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New York, Jan 30 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday released $100 million from the organization's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to sustain operations in nine “neglected crises” where levels of vulnerability are alarmingly high but funding remains critically low. more
UN aid officials urge Security Council to push for greater humanitarian access in Syria

New York, Jan 27 (Just Earth News): Senior United Nations relief officials on Thursday urged the Security Council to do more to ensure the support of the Syrian Government to deliver life-sa ...

Afghanistan: UN-backed $550 million aid plan aims to reach 5.7 million people

New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): A newly-launched United Nations-backed humanitarian response plan for Afghanistan is seeking $550 million in 2017 to support the most vulnerable and margi ...

Top UN humanitarian official in Syria allocates $19 million for emergency response in Aleppo

New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News): Amid an overall scale-up in relief operations in Syria, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the country, Ali Al-Za’tari, a ...

Global humanitarian response affected by lack of funding – senior UN relief official

New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Returning from recent visits to Haiti, Sudan and South Sudan, a senior United Nations humanitarian official said that while low funding for aid operations ...

UN aid agencies stepping up assistance for those fleeing Mosul fighting

New York, Oct 27 (Just Earth News): As newly-displaced Iraqis are starting to arrive at camps set up by the United Nations for people fleeing the ongoing military offensive to wrest Mosul fr ...

UN agencies provide shelter, clean water to families displaced amid Iraq’s Mosul offensive

New York, Oct 21 (Just Earth News): With the military offensive still unfolding in Mosul, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Children's Fund ( ...

UN provides emergency food aid to 8,000 people amid renewed violence in Central African Republic

New York, Oct 21 (Just Earth News): The United Nations food relief agency is providing emergency aid to 8,000 people affected by an upsurge in violence in the north of the Central African Re ...

UN relief wing and partners ready to rush in aid once pause in Yemen fighting begins

New York, Oct 19 (Just Earth News): Following a month that saw civilians continuing to bear the brunt of the conflict in Yemen, a 72-hour halt to fighting set to take effect later on Wednesd ...

Haiti: UN supporting government to provide emergency food assistance to 750,000 people

New York, Oct 15 (Just Earth News): United Nations relief agencies are continuing work on the ground to assist Haiti in the aftermath of powerful Hurricane Matthew with the World Food Progra ...