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New York, Feb 4 (JEN): The United Nations decision to shelter 85,000 civilians on its peacekeeping bases in South Sudan during recent fighting saved thousands or even tens of thousands of lives, the UN peacekeeping chief stressed on Monday, citing it as an example of what the world body stands for. more
Africa: UN seeks international aid for Sahel region

New York, Feb 4 (JEN): The United Nations and its global humanitarian partners on Monday appealed for USD 2 billion on behalf of some 20 million people desperate for food in Africa’s ...

Syria: UN seeks long-term access to besieged camp

New York, Feb 3 (JEN): While confirming Sunday's delivery of more than 700 food parcels to the desperate, malnourished civilians stranded in a hard-hit area outside the Syrian capital of Dam ...

CAR: UN urges donors to close funding gap

New York, Feb 1 (JEN): Unless additional funding is secured for the Central African Republic (CAR), nearly two million desperate people will be forced to go without food and basic necessitie ...

Syria: UN ready to rush food, medicines into Homs

New York, Jan 29 (JEN): United Nations trucks in Syria are on standby to deliver urgently needed food and medicines to 500 besieged families who have been trapped in the Old City of Homs wi ...

DR Congo still needs humanitarian aid: UN

New York, Jan 28 (JEN): Despite significant progress towards peace in the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the international community must keep humanitarian aid flow ...

UN delivers aid to displaced Libyans

New York, Jan 27 (JEN): The United Nations in Libya is preparing to deliver in the next 48 hours more food, medicines and other supplies to displaced families in Sabha, in the southern part ...

CAR: UN provides food for hundreds of thousands

New York, Jan 25 (JEN): The United Nations on Friday called for security to be re-established along the main roads in strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR) to allow access for vital ai ...

UNCC pays out for Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait

New York, Jan 24 (JEN): The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses due to Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, on Thurs ...

UN urges protection, access to aid for Syrian children

New York, Jan 23 (JEN): Against the backdrop of peace talks on Syria which opened on Wednesdayin Switzerland, senior United Nations humanitarian officials have joined international aid organ ...