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Nine-year-ole Zahara Ali cooks breakfast in a rural village in the Dubti Woreda, Afar Region, Ethiopia.

Syrian refugee parents Afeesh and Rasha hug their daughters shortly after landing on the Island of Lesvos, Greece.

WHO estimates that at least 51 hospitals have been damaged or partially destroyed over the past six months due to the ongoing conflict in Yemen.

A young boy at a UNICEF winter supplies distribution centre in Damascus, Syria.

Fifteen year old Mohammad sits in front of the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan, where he lives with his family and goes to a UNICEF supported school. He fled in 2015 when the conflict in his hometown in the Golan Heights in south-western Syria intensified.

Photo shows other South Sudanese refugees aboard a boat in Ethiopia, November 2014.

As the resumption of dangerous sea journeys in the Bay of Bengal looms, countries in the region on Friday affirmed that the only way to reduce loss of life at sea is by working together on comprehensive and sustainable approaches to manage mixed migration movements.

Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien (right), refugee agency chief António Guterres (centre) and Director-General of WHO Margaret Chan (left) arrive for the launch of the Global Humanitarian Appeal 2016 to support people affected by disasters and conflicts.

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan Sunday condemned the recent killings of nine civilians when an explosive ordinance was fired into the village of Shahi Khil in Wardak on 4 December, allegedly by Afghan forces.

The 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council took place in a good, constructive and frank atmosphere, laying solid foundations for continuing dialogue on addressing Europe’s security challenges, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić earlier 5 December after the two-day meeting drew to a close.