The United Nations is calling for new aid routes to help alleviate starvation in Gaza, where it continues to claim the lives of young people.
“The current state is extremely concerning. With every passing minute and hour, it continues to deteriorate,” stated the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees in a post on the social media platform X, previously known as…
“Residents of North Gaza are forced to leave their homes in search of necessities such as food and shelter due to destruction caused by recent events.”
For months, the UN has been warning of a looming famine, particularly in northern Gaza as everything needed to sustain life has either been destroyed or simply run out. This is now being translated into deaths among children, not as…
The United Nations leader is urging for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, stating that the principles of Ramadan should take precedence.
The war between rival militaries Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now in its eleventh month, has not only claimed thousands of lives but has created a massive internal displacement crisis. Over six million individuals are…
The economy of Afghanistan has essentially failed, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
During her trip to the country, Kanni Wignaraja, the Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, stated to reporters in New York that 69% of the Afghan population is considered “subsistence insecure,” indicating that they lack basic…
The UN aid coordinator reports that children are perishing from starvation in Gaza.
“Children are dying from hunger,” he said via videolink, as media reports indicate that at least 20 children have succumbed to starvation in the besieged and bombarded enclave, including most recently a 14-day-old baby. He urged for a proposal to…
The chief of the UN health agency is requesting for more assistance to be delivered to Gaza immediately.
These are “children who survived bombardment, but may not survive a famine”, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros said on X, formerly Twitter. In addition to the ongoing violence, the head of WHO gave a warning and a video…
It has been 11 months since the start of the conflict in Sudan, and now there is a looming hunger crisis that is being described as the worst in the world.
The UN World Food Programme, WFP, has observed that the country in northeast Africa is currently facing the biggest displacement crisis in the world. The conflict between the Sudanese Army and the rival group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…
UN officials in Haiti are expressing concerns about the urgent need for aid as multiple crises continue to worsen. “We are facing a critical situation in Haiti, with multiple crises which are all impacting the most vulnerable populations,” declared UN officials. They emphasized the urgency of providing aid as the situation continues to deteriorate. Officials from the United Nations in Haiti are warning that time is running out as a series of crises worsen and the need for aid becomes increasingly urgent. The vulnerable populations are being heavily impacted and the officials stressed the urgency of providing assistance as the situation continues to deteriorate.
Ahead of an expected closed-door Security Council meeting, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called for the urgent deployment, with no further delay, of the Council-mandated multinational security support mission in Haiti. The fact is that, given…
Once more, UN envoy urges for the lifting of limitations placed upon women in Afghanistan.
During a briefing to the ambassadors in the Security Council, Roza Otunbayeva, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), discussed the recent arrests of Afghan women for supposed violations of Islamic dress code. She expressed concern over the impact this…
The way to achieve environmentally-friendly construction is very confusing.
“Climate change is not frequently considered by architects as a significant concern. However, our goal at Masons Ink, a Bangalore-based architecture firm, is to alter this mindset,” states Rosie Paul, a co-founder. It is clear to us that climate change…