UN allocates additional fund to address deteriorating situation in Lebanon
United Nations, Oct 5 (IANS) Given the worsening humanitarian needs in Lebanon, UN humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon Imran Riza announced an additional $2 million from the Lebanon Humanitarian Fund to address the deteriorating situation in the country, a UN spokesman said. The new fund, which comes alongside a previous $10 million Central Emergency Response Fund […]
UN releases US$10 million emergency humanitarian funds for Lebanon aid
United Nations, Sep 28 (IANS) The acting UN relief chief allocated $10 million in emergency funding for the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, which the local UN coordinator described as catastrophic. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday said that the Israeli air strikes continued to affect civilians and civilian infrastructure […]
Placing India at centre of global striving for development, peace, PM Modi says it will work for all humanity (Lead)
United Nations, Sep 23 (IANS) Placing India at the centre of the global striving for development and peace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday declared, on behalf of the “one-sixth” of humanity, that they will work for “all humanity and for global prosperity”. Speaking at the UN’s Summit of the Future which aims to chart […]
Thousands of Gazans on move again, following Israel’s evacuation orders
United Nations, July 24 (IANS) After recent evacuation orders, Gazans abandoned shelter in parts of the north and the south, moving so quickly that some left without belongings, UN humanitarians said. It was not the first time many of them were displaced. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday […]
UNSC to meet on Russian attack on Ukraine children’s hospital
United Nations, July 9 (IANS) Security Council is scheduled to take up on Tuesday Russia’s bombing of a children’s hospital in Ukraine that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned as “particularly shocking”. Ukraine’s largest children’s health facility was among the places hit by a barrage of about 40 Russian missiles across the country on Monday. Russia, […]
UN official warns of escalating crisis in Gaza, West Bank
United Nations, June 26 (IANS) A UN official warned the Security Council of a deepening crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. During a Security Council briefing, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland described the “catastrophic and horrifying” humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where civilians suffer under the impact of hostilities […]