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For 55 million displaced, status quo 'not an option': UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 30 (ANI): Nationally-owned solutions must be found for more than 55 million people displaced within their own countries, according to a new report.
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EU helps deliver 32 tonnes of UNICEF humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 30 (ANI): The first aircraft carrying UNICEF lifesaving medical supplies arrived in Kabul through the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) Airbridge, the UN agency said.
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UN agency says 80pc of newly displaced Afghans are women, children
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): Almost 80 per cent of newly displaced people in Afghanistan are women and children, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.
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UN special envoy discusses humanitarian crisis with Afghanistan's acting f
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI): UN Special Representative Deborah Lyons on Monday discussed the humanitarian crisis with Afghanistan's acting foreign minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, according to a UN agency.
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Syria: Prevent 'entire generation from being lost', urges UN humanitarian
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 5 (ANI): Some 13.4 million Syrians throughout the beleaguered country are in need of assistance, the UN humanitarian office said on Saturday, calling for "greater access and expanded funding", to better help them.
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Vaccine inequity causes 'dangerous divergence' in COVID survival rates: UN
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 28 (ANI): The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at "two alarmingly different speeds", UN agency leaders said.
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US reaffirms support to WHO's plan for probe into COVID-19 orgins, includi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday met WHO chief Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesu in Kuwait, where he reaffirmed support to the UN agency's additional studies on the COVD-19 origins, including in China to better understand the pandemic.
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Record 5,183 civilian casualties in violence-marred Afghanistan in 2021 so
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 26 (ANI): Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 reached record levels with over 1,659 people killed and 3,254 others wounded, according to a UN agency.
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UN agency confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctica
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed a new maximum temperature record for the Antarctic of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit).
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UN agency voices concern over shutdown of major Libyan oil port
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday expressed concern over the recent shutdown of a major oil port by the state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC).
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Two WHO scientists barred from entering China after testing positive for C
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Wuhan [China], January 14 (ANI): Two World Health Organisation (WHO) scientists en-route to China to investigate the origins of the pandemic are stuck in Singapore after testing positive for COVID-19 antibodies, the UN agency said on Thursday.
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India contributes USD 1 mn for WFP's humanitarian activities in N Korea
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Nov 5 (ANI): As North Korea faces chronic food shortage, India has contributed USD 1 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its humanitarian activities in Pyongyang, the UN agency's monthly report said on Tuesday.
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