Edited News | WFP
The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that it is facing a 70 per cent funding shortfall in Myanmar, where millions face growing food insecurity.
Edited News , Press Conferences | OCHA
Ceasefire in Tigray more urgent than ever: UN emergency relief chief
Edited News | WHO
Attacks on healthcare facilities and personnel from 2018-2020 in 17 countries have had a devastating impact on the delivery of lifesaving services around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Edited News | OHCHR , WFP
The people of Beirut need to see accountability for the deepening crisis they have faced after the devastating port blasts in the Lebanese capital 12 months ago, the UN right chief said on Tuesday.
Edited News | UNICEF , OCHA , WFP
UN Children's Fund UNICEF warned on Friday of an estimated tenfold increase in the number of children requiring treatment for acute malnutrition over the next 12 months in Tigray, the development coming amid calls for greater aid access to the wartorn Ethiopian region from UN emergency relief chief...
Edited News | UNICEF
“Education, safety, friends and food have been replaced by anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy,” because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Tuesday.
Edited News | WHO
World Health Organization spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic on the WHO Director-General’s call for support from China in the continued scientific search for the origins of COVID-19.
Edited News | WFP
The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service completed its first scheduled passenger flight to Mekelle on Thursday after a month-long break linked to the eight-month conflict in Tigray, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Edited News , Press Conferences | UNHCR , WHO , UNOG , WMO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and the World Health Organization.
Edited News , Press Conferences | WHO , WFP
UN humanitarians appealed on Tuesday for better access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, after the first aid trucks in days to reach the local capital, Mekelle, encountered multiple, rigorous checks on their way there.