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Myanmar: Military strikes persist amid earthquake response efforts

·April 13, 2025·2 min read

“At a moment when the sole focus should be on ensuring humanitarian aid gets to disaster zones, the military is instead launching attacks,” spokesperson Ravini Shamdasani told journalists in Geneva. Since the 28 March disaster, military forces have reportedly carried out over 120 attacks, she said, and more than half...

Myanmar quake: Airstrikes persist as UN pushes aid efforts

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·April 5, 2025·4 min read

Despite the military’s announcement of a ceasefire, attacks have continued across the country, exacerbating an already dire situation, UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned on Friday. “In the days following the deadly earthquake that tore through central Myanmar last week, the Myanmar military continued operations and attacks, including airstrikes...

Myanmar earthquake: Search and rescue efforts continue in race against time

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·March 30, 2025·3 min read

According to news reports citing Myanmar’s military leader, around 1,700 are confirmed dead from Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake, with some 3,400 injured and hundreds still missing. In the Thai capital Bangkok which was also rocked by the seismic event, 76 construction workers are reportedly still missing following the collapse of...

Myanmar quake: More than 1,600 reported killed, as UN aid operation supports rescue efforts

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·March 29, 2025·3 min read

The earthquakes of 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude struck Myanmar in the centre of the country northwest of Sagaing. The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported on Saturday that hospitals in the area are overwhelmed with extensive damage to health infrastructure. The areas affected are Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Nay Pyi Taw,...

Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows

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·January 30, 2025·3 min read

“Hope returns to Gaza, but it’s fragile,” said Corinne Fleischer, World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. “With open crossings and sustained efforts, Gaza’s recovery can take root,” she emphasised. The WFP has doubled its aid deliveries, bringing in 22,000 metric tons of food...

DPR Korea’s nuclear quest thwarts disarmament efforts, Security Council hears

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·January 9, 2025·2 min read

Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for peacebuilding and political affairs, briefed ambassadors two days after the DPRK, commonly known as North Korea, fired off what it described as a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile (IRBM) loaded with a hypersonic glide vehicle. He cited an official statement from Pyongyang which...

Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts

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·December 4, 2024·4 min read

Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, was speaking during a debate on investing in the transformative power of intergenerational leadership on the women, peace and security agenda, where she urged ambassadors to “open doors for the next generation”. “Investments in women, peace and security agenda are not an...

Fuel restrictions curtail Gaza aid efforts amid attacks on UN schools and evacuation plans for Al-Shifa Hospital

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·November 19, 2023·5 min read

Fuel deliveries for aid operations in the enclave, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, have been largely prohibited since Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October left at least 1,200 dead and 240 taken hostage. This has severely hampered aid efforts and services to provide water and electricity, UN agencies said....

Afghanistan: Aid efforts rapidly expand as post-quake death toll rises

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·October 9, 2023·2 min read

“The United Nations and our partners in Afghanistan are coordinating with the de facto authorities to swiftly assess needs and provide emergency assistance,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said. UN agencies, partners, and the de facto authorities continued to mount emergency operations. Initial assessments indicated that the 6.3 magnitude quake that...

Morocco earthquake: UN stands ready to support relief efforts

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·September 9, 2023·2 min read

In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres stressed that the UN was ready to assist the Government in any way needed, to help those impacted. According to the UN humanitarian hub Reliefweb, the powerful quake struck shortly after 10pm local time, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale...

Niger: Security Council strongly condemns ‘efforts to unconstitutionally change’ the government

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·July 29, 2023·1 min read

The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the efforts to unconstitutionally change the legitimate government of the Republic of Niger on 26 July 2023. Earlier this week, the demand to release the President of Niger was voiced by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Late on Wednesday, a group of Nigerien...

UN chief calls for bolstered efforts to end violence in Great Lakes region

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·May 6, 2023·1 min read

“It is time to end the violence,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region, held in Bujumbura, Burundi. Since the resurgence of the M23 armed...