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Türkiye, Syria quake response continues, food security threat rising

·March 31, 2023·1 min read

OCHA Spokesperson Jens Laerke, told reporters in Geneva that the current phase was still “a humanitarian emergency where we look at, ‘What do the survivors need? How can we support those who have survived this devastating earthquake?’” Help for millions in need In Türkiye, where over nine million have been directly affected,...

Greater protection needed for Palestinians amid rising violence, annexation threat

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·March 31, 2023·2 min read

“The wave of deadly violence sweeping through the occupied West Bank since the beginning of this year is the inexorable consequence of an acquisitive and repressive occupation with no end in sight, and the culture of lawlessness and impunity Israel has nurtured and enjoyed,” UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said...

Haiti: Amid rising hunger levels, ‘world cannot wait for disaster before it acts’, WFP warns

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·March 27, 2023·2 min read

“Haiti can’t wait,” said Jean-Martin Bauer, World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director for the country. “We cannot wait for the scale of the problem to be expressed in deaths before the world responds, but that is where we are heading.” Half the population – 4.9 million people – are now...

Rising humanitarian needs require political will, increased funding: UN relief chief

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·February 21, 2023·1 min read

The world is facing the largest food crisis in modern history and famine is looming, while human rights – especially women’s rights – are under attack and tensions are high in places where injustice is rife, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said in remarks to the Riyadh Humanitarian Forum...

Rising inflation, falling wages threaten increased poverty and unrest: ILO

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·November 30, 2022·2 min read

Global monthly wages fell in real terms to -0.9 per cent in the first half of the year, the study found, marking the first instance of negative growth this century. As a result, the purchasing power of middle-class families has been reduced, while low-income households have been hit particularly hard....

South Sudan: Conflict and climate crisis drives rising hunger |

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·November 4, 2022·2 min read

Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in areas affected by flood, drought and conflict, and some communities are likely to face starvation unless aid is sustained, and climate adaption measures are scaled up. Roughly two-thirds of the population, more than 7.7 million people, will not have enough to eat...

Reports of sexual violence in Ukraine rising fast, Security Council hears |

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·June 7, 2022·2 min read

Pramila Patten, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict, recalled her recent visit to Ukraine and outlined the elements of a recently signed Framework of Cooperation on the Prevention and Response to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, which seeks to strengthen accountability and combat those abhorrent crimes. “Too often have the...