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UN Humanitarian Chief and Dutch Minister call for urgent international support to meet spiralling humanitarian needs in DR Congo

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock and Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Sigrid Kaag, on March 13, called on the international community to urgently address the crisis facing the Democratic...

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Exceptional allocation of US$30 million from the UN’S Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will sustain UNRWA’S life-saving work

Recognizing the urgent humanitarian needs and deep funding shortage, especially in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock is releasing US$30 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to...

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UN women’s commission opens annual session at ‘pivotal moment’ for gender equality movement

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Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative...

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No end in sight to seven years of war in Syria: children with disabilities at risk of exclusion

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Hanaa, 8, was paralyzed by an exploding bomb in Aleppo and lost the use of her legs. She now uses a...

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