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Around 28 million Afghans will need humanitarian assistance in 2023: UN
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The UN agency for the coordination of humanitarian affairs stated that Afghanistan continues to be one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with 28.3 million people expected to require aid in the upcoming year, TOLOnews reported.
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India gives USD 2.5mn to UN agency for welfare of Palestinian refugees
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a statement, India's Representative Office in Ramallah said this will support the agency's core programs and services, including education, healthcare, relief and social services.
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50 pc of world's poorest need debt relief to avert major development crisi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 12 (ANI): Fifty-four developing economies accounting for more than half of the world's poorest people need urgent debt relief as a result of cascading global crises, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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Afghanistan: UN agency alarm over forced refugee returns from Tajikistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising grave concerns over the continued detention and deportations of Afghan refugees in Tajikistan, warning once again that forcing people fleeing persecution back to their country against their will is illegal and put
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UN agency to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency announced the start of a more than USD 14 million community-based construction effort to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses to help residents in the southeastern Afghanistan region devastated by the deadly June 22 earthq
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4.1 million Ukrainians fled country since Russian invasion: UN
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 1 (ANI): The UN agency for refugees on Thursday said that around 4.1 million have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
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Humanitarian situation in Ukraine is deteriorating at an alarming pace: UN
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 12 (ANI): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday informed that the humanitarian situation in Ukraine is deteriorating at an alarming pace.
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Funds are running dry in Afghanistan but economic crisis continues, says U
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 7 (ANI): Underlining the need for more humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, the food-assistance branch of the United Nations, has once again raised concern about the growing multifold crisis in the country.
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UN report warns China will be hit hard by climate change
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 5 (ANI): A newly published report by a UN agency has warned that China will be among the countries hardest hit by global warming.
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Displacement, humanitarian needs surging inside Afghanistan: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Grand-Saconnex [Switzerland], February 9 (ANI): Conflict last year had forced more than 700,000 Afghans to leave their homes and added to the 5.5 million people already displaced over past years, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.
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Employment of Afghan women dropped 16 pc in 2021 after Taliban takeover: U
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 19 (ANI): Employment of Afghan women is estimated to have decreased by 16 per cent in the latter part of the year after the radical Islamist Taliban movement, an organization under UN sanctions over terrorist activities, swept to power, the International Labour O
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2021 was one of seven warmest years on record: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 19 (ANI): The year 2021 was one of the seven warmest years on record, according to six leading international datasets consolidated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a UN agency.
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