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Gaza crisis: Amid winter storms, humanitarians appeal for full aid access

·February 10, 2025·2 min read

“The health system is ruined. Malnutrition is rising. The risk of famine persists,” said Dr Hanan Balkhy, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. “We are ready to scale up our response – but we urgently need systematic and sustained access to the population across...

Ukraine in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacks

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·January 8, 2025·1 min read

In a scheduled update mandated by the Council in Geneva, Nada Al-Nashif said that these attacks had led to the deaths of 574 civilians – an increase of 30 per cent over the previous year. She noted that Russian bombardment had also damaged key infrastructure such as water, heating and...

Health needs in Syria worsen amid winter conditions

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·December 28, 2024·1 min read

It also cited rising cases of respiratory illnesses, compounded by inadequate heating, overcrowded camps and damaged infrastructure. “There is continuous significant rise in influenza-like illnesses (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), since the beginning of winter with subsequent rise in hospital visits and heightened public health concerns,” the Health...

Winter rains and aid obstacles worsen ordeal for one million Gazans

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·December 18, 2024·2 min read

In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, stressed that attacks on civilian infrastructure have not stopped, “particularly in North Gaza, where the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reports appalling conditions at Kamal Adwan Hospital – and where 61 out of 95 attacks on school buildings since 6 October...

UN rights office urges Russia to cease attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid as winter sets in

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·November 30, 2024·2 min read

Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said massive missile and drone attacks on the power network this week have heightened serious concerns about the plight of civilians facing a winter of hardship and misery. Russia launched missile and long-range drone strikes on Thursday, which reportedly caused damage in at least 13 regions, in...

1,000 days into Ukraine war, winter poses critical challenge to aid effort

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·November 15, 2024·2 min read

Speaking in Geneva, Matthias Schmale described the anguish felt by Ukrainians as the war grinds on: “As we are not only approaching winter but also the sad 1,000-day mark since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion in 2022, we are of course thinking of the more than 12,000 people who have...

WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports

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·October 4, 2024·1 min read

The two organizations are joining forces to call attention to the extensive impacts of increasing global temperatures on snow and ice while producing measures to strengthen scientific and sports-related conversations. The partnership is set to begin ahead of the 2024/2025 winter season and will initially last for five years. ‘The tip...

Ukraine: Civilian casualties mount as war enters second winter

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·November 27, 2023·3 min read

The Monitoring Mission stated that the casualty figure represents deaths verified according to its methodology, cautioning that the actual figure may be significantly higher given the challenges and time required for verification. “Ten thousand civilian deaths is a grim milestone for Ukraine,” said Danielle Bell, head of the Monitoring Mission,...

UN migration agency to support 700,000 Ukrainians through ‘most challenging’ winter

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·December 29, 2022·1 min read

Humanitarian funding from the European Union (EU), is enabling the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to support over 700,000 Ukrainians with multi-sectoral assistance this winter, which is set to be “the most challenging season yet for the country”. “Displaced and war-affected people will face new and growing challenges as the war drags on...

Ukraine: Missile strikes threaten millions facing cold and hungry winter

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·December 6, 2022·1 min read

At the regular press briefing in New York, Associate Spokesperson Stéphanie Tremblay told journalists that according to UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA, citing local authorities, strikes affected regions in the north, centre and south, as well as the capital, Kyiv. “In Odesa, the water supply has been compromised due to...

‘Catastophic’ winter in store for Ukraine, warns UN peacebuilding chief, following Russian strikes on critical infrastructure

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·November 24, 2022·2 min read

Ms. DiCarlo referred to the latest wave of Russian missile and drone strikes in Ukraine which, she said, terrorized the citizens of several cities (Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia). With winter approaching, the attacks, she said, “renew fears that this winter will be catastrophic for millions of Ukrainians,...

Displaced families face winter hardships, UN refugee agency warns |

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·November 14, 2022·1 min read

Agency spokesperson Olga Sarrado said on Friday that millions of the world’s most vulnerable people will be without essential basics. “For many of the world’s forcibly displaced, this coming winter will be far more challenging than in recent years, with many displaced families having to choose between food and warmth...