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WARSAW— Humanitarian needs continue to rise in war-torn Ukraine where an estimated 7.7 million people are now internally displaced, UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday.Griffiths was addressing the International Donor Conference for Ukraine in Warsaw, co-hosted by Poland and Sweden, in cooperation with the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council.The conference raised a reported $6.5 billion.According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, more than 5.7 million people have now fled across Ukraine’s borders seeking shelter, in the two and a half months since the Russian invasion on 24 February.In a tweet, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said that in his briefing to the conference, he had stressed priorities for the millions of...
May 06, 2022
7.7 million displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief
May 05, 2022
UK and Japan sign military agreement amid Russia concerns
May 05, 2022
Turkey's cost of living soars nearly 70%
May 05, 2022
World’s true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO
May 05, 2022
Macron, Modi call for ’immediate end to suffering’ of Ukrainians
May 05, 2022
Better prevention and targeting of root causes needed to combat food crises
NEW YORK — As part of the “long journey” to recover from the ravages of COVID-19, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid highlighted on Wednesday the need to build a more sustainable, resilient, and responsible global tourism sector.The COVID-19 pandemic ground the entire tourism sector to a halt, dealing a “devastating blow to the global economy,” he told the first-ever High-Level Thematic Debate on Sustainable Tourism.“In 2019, prior to the pandemic, tourism contributed $3.5 trillion to global GDP. The precipitous drop during the pandemic is estimated to have cost up to 120 million jobs”.Communal roleThough easy to sum up the devastation in numbers, capturing the overall toll on people, communities and services, is much harder, particularly for many small island...
May 05, 2022
UN meets to help reverse ‘precipitous drop’ in tourism
May 05, 2022
Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor
GENEVA — The war in Ukraine is having a disproportionate impact on women and minorities, who are facing immense hardship when it comes to health, safety, and access to food, according to a UN-backed report focused on the changing gender dynamics of the conflict.The study by UN Women and the international humanitarian organization CARE, is based on surveys and interviews with people in 19 regions in Ukraine, conducted between April 2 and 6.Women are increasingly becoming heads of households and leaders in their communities as men are conscripted into the fighting, now in its third month.Address different needs However, women remain largely excluded from formal decision-making processes related to humanitarian efforts, peacemaking, and other areas that directly impact their lives.“It’s...
May 05, 2022
Ukraine war: Reports reveal women are stepping up, impact on education
May 04, 2022
London’s new ‘Super Tube’ launch set for May 24
