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WFP says Ukraine wheat feedS families in Sudan conflict
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 29th Feb. World food Programme on Wednesday said that over 7,000 tonnes of wheat donated by Ukraine will feed 1 million people in Sudan who are affected by the conflict for a month.
WFP said in a…
OHCHR appalled over public floggings, executions in Afghanistan
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 29th Feb. UN human rights office IN Geneva on Wednesday said that a renewed order of Taliban public executions by gunfire taking place in sports stadiums in several cities in Afghanistan “must…
Doctors described life under Israeli strikes, no medicine, no hope in Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 29th Feb. According to a team of doctors at Al Amal hospital in Gaza on Wednesday described a life under Israeli air strikes in Gaza stated no communications, no medicine and little hope.
Doctors…
UN humanitarians launched $674M appeal, calls for solidarity with Haiti
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 29th Feb. UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti Ulrika Richardson on Wednesday told reporters in a press conference in New York that the humanitarian agencies are hoping that donors will support a…
UN mission reports serious rights violations by Russia in Crimea
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 29th Feb. UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine on Wednesday published a new report documented serious rights violations and infringements of humanitarian law in Crimea, which Russia…
OHCHR head deplores ‘Ghana bill’ new criminal sanctions against LGBTQ
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 29th Feb. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday described a parliamentary bill in Ghana which introduced new criminal sanctions against LGBTQ+ citizens as “profoundly…
UN aviation agency reports air travel up 2% since 2019
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 29th Feb. UN aviation agency on Wednesday announced that air traffic levels are operating at 2% up since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic grounded much of the world’s population in lockdown.…
UN lunched $674M relief plan for Haiti
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 28th Feb. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday told reporters in New York that the UN, Government and partners have launched a $674 million plan to meet humanitarian needs in Haiti this…
WHO head warns noncommunicable diseases in emergencies
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 28th Feb. World health agency and its partners on Tuesday warned that people caught up in humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and other…
UN humanitarians warns famine ‘almost inevitable’ in Gaza, calls to boost aid
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 28th Feb. UN Security Council on Tuesday held an open debate on the food security in Gaza strip as over half a million Gazans are “one step away from famine” told UN humanitarians.
UN deputy head…