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  1. Humanitarians underscore need for urgent and sustained support in Gaza

    - UN News

    As the UN and partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance across the Gaza Strip, the scale of needs remains overwhelming, requiring urgent and sustained support, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Monday.

  2. Sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine paramount, Security Council hears

    - UN News

    A senior UN political affairs official on Monday reaffirmed that any peace deal in Ukraine must respect the country’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.

  3. UN launches $6 billion Sudan appeal, as famine takes hold

    - UN News

    More than one in two people in war-torn Sudan have too little to eat, famine “is taking hold” and sexual violence is rife, the UN’s top aid official said on Monday, as the global body launched an appeal for $6 billion to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in the devastated country and beyond.

  4. DR Congo crisis: WFP condemns looting in Bukavu after M23 rebels take key city

    - UN News

    The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of thousands of tonnes of relief supplies in the city of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels swept in at the weekend, reportedly meeting little resistance.

  5. Afghan Refugees, Among Others, Feel the Impact of USAID Funding Freeze

    - Inter Press Service

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 16 (IPS) - “I was shocked when told by a security guard that the clinic has been closed down. I, along with my relatives, used to visit the clinic for free checkups,” Jamila Begum, 22, an Afghan woman, told IPS.

  6. UN chief welcomes continued Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

    - UN News

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the latest round of hostage releases in Gaza and the continued implementation of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

  7. Africa 'brimming with hope and possibility': Guterres

    - UN News

    The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, emphasized the potential of Africa and its young population and called for global reforms to right the injustices of the past, in remarks delivered to the high-level African Union (AU) summit on Saturday.

  8. Bangladesh: UN Human Rights Denounces Former Governments Violations Against Protestors

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 (IPS) - A new report from the UN Human Rights Office confirms that Bangladesh’s former government coordinated and committed human rights violations against its civilians to suppress the protest movement in July last year, with the high commissioner calling for justice and serious reform to end the cycle of violence and retribution.

  9. Development Effectiveness & the Quality of Financing: Towards a More Holistic Approach at Seville

    - Inter Press Service

    STOCKHOLM Sweden / MILAN, Italy, Feb 14 (IPS) - When world leaders gather in Seville for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in June, they will be meeting at a pivotal moment: one defined by mounting systemic risks, a multiplication of crises, and proliferation and fragmentation of development co-operation actors and funds.

  10. US Pullout Gives Upper Hand to Human Rights Abusers Worldwide

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 (IPS) - When some of the world’s “authoritarian and repressive regimes” were elected as members of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) --including Cuba, China, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -- a US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher infamously remarked: “The inmates have taken over the asylum, I don’t plan to give the lunatics any more American tax dollars to play with.”

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