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UNRWA chief urges global community to reconsider suspension of funds
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 28th Jan. Head of the UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini said on Saturday that some countries’ decisions to halt funding will jeopardize its lifesaving programmes in Gaza.
He urged them to reconsider.…
UNSG calls for global unity against hate on Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 28th Jan. UN head António Guterres on Saturday issued a call for global unity against the rise of hate and division, cautioned that intolerance is proliferating rapidly and that no society is…
OCHA warns Lebanese displaced in south faces ‘extreme uncertainty’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Jan. UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon on Friday has highlighted the challenges facing those displaced by the ongoing hostilities in the south on the frontier with Israel and those who,…
IOM reports 10 million displaced by conflict in Sudan
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Jan. International Organization for Migration on Friday warned that 10.7 million people have been displaced by conflict in Sudan and need help within the country.
International Organization…
UNHCR head warns dramatic humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Jan. UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi on Friday has warned of dramatic humanitarian suffering throughout Ukraine and worsening conditions as war-affected civilians suffer…
OHCHR denounces ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders in Khan Younis
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Jan. UN human rights office in Geneva on Friday said that mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to push them “into ever smaller areas” amid …
ICJ calls to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Jan. International Court of Justice on Friday issued an order declared that Palestinians had a right to be protected from acts of genocide, called on Israel to “take all measures within its…
SG orders UNRWA to probe allegations ‘staffers’ role in October 7 attacks on Israel
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Jan. UN chief António Guterres on Friday has asked the head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini to “swiftly” investigate “extremely serious allegations” that…
OHCHR head voices regret at first execution by nitrogen suffocation in Alabama
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Jan. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday has expressed deep regret over the execution of a prisoner in the State of Alabama in the US on Thursday night through the first ever use of…
Guterres commemorates victims of Holocaust, calls to denounce hate
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Jan. UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday commemorated victims of the Holocaust at the ceremony held at the UN General Assembly and said that hate is growing at an alarming speed, and the…