Mali: UN official urges support for relief efforts amid ongoing crisis
Aug 15, 2015, at 02:45 pm
New York, Aug 15 (IBNS): Food insecurity in Mali will only grow if national parties fail to commit to peace and stability in the country, the United Nations relief official dealing with Africa’s Sahel region warned on Friday as he urged the international community to remain engaged with the country’s urgent humanitarian needs.
Central Africa: UN releases funds for humanitarian aid amid ongoing crisis
Aug 12, 2015, at 02:12 pm
New York, Aug 12 (IBNS): The United Nations has allocated over $13 million dollars for the immediate distribution of life-saving assistance targeting those affected by the ongoing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Organization's relief arm reported on Tuesday.
Yemen: UN expert warns of deliberate starvation of civilians
Aug 12, 2015, at 02:10 pm
New York, Aug 12 (IBNS): As Yemen plunges deeper into conflict, which has left millions in need of humanitarian aid and wrecked healthcare systems, the country now finds itself in the midst of a major food crisis, a United Nations expert said on Tuesday as she expressed concern over possibly deliberate starvation of civilians.
Yemen: UN official calls for scaling up efforts to meet humanitarian needs
Aug 10, 2015, at 02:26 pm
New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen is appealing for significant contributions to scale up efforts to meet the “staggering†needs across the country, where some 21 million people, or 80 per cent of the population, require live-saving assistance.
Conditions worsening for refugees in Calais, UN urges comprehensive response
Aug 08, 2015, at 02:04 pm
New York, Aug 8 (IBNS):The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday called once again for a comprehensive response to the worsening reception conditions for refugees and migrants in Calais, saying that the situation in the French port city is unmanageable.
Myanmar: UN allocates $9 million to rapidly scale up urgent flood relief
Aug 08, 2015, at 01:59 pm
New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): The top United Nations humanitarian official on Saturday allocated $9 million to help aid organizations rapidly scale up assistance in Myanmar in the wake of major flooding and monsoon rains that affected over 330,000 people and killed at least 88.
Iraq: UN agency prioritizes most needy Syrian refugees for food assistance
Aug 07, 2015, at 02:10 pm
New York, Aug 7 (IBNS): In an effort to meet the food needs of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees living in Iraq, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that it will focus its resources this month on those living in the country’s Kurdistan region.
Myanmar: UN food agency delivers aid to 82,000 people in flooded areas
Aug 06, 2015, at 03:01 pm
New York, Aug 6 (IBNS):The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday announced that it has delivered aid to 82,000 people in the most flood-affected parts of western Myanmar, and is now working to reach 200,000 people.New York, Aug 6 (IBNS):The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday announced that it has delivered aid to 82,000 people in the most flood-affected parts of western Myanmar, and is now working to reach 200,000 people.
Iraq: Millions left in need after funding shortage forces WHO to cut services
Aug 05, 2015, at 01:50 pm
New York, Aug 5 (IBNS): The United Nations health agency was forced to suspend 84 per cent of frontline programmes in 10 governorates in Iraq in July due to insufficient funding, leaving almost three million people without access to urgently-needed healthcare services.
‘Paralyzing’ funding gap forces shutdown of health services in Iraq: UN
Jul 28, 2015, at 02:29 pm
New York, Jul 28 (IBNS): The top United Nations humanitarian official in Iraq on Monday declared as “devastating†the “inexplicable†closures of life-saving services in Iraq for people in need, citing the most recent shut-downs of basic health care will directly impact more than one million people, including some 500,000 children who now will not be immunized, spreading risk of a measles outbreak and resumption of polio.
South Sudan: Donors pledge support to aid crisis response
May 21, 2014, at 05:50 pm
New York, May 21 (IBNS): International donors on Tuesday pledged more than USD 600 million dollars in aid to South Sudan at a conference hosted by Norway and the United Nations aimed at preventing famine and upholding human rights in the world's newest country which has been ravaged by months of fighting.