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UN Secy General calls for peace in civil war-torn Sudan
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Guterres's appeal, made late on Friday, follows a peace initiative presented by Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris to the UN Security Council on Monday, which called for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to disarm.
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Aid pours in as floods wreck northern Pakistan
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The UK and UN have stepped up aid for Pakistan as severe floods hit northern regions and Punjab, with Sindh at risk, Dawn reported. Funds support early warning systems, evacuations, medical aid, and livestock protection. Health advisories warn of waterborne and vector-borne diseases, while n
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"Shameful indictment of international inaction": UN says 383 aid workers k
Updated : 9 months ago IST
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher called the killing of 383 aid workers last year a "shameful indictment of international inaction," with nearly half in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported. Marking World Humanitarian Day, he urged protection for civilians and aid workers as violence against humanitar
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'Stop blame game, start moving the aid': Israel alleges UN of not distribu
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a strongly worded statement categorically rejecting the claims of stopping humanitarian aid into Gaza. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Israel urged all organizations to cease echoing "Hamas' propaganda".
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UN Chief Guterres "appalled" by deepening Gaza humanitarian crisis, reiter
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
He reiterated his call for an immediate permanent ceasefire and the "unconditional and immediate" release of all hostages.
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UAE's Abdullah bin Zayed meets with Guterres in New York
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York to discuss strengthening cooperation in humanitarian and developmental fields, addressing global challenges, and enhancing responses to the humanitaria
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OCHA says 9 per cent of Gaza's population displaced last week
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The UN Humanitarian Affairs Office (OCHA) said that over 200,000 people in Gaza have already been displaced over the past week by previous Israeli orders - nine per cent of the Strip's population.
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200 aid trucks dispatched for Gaza on second day of operational pause
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The UN informed that 200 trucks were dispatched from Nitzana, while 187 of them successfully entered Gaza by 7 pm (local time).
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Thousands break into UN aid warehouses in Gaza for 'basic survival items'
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid the shortage of humanitarian aid, thousands of people broke into the United Nations (UN) aid warehouses in Gaza to take food and "basic survival items", reported the Times of Israel.
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7 hospitals, 21 health care centres in Gaza "out of service": Palestinian
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The death toll since October 7 in the Gaza Strip has risen to 4,127, with 1,661 children among the casualties, as reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.
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Afghanistan acting FM brands economic crisis as "propaganda"
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
At the welcoming ceremony for several Islamic Emirate officials who arrived back on Friday night after performing Hajj, Muttaqi noted that money is being used for projects rather than for war supplies and weapons as it once was.
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World Food Programme halts aid operations in Sudan after 3 staff killed in
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In a statement, Executive Director of the UN agency Cindy McCain, on Sunday, said that all the operations in Sudan have been suspended, pending a review of the evolving security situation.
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