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New York, Apr 15 (JEN): The United Nations called for a swift investigation into the shooting death of a Chilean peacekeeper in Haiti whose killing prompted strong condemnations from the UN mission on the ground as well as the Secretary-General and Security Council at the world body's Headquarters. more
Emerging threats demand renewed fight against sexual violence: UN envoy

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): Those who use rape as a weapon of war are becoming increasingly “brutal and ruthless,” the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) o ...

South Sudan: UN official meets displaced people at protection sites

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): The United Nations Deputy Special Representative for South Sudan visited Malakal on Tuesday, meeting with local officials and community leaders of some 26,000 interna ...

UN agency voices concern as violence in Yarmouk refugee camp intensifies

New York, Apr 11 (JEN): The violence in Yarmouk camp is intensifying, plunging the Palestinian refugee camp into the “lower reaches of hell” amid running battles between armed groups, a ...

Civilians in Yemen willfully abandoned to misery: Ban

NApr 10 (JEN): Countless civilians are being “willfully abandoned to misery” in Yemen, amid a rapidly deteriorating security and humanitarian crises inflamed by escalating violence,Secre ...

Nigeria: UN launches appeal for refugees as Boko Haram violence continues

New York, Apr 10 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has issued an urgent funding appeal as it seeks to provide tens of thousands of people fleeing the violence in north-eastern ...

UN renews call for end to fighting inside Yarmouk camp, urges opening of humanitarian corridor

New York, Apr 9 (JEN): The situation in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk remains extremely tense amid continued street fighting and unconfirmed reports of aerial bombardments of civil ...

India accepts Pak offer to fly home from Karachi 11 Indians rescued from Yemen

New Delhi, Apr 8 (JEN) India has accepted Pakistan's offer to fly home 11 Indians evacuated by a Pakistani naval ship from the strife-torn Yemen.

Humanitarian concerns mounting as Yemen fighting continues: UN

New York, Apr 7 (JEN): The violence in Yemen continues to wreak havoc upon the country's civilian population and restrict humanitarian access to those most in need amid a spate of aerial att ...

Trapped civilians miserable amid fighting in Yarmouk camp: UN agency

New York, Apr 7 (JEN): The current escalation is “more desperate than ever” for civilians in Yarmouk displaced persons camp which is currently housing thousands of Palestinians on the ou ...