday has allocated $6 million from the Organization’s core humanitarian fund to support the devastating flood response in the…