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UN agency concerned new US refugee plan may ‘compound the anguish’ of people fleeing conflict
Refugees are ordinary people forced to flee war, violence and persecution in their home countries and who remain in urgent need of life-saving assistance and protection, the United Nations refugee agency underscored today in the wake of the latest Executive Order signed by the President of the United States on refugee resettlement. “The imperative remains […]
World must ‘act fast,’ scale up life-saving assistance in drought-hit Somalia – UN
As a severe drought deepens in Somalia, the risk of famine is looming in the long-troubled country, with about half the population in need of some form of assistance, according to an assessment by United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners. The situation has become “significantly worse in the last six months,” explained Joseph Contreras, the […]
UN aid chief calls for access, funds to prevent spread of South Sudan’s famine
Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan will starve unless relief workers gain access to needy populations and more funding is raised, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator warned after meeting malnourished children who fled the raging conflict in the country. Stephen O’Brien, who is also the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, travelled to Ganyiel, […]
At first ‘playable’ UN conference, tech experts, gamers drive new thinking on global development
Hands-free gardening for a greener future, video gamers using their skills to help achieve the United Nations-led Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – these were just a few of the innovative and forward-looking ideas in the spotlight at the world body’s first ever ‘playable’ policy conference, held in the German city of Bonn. The Global Festival […]