Humanitarian Aid
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From the General Assembly to Harlem: Mandela’s call to action endures
Sixty-seven minutes. That is how long volunteers spent serving lunch to people experiencing food insecurity at Refettorio Harlem in New…
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LIVE: Haiti endures violence and hunger, but hopes grow for a more secure future
Haiti’s future success depends on “security, political engagement, and humanitarian action reinforcing each other,” the UN’s most senior official in…
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World News in Brief: Schools closed in West Bank, AI in healthcare, Indigenous rights
Access to education continues to worsen in the West Bank, the United Nations reported on Wednesday. For more than a…
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Afghanistan: 3.7 million young lives at risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warns
Some 3.7 million children under five in Afghanistan are at heightened risk of malnutrition due to food insecurity, poor diets…
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Diplomats go virtual to witness Gaza displacement site up close
Representatives from 12 countries carried out a “virtual diplomatic field visit” to a displacement site in the Gaza Strip and…
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World must move faster on Ebola response for DR Congo: UN relief chief
The world must move faster to contain the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN…
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‘Help is coming’: UN relief chief briefs on Venezuela quake recovery
The widespread solidarity shown to Venezuela must now be transformed into real, practical support for recovery from the deadly double…
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Afghanistan among the world’s largest displacement crises
Afghanistan faces one of the world’s biggest displacement crises amid poverty, drought and earthquakes, UN agencies warned on Monday. A…
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Venezuela earthquake disaster: needs ‘skyrocketing’, say relief agencies
In Venezuela, a rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble,…
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Quake latest: Food grows scarcer for thousands of Venezuelan families
The deadly Venezuela quakes have deepened hardship for families who already needed support and left others without homes, income or…
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