Peru: UN agency supports recovery of some 7,000 farmers from El Niño floods, landslides

May 20, 2017, at 01:44 pm

New York, May 20(Just Earth News): In the wake of the heavy rains, floods and landslides that hit Peru earlier this year, the United Nations agriculture agency said on Friday that it is working with the Government to assist some 7,000 mostly small-scale farmers to restore their capacity to produce crops and feed their families.

Colombia: UN receives 7,000 weapons from FARC-EP as hunt for hidden caches continues

Mar 31, 2017, at 12:56 pm

New York, Mar 31 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Mission in Colombia is set to register some 7,000 weapons this weekend, but the search for other caches of weapons hidden by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) continues, the Mission’s chief has said.

UN warns of humanitarian crisis as 7,400 cross Afghan border each day

Oct 14, 2016, at 04:18 am

New York, Oct 13 (Just Earth News): Every day, some 7,400 Afghan returnees cross the border from Pakistan to Afghanistan, prompting the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to warn of an escalating humanitarian crisis.