UN humanitarian flight takes vital medical supplies to Haiti
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…
Gaza medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low: WHO
“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…
INTERVIEW: Unpacking Egypt’s vital aid role in Gaza and Sudan
UN News spoke with Elena Panova, UN Resident Coordinator in Egypt, and Neveen Alqabbaj, Vice-President of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society and Egypt’s Minister of Social Solidarity, about how thousands…
World News in Brief: Houthis order US-UK staffers to leave, cholera response scales up in Somalia, teachers vital to fight against hate speech
Confirming the order from the de facto authorities, who control the capital Sana’a along with many other areas of the war-torn country, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters that the…
Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief
UN humanitarians are warning the level of assistance for many Gazans is now “almost catastrophic”. The development came as UN aid coordination office OCHA in its latest update on Wednesday…
Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day
And as the UN emergency relief coordination office, OCHA, reported that people in the south were queuing for kilometres to obtain cooking gas and resorting to burning window frames and…
WFP resumes ‘vital’ food distributions to refugees across Ethiopia
Families living in refugee camps, including new arrivals who have fled from Sudan, are receiving food parcels for the first time since WFP paused food distributions in June, following reports…
Reforms vital to build confidence, Japanese leader tells UN Assembly
Addressing the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate Fumio Kishida urged reforms of the Security Council, including increased representation of Africa and expanding both its permanent and non-permanent membership, to restore…
UN’s work and mission ‘more vital than ever’: Guterres
In his Annual Report on the work of the Organization, released on Wednesday, ahead of the gathering of world leaders at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres highlighted how…
UN chief hails SE Asia for vital role ‘building bridges of understanding’
António Guterres was speaking in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the opening of the ASEAN-United Nations Summit, addressing Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and declaring “our partnership is…