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With Caribbean still rebuilding after devastating storms, UNICEF helping to boost resilience ahead of next hurricane season

New York: Despite a massive humanitarian effort over the past six months in the Eastern Caribbean, Cuba and Haiti, there is still much work to be done to rehabilitate water and sanitation and other infrastructure damaged by powerful hurricanes Irma and Maria, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday. more

Promote tolerance, respect diversity, UN chief urges ahead of International Day against racial discrimination

New York: People worldwide are being encouraged by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to think about how they can better promote tolerance, inclusion and respe ...

Turkey’s 18-month state of emergency has led to profound human rights violations – UN report

New York: The United Nations on Tuesday called on Turkey to end its 18-month-old state of emergency, saying that the routine extension of emergency powers has resulted in “profound& ...

Cameroonians pour into Nigeria, stretching scant resources – UN refugee agency

New York, Mar 21 (JEN): As more and more Anglophone Cameroonians flee a violent crackdown in the region and seek asylum in Nigeria, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Tuesday wit ...

Avoid ‘mutual aggravation’ of the complex link between water scarcity, forced migration, UN agency warns

New York: Severe lack of water affecting two-thirds of the global population for at least part of the year is manifesting into complex challenges, the United Nations food security agency ...

Is safety and a small plot of land too much for DR Congo’s beleaguered people to hope for? UN aid chief asks

New York: The humanitarian crisis and the resulting suffering will only worsen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) if persistent violence is not brought under control and there ...

BRP says ISI using proxy account on Twitter to create confusion

Geneva/Islamabad: The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) has said that the Inter-Services Intelligence is using fake accounts to create confusion and undermine the former's efforts to expo ...

Alarmed by plight of Central African refugees in Chad, UN urges funding to scale up humanitarian response

New York: Thousands of refugees who have fled violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) to Chad are facing food and shelter shortages the United Nations refugee agency said Friday, w ...

Guterres urges donors to generously support UN agency for Palestine refugees, ‘as a matter of human solidarity’

New York: Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called on the international community to generously support the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency fo ...

Civil society in forefront of struggle for gender parity, UN chief tells townhall event

New York: The United Nations has embarked on an initiative to address the male-dominated power structure within its own ranks and now has more women than men in the senior management team ...