Gaza: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’

Gaza: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’

OCHA warned that the maritime corridor cannot replace critical land routes, which are the quickest and most effective way of delivering humanitarian aid in the besieged enclave, where more than two million Palestinians desperately need food, shelter and other assistance.  “Any and all aid into Gaza is welcome by any route,” Spokesperson Jens Laerke told…

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Land and basic services are ‘your rights, not favours’, UN deputy-chief

Land and basic services are ‘your rights, not favours’, UN deputy-chief

Ms. Mohammed on Friday wrapped up a week of development-focused meetings with Government officials in the vast South American country with a stop in Belém, capital of the northern state of Pará, gateway to Brazil’s lower Amazon region.  During roundtable discussions about the future of the Amazon region with representatives of civil society and the…

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We will not allow our land to be used against any country, assured the Afghan Foreign Minister

We will not allow our land to be used against any country, assured the Afghan Foreign Minister

Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Motaqi assured that Afghan soil will not be used against any country. According to the spokesperson of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met Pakistan’s Special Representative Asif Durrani in Kabul. The foreign minister discussed economic and trade issues between the two countries. Amir Khan…

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Israel has turned Palestinian land into a prison, UN says

Israel has turned Palestinian land into a prison, UN says

Geneva: The United Nations has said that Israel has practically imprisoned more than 800,000 Palestinians in the occupied territory of Palestine. According to Al Jazeera’s report, Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Representative for the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories, while presenting a report at the ongoing 53rd session of the Human…

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"Secession is the only solution" Christian tribe in Manipur land tight, clashes intensify

“Secession is the only solution” Christian tribe in Manipur land tight, clashes intensify

Clashes against Christians have intensified in the Indian state of Manipur. According to details, 92 people were allegedly killed, 302 injured and nearly 30,000 people displaced in anti-Christian violence in Manipur, the situation in the Indian state remains tense and unstable. The Kuki Christian tribe says that giving the Meitei community the status of a…

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