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New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News):  A record level of aid funding – more than $22.5 billion – is needed to deliver lifesaving assistance around the world in 2028, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Friday. more
New funding provides much needed boost for Yemen aid operations, but needs outstrip means

New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): A United Nations-managed humanitarian emergency fund has allocated $70 million to strife-ridden Yemen, enabling critical life-saving relief operations a ...

In Iran, UN aid chief expresses readiness to support post-quake relief efforts

New York, Nov 25(Just Earth News): Concluding a two-day visit to Iran, the top United Nations humanitarian official said the Organization is ready to fill any gaps in the relief efforts f ...

New UN funding to help sustain critical aid programmes for nearly 150,000 in Chad

New York, Nov 18(Just Earth News): The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) – a pool of funding which supports critical relief operations in crises around the world ...

‘Leave no stone unturned’ to secure aid funding for Central African Republic, senior UN official urges

New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): One out of every four people in Central African Republic (CAR) is either displaced or living as a refugee in another country, a senior United Nations offic ...

Syria: UN agencies deliver critical food aid, medicines to families trapped in rural Damascus

New York, Nov 1(Just Earth News): As part of a humanitarian aid convoy to besieged towns on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, United Nations agencies have delivered desperately ...

With 13 million inside Syria needing aid, UN relief chief says impact of crisis remains 'profound'

New York, Oct 31(Just Earth News): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or D'aesh) may be largely pushed out of Syria's Raqqa governorate, but after years of oppression and nearly ...

UN emergency response fund reaches annual goal of $450 million, but more needed

New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): The United Nations global emergency response fund has reached its 2017 funding target of $450 million, but much more is required given that the number of p ...

Central African Republic: More aid needed amid deteriorating security, UN relief official warns

New York, Oct 7(Just Earth News): In spite of humanitarian access to help tackle some of the most critical needs in several Central African Republic (CAR) hotspots, eroding security since th ...

As Rohingya crisis continues, UNICEF seeks funds to reach 720,000 children in need

New York, Oct 3(Just Earth News): Amid the deepening refugee crisis in Bangladesh and its attendant toll on children, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNCEF) launched on Monday an appeal ...