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Morocco and Libya: UN scales up support for disaster relief

·September 15, 2023·3 min read

He called for solidarity with the people of the two countries and spoke of the tragedy of people looking desperately for their loved ones for days on end. In Libya, “some have lost 50 or more family members”, he said. Immediate deployment Asked whether the UN was “ready” when disaster...

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...

Haiti violence: ‘Carnage needs to stop’ says UN relief chief

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·September 3, 2023·1 min read

The desperate situation prompted a tweet on Friday from Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths calling for an immediate end to the fighting. “This carnage needs to stop” said the UN relief chief. Major escalation In the past two weeks alone, 71 people have been killed and injured in capital...

Sudan: ‘Civilians need life-saving assistance now,’ says UN relief chief

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·August 30, 2023·2 min read

The latest funds, approved by Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, builds upon previous support, bringing the total CERF funding for the crisis to $60 million. “As humanitarian needs soar in Sudan with critically low funding, I have approved an additional $20 million from CERF,” Mr. Griffiths said in a post...

Ukraine: War intensifies and so do the needs, says UN relief official

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·August 1, 2023·2 min read

Denise Brown, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, spoke remotely at a press briefing at UN Headquarters, in New York, and said that funds are needed particularly to prepare for the approaching winter. “It is almost August, and it gets cold very early in Ukraine,” she said. She said that humanitarians...

Sudan: ‘We cannot work under the barrel of a gun,’ UN relief chief says

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·July 15, 2023·1 min read

“For three months now, the people of Sudan have endured unspeakable suffering amid violence that is tearing their country apart,” Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said in a statement. “As the conflict enters its fourth month, the battle lines are hardening, making it ever...

UN relief chief calls for continued support for Syria and other crisis regions

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·July 8, 2023·3 min read

The “relief chief” was speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York just as these two separate lifesaving initiatives are set to expire in the coming days. He also voiced concern over gender-based violence in countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and noted lack of...

At Caribbean Summit, UN chief calls for climate action, debt relief, and urgent aid for Haiti

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·July 4, 2023·2 min read

Haiti The security situation in Haiti “is appalling,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, recalling his recent visit to the fragile nation. He called for swift action at a time when the humanitarian needs are “soaring”. And although “there is not yet the political solution in sight”, the UN chief expressed...

‘We stand by you’ declares UN relief chief, outlining emergency plan for Ukraine dam disaster

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·June 10, 2023·3 min read

“We need to focus on an emergency response right now”, he said, highlighting a three-step plan to provide humanitarian assistance to all Ukrainians impacted, who have faced more than one year of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. “We need to save people and get them to places...

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief

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·June 9, 2023·1 min read

Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Attiya Waris, Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, have welcomed the proposed New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Prevention Act, which is currently under discussion. They urged lawmakers to adopt the draft bill, which compels...

Ukraine: Imperative to ‘explore all options’ to reach civilians – UN relief chief

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·May 16, 2023·3 min read

Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that it was “imperative that we explore all options to reach civilians”, stressing that all parties to the fighting must allow and facilitate the “rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief”. “I urge the parties to strengthen facilitation efforts so we can reach all civilians...

Sudan: UN ‘relief chief’ heads to the region as humanitarian crisis nears ‘breaking point’

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·May 1, 2023·3 min read

“The scale and speed of what is unfolding is unprecedented in Sudan. We are extremely concerned by the immediate as well as long-term impact on all people in Sudan, and the broader region,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement. The UN again urged the warring sides to protect civilians...