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UN rights office urges Colombia to reform policing of protests
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 16 (ANI): Colombia must urgently reform how it polices protests in the wake of demonstrations earlier this year in which several people were killed or injured, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Wednesday.
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UNICEF appeals for USD 2bn to avert collapse of vital social services in A
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 8 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched its largest-ever single-country appeal to urgently respond to the humanitarian needs of over 24 million people in Afghanistan, half of whom are children.
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Fraud, bribery linked to China-Congo 'deal of the century': Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 1 (ANI): A massive deal between Chinese state-owned engineering firms and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to trade mineral wealth to fund urgently needed infrastructure projects concealed a multimillion-dollar embezzlement and bribery operation, according
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Afghanistan must have access to funds to avoid humanitarian disaster, says
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 24 (ANI): The international community must urgently ease existing financial restrictions on Afghanistan that are blocking the provision of healthcare, food and other essential services, and expedite delivery of scaled-up humanitarian assistance to avert a mounting crisi
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Need to address mental health effects of climate change urgently, says Rep
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): With a large majority of Americans expressing alarm and distress about climate change, a recent study states that is past time to address the burgeoning public health crisis at the individual, community, and societal levels.
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Act with determination on Afghanistan, says UN chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 28 (ANI): As the humanitarian situation continues to get worsen in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said countries must unite and act urgently to secure a better future for Afghan people.
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UN calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to volatile N. Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Describing the situation in northern Ethiopia as unpredictable and volatile, the United Nations on Wednesday urgently called on all parties to allow unimpeded and sustained access for humanitarian aid.
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UNHCR warns Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening, and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there.
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EU aid agency delivers 14.4 metric tonnes of medical supplies to WHO in Af
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 3 (ANI): EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid has delivered 14.4 metric tonnes of urgently needed life-saving medical supplies to World Health Organisation in Afghanistan.
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Lebanon crisis needs international assistance urgently: WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 17 (ANI): Lebanon's enduring economic crisis risks reversing decades of gains in people's wellbeing, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
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Support Afghans in their most perilous hour, urges UN's Guterres
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 14 (ANI): The international community should urgently offer a "lifeline" to millions of vulnerable Afghans "who face perhaps their most perilous hour", UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday.
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97 per cent of Afghans could plunge into poverty by mid-2022: UNDP
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 9 (ANI): As much as 97 per cent of Afghanistan's population is at risk of sinking below the poverty line unless a response to the country's political and economic crises is urgently launched, according to a rapid appraisal released by the United Nations Development P
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