“While the last few years have been incredibly difficult for many of those affected by the conflict, I was very encouraged to see the progress made towards peace in northern Ethiopia and to witness all the efforts made in getting more aid to the people who lost everything,” Filippo Grandi said, concluding a three-day visit…
File photo The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, announced a relief fund of 100 million dollars for the earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey. According to Arab media, a relief fund of 50.50 million dollars has been announced for the victims of both countries. According to reports, a…
The United Nations has said that it is reviewing the aid needed for relief activities in Turkey and Syria. The Secretary General of the World Organization, Antonio Guterres, said in this regard that earthquake victims depend on the help of the international community. Help is urgently needed in earthquake-affected areas where access is difficult. On…
The Norwegian government has announced a $7.3 billion aid package for Ukraine over the next 5 years. The government said that aid money will also be given to other conflict-affected countries. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr told media representatives that we will continue to provide Ukraine with 15 billion kroner (one billion 46 million 15…
Medicines, roofing repair kits, bottled water and solar lamps were offloaded, highlighting the desperate plight of many thousands of people who are unable or unwilling to leave their homes, amid “regular” shelling attacks. On Thursday, a five-lorry inter agency convoy reached the town of Hulyaipole in the Zaporizhia region – home to Europe’s largest nuclear…
Associate Spokesperson Florencia Soto Niño told correspondents at the regular noon briefing in New York that aid distribution had expanded in the Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions, but some pockets remained that have not yet been accessed. Relief for 3.8 million people “Since the Cessation of Hostilities agreement in mid-November, more than 127,000 tons of…
Representing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), they stressed that the world’s largest humanitarian operation – supporting some 28 million people in Afghanistan – simply cannot function without women staff. The officials reported on their mission to the country last week, in the wake of the edict prohibiting Afghan women from working with local and international…
“As we move into 2023, the Syrian people remain trapped in a profound humanitarian, political, military, security, economic and human rights crisis of great complexity and almost unimaginable scale,” said Geir Pedersen, UN Special Envoy for Syria. Outlining recent developments, he reiterated his previous calls for calm on the ground, good faith engagement in Syria’s stalled Constitutional Committee…
Saudi Arabia has indicated that it will not give financial aid without any conditions in the future. In an interview with a foreign news agency, the Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Al-Jadaan, said that Saudi Arabia gives direct grants and deposits without any conditions, but this policy is now is being changed. Now,…
