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New York, May 17 (JEN): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it has started moving more food supplies from Turkey into north-east Syria to assist displaced families, while noting continued challenges with humanitarian access to those in need inside the war-torn nation. more
UN appeals for urgent funding in Somalia

New York, May 10 (JEN): Poor rains, high food prices and ongoing conflict have intersected to push Somalia once gain to the brink of crisis, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in th ...

Afghanistan: UN officials visit landslide-hit north-eastern province

New York, May 6 (JEN): Following a visit on Monday to the site of the massive landslide which killed hundreds in north-eastern Afghanistan late last week, two senior United Nations humanitar ...

UN agency scales up food assistance in CAR

New York, May 3 (JEN): As the unprecedented crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to deepen, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has accelerated its operations ââ ...

South Sudan: UN provides aid to displaced civilians ahead of rains

New York, Apr 30 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency is preparing to airlift relief supplies to South Sudan on Tuesday for 100,000 displaced people ahead of the rainy season, while the ...

UN urges financing for sustainable development

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): Even with a slow recovery from the economic and financial crisis under way, severe effects of the upheaval linger and serious risks remain, United Nations Deputy Secr ...

UN provides aid to besieged Syrians in eastern Aleppo

New York, Apr 10 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) said on Wednesday it managed to bring humanitarian aid to a besieged neighbourhood in easter ...

UN launches response for flood-affected Solomon islands

New York, Apr 8 (JEN): The United Nations and its partners in the Pacific have begun deployments to Honiara on Monday in support of the Solomon Islands’ Government response to what is ...

Philippines: UN seeks debt relief to support typhoon recovery

New York, Apr 8 (JEN): Voicing concern that the Philippines’ post-typhoon reconstruction and recovery efforts could be undermined by its heavy debt load, a United Nations independent ...

UN seeks funding for relief operations in Sudan

New York, Mar 26 (JEN): With the humanitarian situation in Sudan deteriorating and neighbouring South Sudan “imploding,” United Nations relief officials on Tuesday appealed to do ...