Gujrat: Cyclone Bipar Joy hit the coast of the Indian state of Gujarat, the effects of which were seen in the state of India. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, Cyclone ‘Bapar Joy’ hit the coast of the Indian state of Gujarat yesterday evening. Krishna always helps 🦚#Cyclone #BiparjoyAlert #CycloneBiporjoy #Kutch pic.twitter.com/kLAqMpmTZx — Durgesh Chavda…
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths warned in a statement issued late on Thursday night that conditions in the province were particularly dire: babies dying in hospitals, children and mothers suffering from severe malnutrition, camps for displaced persons burned down and sexual violence on the rise. He deplored spreading inter-communal violence in Darfur that threatens…
“Equal land rights both protect land and advance gender equality,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, in a video message, urging all governments to eliminate legal barriers to women owning land, and to involve them in policy making. “We depend on land for our survival, yet we treat it like dirt,” the UN chief added, emphasizing…
The rapid changes in the Artic and Antarctic have serious implications for these regions, and for global weather and climate. The alert follows expert meetings held earlier this month in Europe. Scientists are concerned Sea ice extent is among key climate indicators used by WMO in its State of the Global Climate reports. Others include greenhouse gases, sea level…
Lachezara Stoeva was addressing a special crisis meeting on Haiti organized by ECOSOC to address the country’s urgent food security needs and noted that the humanitarian response plan for this year is only 22.6 per cent funded. Wake-up call “This plan targets 3.2 million Haitian people whereas around 5.2 million Haitian people are in need….
Duty to rescue people in distress In a joint statement, refugee agency UNHCR and migration agency IOM, said that the duty to rescue people in distress at sea without delay was a “fundamental” rule of the international maritime law. They underscored that the current approach to Mediterranean Sea crossings – one of the world’s most…
On Friday, relief supplies were delivered to vulnerable families in the rural Kherson region close to the front line. The destruction of the dam on 6 June has impacted water supplies, sanitation and sewage systems, in addition to health services. Boat deliveries As part of the aid effort, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UN…
“This is obviously an important time for the mission, coinciding with discussions on the renewal of its mandate, and also for Mali, which continues to face complex security and other forms of challenges,” Special Representative El-Ghassim Wane told ambassadors. The long-awaited vote on Sunday marks the first phase towards presidential elections next year following a…
King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman From 1996 to 2023, Saudi Arabia provided 96 billion dollars in humanitarian aid and assistance to 167 countries. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s adviser on humanitarian aid and relief center, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Rabiyyah, told this in a meeting with…
Photo courtesy of Chinese Media A woman in China has decided to return her husband’s donations after he came out of a coma. According to Chinese media, more than 4,000 people donated 26,500 dollars to the woman after her husband was injured in a car accident and went into a coma. According to reports, the…
