World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, urged Member States to remain focused on shared goals…
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Half of women’s organizations in crisis zones risk closure within six months
Across 73 countries, 308 million people now rely on humanitarian aid – a number that continues to rise.…
GAZA LIVE: Security Council to meet on aid crisis amid ‘critical risk of famine’ due to Israeli blockade
The Security Council is set to meet this afternoon at 3 PM in New York to discuss the…
Costa Rica’s refugee lifeline at breaking point amid funding crisis
“Without funding, asylum seekers are left in limbo – undocumented, unsupported and increasingly desperate,” said Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Assistant…
‘She cries in her sleep’: Deeper crisis looms beneath devastation from Myanmar quake
“I hate earthquakes. Earthquakes took my mother and my aunt away,” five-year-old Khin Yadanar told the UN Children’s…
Security Council urged to stand firm as Bosnia and Herzegovina faces deepening crisis
High Representative Christian Schmidt briefed on latest developments surrounding implementation of the 1995 General Framework Agreement for Peace…
Myanmar crisis deepens as military attacks persist and needs grow
The 28 March quakes killed over 3,800 people and damaged or destroyed more than 55,000 homes across multiple…
Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees
With humanitarian resources running dry, critical support for millions of forcibly displaced people is under threat. UNHCR said…
Afghanistan’s socioeconomic crisis deepens amid crackdown on women’s rights
As the Afghan economy faces stalled local production and weak job creation, Afghanistan continues to heavily rely on…
Anthrax outbreak compounds security crisis in eastern DR Congo
And with nearly seven million people forcibly displaced by violence since advances by M23 rebels earlier this year,…
UN alert over deepening crisis in Sudan as famine spreads and violence escalates
In a statement issued by his Spokesperson on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “appalled” by…
MIDDLE EAST LIVE: Security Council meets on Gaza crisis as starvation threat grows
The Security Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East, with French Foreign…
Gazans face hunger crisis as aid blockade nears two months
Both the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, and the World Food Programme (WFP) report that food…
DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi
“We’re pushed to our limits,” said Ayaki Ito, Director for Emergencies for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. One…