The international airport had been closed due to rampant gang violence in the country. The flight carried nearly 15 metric tonnes of medicine and medical supplies to be added to the resources of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Mr. Dujarric said this will “support critical, lifesaving operations as insecurity…
“We have distributed an enormous amount of essential medical supplies, but it’s not enough. I mean, this is such an overwhelming disaster, it’s not enough,” said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Palestine. Speaking in Geneva on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly, the senior WHO official echoed widespread…
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the authorities to conduct prompt, thorough and independent investigations into the attacks that took place on Christmas Eve and to hold those responsible to account in fair trials. The violence occurred in the Plateau state, an ethnically and religiously diverse region, where inter-communal conflict has…
“Right now, parents in Gaza do not know whether they can feed their children today and whether they will even survive to see tomorrow. The suffering just meters away is unfathomable standing on this side of the border,” said Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP). “Today, I’m making an urgent…
London: Britain has supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow missiles with a range of more than 250 km (155 miles). British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told lawmakers that the weapons “have been smuggled into Ukraine”. The Ukrainian president, on the other hand, said that Kiev is waiting for more Western armored vehicles to arrive to launch…
When the Azerbaijani young man with the pain of humanity went out in his 1981 car to serve the victims of the earthquake in Turkey, he did not know that he would soon be rewarded for his service. A video is going viral on various social media platforms in which a 33-year-old Azerbaijani youth, Sarwar…
AIsrael launched ‘Operation Wolf Branches’ to help earthquake victims in Turkey, 15 planes of military personnel, medical teams and relief supplies reached Turkey. Under this operation, the medical team of Israel has reached Turkey today. A joint delegation of the Israeli army and the Ministry of Health carried 230 military personnel and hundreds of tons…
