Humanitarian Aid

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Syria: Top UN officials appeal to donors to help end ‘shocking’ scale of suffering 

30 June 2020
Middle East

The UN chief called on the world to step up “financial, humanitarian and political commitments”, to help end nearly a decade of brutal conflict and suffering across Syria, in a video message delivered to the fourth Brussels Donor Conference on Tuesday.

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Extend cross border 'lifeline' into Syria, Lowcock urges Security Council

29 June 2020

With COVID-19 cases in Syria multiplying, its economy in freefall, and some households cooking weeds to eat in order to survive, the UN’s emergency relief coordinator is pressing the Security Council to extend its authorization for cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey.

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Food is best vaccine against chaos, insists UN World Food Programme head

29 June 2020

Tens of millions more people are likely to go hungry this year because of the COVID-19 crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday, as it announced plans for a massive boost to its global aid operation so it can reach them.

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Syrians ‘face unprecedented hunger amid impending COVID crisis’

26 June 2020

Syrian communities devastated by years of civil war now face an “unprecedented” hunger crisis, just as urgent action is needed to prevent COVID-19 from spreading, UN humanitarians said on Friday.

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Yemen: millions of children facing deadly hunger, amidst aid shortages and COVID-19

26 June 2020
Middle East

Millions of children in the heart of the world’s worst humanitarian disaster could be pushed to the brink of starvation, due to huge shortfalls in humanitarian aid funding amid the coronavirus pandemic, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. 

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DR Congo: COVID-19 slows pace of reform, exacerbates fragile security situation

25 June 2020
Africa

The head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is asking the Security Council for its continued support as the mission adds the fight against COVID-19 to its to-do list, while also dealing with a fragile security situation in the east of the country.

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Coronavirus: 10 million infections milestone looms – WHO's Tedros

24 June 2020

The world is on track to reach 10 million coronavirus cases within the next week, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief executive said on Wednesday, a “sober reminder” that as research continues into therapeutics and vaccines, utmost efforts are needed now to suppress transmission and save lives.

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Countries urged to act over potential HIV drug shortages, within next two months

22 June 2020
Global

Stocks of medication for HIV patients could run out in the next two months, because of higher costs linked to lockdowns and COVID-19 border closures, UNAIDS said on Monday.

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Without funds, ‘no choice’ but to suspend most aid flights, warns WFP

19 June 2020

A critical warning was issued by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday, declaring that it may soon have “no choice” but to suspend “most” of its critical aid flights, because of a lack of funding.

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UN refugee chief laments nearly 80 million people forcibly displaced

18 June 2020
Global

Global displacement reached a staggering 79.5 million people last year - almost double the number of people in crisis registered a decade ago – owing to war, violence, persecution and other emergencies, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday.