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Red Cross proposes budget increase for Humanitarian programs in Afghanista
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Austria], September 13 (ANI): In the upcoming UN humanitarian conference on Afghanistan in Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will propose to boost the financing for its programs and projects in Afghanistan, said ICRC President Peter Maurer on Monday.
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Syria: Prevent 'entire generation from being lost', urges UN humanitarian
Updated : 4 years, 8 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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Afghanistan: UN urges conflicting sides to halt fighting in Panjshir
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 2 (ANI): A UN humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan has urged all parties conflicting in the Afghan region of Panjshir to cease hostilities and abide by humanitarian law.
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UN humanitarian funds allocate $10M for fuel crisis response in Lebanon
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], September 2 (ANI): The United Nations said its humanitarian funds have allocated USD 10 million to respond to the fuel crisis in Lebanon and help avert the deterioration of the country's humanitarian situation.
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12.2 million people in Afghanistan acutely food insecure: UN
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], August 20 (ANI): UN humanitarians on Thursday said that the relief crisis in Afghanistan is deteriorating rapidly, with 12.2 million people acutely food insecure.
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Pakistan's Balochistan province faces food emergency for 500,000 people: U
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], July 28 (ANI): Pakistan's Balochistan province, battered by a harsh winter, a locust invasion, COVID-19, and drought-like conditions, faces a food emergency for about 500,000 people, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
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Humanitarian situation in Yemen falling off cliff: UN
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): With 20 million Yemenis in need of assistance in the face of conflict and COVID-19, "the humanitarian situation is falling off a cliff," UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
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UN Humanitarian Office to provide aid to 9.6 million people amid crisis in
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Up to 9.6 million vulnerable people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive urgent assistance as part of the 2021 humanitarian response plan for the country, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the D
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UN, humanitarian partners aid typhoon-hit Philippines, Vietnam
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations, its partners, and the Philippine government are assessing damage from deadly typhoon Goni, which is now moving toward central Vietnam, UN humanitarians said on Monday.
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UN says 3.6 mln people affected by floods, landslides in East Africa since
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], October 24 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 3.6 million people were impacted by floods and landslides across large swathes of East Africa since June, the UN humanitarian agency said on Saturday.
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UN warns Africa's ongoing locust crisis could become 'major humanitarian p
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], Feb 12 (ANI): The United Nations has warned that the ongoing locust crisis in eastern Africa could become a major humanitarian plague.
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UN grants sanctions exemption for humanitarian aid to North Korea
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 21 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday granted sanctions exemption to allow the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) to carry out aid programs in North Korea to improve the health and nutrition of people in the impoverished country.
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