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OCHA head reports of potential ceasefire deal in Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 8th Feb. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths on Wednesday hailed early indications of a “potential breakthrough” in negotiations…
UNICEF deplores air strike on schools in Myanmar
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 8th Feb. UN Children’s Fund on Wednesday has strongly condemned Monday’s deadly airstrike on two schools in eastern Myanmar resulted in the deaths of 4 children and 2 teachers, and many injured.…
DR Congo faces fresh fighting, devastating floods says UN officials
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 8th Feb. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Wednesday told reporters in a regular press briefing in New York that the UN humanitarian officials voiced deep concern over the escalating…
UN aid official deplores new Russian attacks in Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 8th Feb. UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown on Wednesday has condemned a new wave of Russian attacks on cities and towns in Ukraine.
She noted that the morning assault…
Baloch leader Hyrbyair Marri urges people to boycott Pakistan ‘sham elections’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 8th Feb. According to news media reports on Wednesday the pro-freedom Baloch leader and Free Balochistan Movement President Hyrbyair Marri has urged Baloch people not to participate in Pakistan’s…
Top envoy calls for ceasefire in Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 8th Feb. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr.Tor Wennesland on Wednesday underscored the importance of a ceasefire in Gaza at the press conference in New York.
Tor…
OCHA fears Israeli ground invasion of Rafah
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Tuesday that any move by Israel to extend its full-scale invasion of Gaza into the massively overcrowded southern city of Rafah could lead to…
WFP voiced worst food security in Ethiopia boosts aid deliveries
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. World Food Programme on Tuesday boosts its efforts to deliver lifesaving assistance to 3 million people in Ethiopia to avert “a major humanitarian catastrophe” as severe hunger ripples…
OCHA head warns survivors of Türkiye-Syria quakes still suffering
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Tuesday said in a statement that tens of thousands of families survived devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria last year have…
UN envoy in Iraq appeals restraint as Middle East at a ‘critical juncture’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN Special Representative and the head of the UNAMI Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on Tuesday warned the members of the Security Council that attacks originated both within and outside Iraq…