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Under Secy General for Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency Relief Coordinator
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has informed the UN Secretary-General of his intention to step down for health reasons.
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UN Security Council calls for ceasefire, humanitarian response in Sudan du
Updated : 2 years ago IST
According to the report, fourteen countries on the 15-member council on Friday backed the resolution proposed by the United Kingdom, with only Russia abstained on the vote that called on "all parties to the conflict to seek a sustainable resolution to the conflict through dialogue."
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UN chief Guterres strongly condemns Gaza aid site tragedy
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In response to the escalating crisis, a private United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting has been scheduled for 4:15 pm ET in New York City.
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Israel blasts UN official who called Hamas a 'political movement'
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz blasted a UN official who insisted that Hamas is a "political movement" and not a terror organisation.
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Gaza has become "uninhabitable": UN Aid Chief Griffiths
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Emphasising that three months have passed since the horrific October 7 attacks, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that Gaza has become "uninhabitable" and demanded an immediate end to the war.
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"Both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes," says UN rights chief
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Both Hamas and Israel have committed "war crimes" in the past month, the United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Turk said, CNN reported on Thursday.
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UN chief doubles down on Hamas remarks, decries 'misrepresentations'
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In remarks that especially outraged Israel, he had said it was important to "recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum" as the Palestinians have been "subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation."
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Israel denies Visas to UN officials as furore over Guterres' remarks escal
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Guterres angered Israelis during a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday when he said, "It is important to also recognise the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum," claiming that "The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation."
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Israel-Hamas war: 20 aid trucks enter Gaza from Egypt as Rafah crossing op
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Rafah border crossing was opened for a short window on Saturday morning to let 20 aid trucks enter Gaza from Egypt. Though many have welcomed the brief reopening, rights groups have asserted that much more aid is needed.
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Ukraine: UN appeals for USD 5.6 billion to help millions affected by confl
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The situation for many in Ukraine remains desperate, amid "relentless" shelling of civilian targets and infrastructure, said Griffiths.
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Quality of aid will be affected: UN on ban on female employees at NGOs by
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As the Taliban banned female employees from working at NGOs, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said that the quality of the UN aid will be impacted to quite an extent if Afghan women cannot go to work in the country, TOLOnews reported on Thu
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Barring Afghan women from work will interrupt humanitarian aid to Afghanis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to Griffiths, humanitarian aid organisations working under the United Nations, need the support of women employees to continue delivering life-saving services to the Afghan people.
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