OCHA said dozens of people, including at least eight children, were killed in Gaza City on Wednesday after an Israeli strike hit a residential building. Many others are still missing under the rubble.  The agency stressed that civilians must be protected and should never be a target. Medical evacuations and displacement...
There is also a shortage of fuel, which is affecting the movement of vehicles across Gaza and slowing down first responders, Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the regular news briefing in New York. “The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) notes that oxygen supplies and electricity generators are...
WHO said in a news release that more than 591,000 children under 10 years old will receive the vaccine to protect them from the highly infectious disease, beginning this weekend for an anticipated period of five days. The campaign follows the recent detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in the...
“We will respond wherever, whenever, however we can to support people in need, including reception centres – food, water, fuel, tents, blankets,” said Tom Fletcher, Emergency Relief Coordinator and head of the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. The dramatic development in the Syrian capital follows a lightning advance by armed...
In a speech delivered during a debate on African development, Assembly  President Philémon Yang addressed the continent’s progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s (AU) related framework, known as Agenda 2063.  “There has never been a better time to accelerate progress towards peace, prosperity and sustainable...
In a flash update, the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that since the intensification of aerial attacks on 29 December, approximately 3,000 families had seen their homes damaged across Ukraine. That day saw one of the deadliest attacks since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February...
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