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Top envoy calls for ceasefire in Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 8th Feb. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr.Tor Wennesland on Wednesday underscored the importance of a ceasefire in Gaza at the press conference in New York.
Tor…
OCHA fears Israeli ground invasion of Rafah
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Tuesday that any move by Israel to extend its full-scale invasion of Gaza into the massively overcrowded southern city of Rafah could lead to…
WFP voiced worst food security in Ethiopia boosts aid deliveries
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. World Food Programme on Tuesday boosts its efforts to deliver lifesaving assistance to 3 million people in Ethiopia to avert “a major humanitarian catastrophe” as severe hunger ripples…
OCHA head warns survivors of Türkiye-Syria quakes still suffering
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Tuesday said in a statement that tens of thousands of families survived devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria last year have…
UN envoy in Iraq appeals restraint as Middle East at a ‘critical juncture’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN Special Representative and the head of the UNAMI Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on Tuesday warned the members of the Security Council that attacks originated both within and outside Iraq…
UNRWA work in Lebanon will end by March, cites funding cut
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UNRWA Director in Lebanon Dorothee Klaus on Tuesday said that the cancer patients, young students and families are 250,000 Palestinians 80 per cent living under the poverty line who…
DSG calls for ‘courage, vision, solidarity’ to boost middle-income nations
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN Deputy Seretary General Amina Mohammad said on Tuesday that despite being the driving force for sustainable development, middle-income countries face unique challenges and require…
OHCHR chief calls for fair, free elections in Pakistan
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday has urged authorities in Pakistan to ensure that parliamentary elections this week are free and fair.
OHCHR denounced all acts…
Guterres warns female genital mutilation, calls to end ‘abhorrent practice’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned that 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation this year, appealed for action to end this “egregious violation of…
Top political head warns rising toll in Ukraine as war looms
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo on Tuesday briefed the Security Council told that with war in Ukraine about to enter its third year, the damage by the…