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Gaza: Testimonies highlight grim plight of civilians expecting to die

·October 27, 2023·3 min read

Volker Türk’s appeal came as UN humanitarians continued to issue dire warnings about the full scale of the humanitarian crisis in the enclave. ‘Crumbs’ of aid The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said that the “few (aid) trucks” which have come in from Egypt since 21...

Sudan: ‘Grim prediction’ now ‘harsh reality’ as hunger engulfs over 20 million

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·August 12, 2023·2 min read

Of that figure, 6.3 million people – 13 per cent of Sudan’s population – are experiencing emergency levels of hunger – classified as Phase 4 of the Integrated Food Security Classification – just one step from famine, with the conflict continuing to disrupt access to humanitarian aid and forcing millions...

‘Grim milestone’ as Ukraine war reaches 500-day mark

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·July 7, 2023·2 min read

The war began on 24 February 2022, and the UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has confirmed that more than 9,000 civilians, including over 500 children, have been killed since then, though the real number could be much higher. “Today we mark another grim milestone in the war...

Sustainable Development Goals can be reached ‘despite our grim times’: ECOSOC President |

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·July 13, 2022·5 min read

Collen V. Kelapile, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), was delivering opening remarks to the ministerial segment of its ongoing High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). Countries are meeting in the General Assembly Hall to examine how recovery policies can reverse the pandemic’s negative impacts on...