UN official on 'urgent' mission to besieged Yarmouk refugee camp
11 April 2015 The United Nations agency concerned with the well-being of Palestinian refugees is undertaking an urgent mission to Syria today, prompted by deepening concerns for the safety and...
View ArticleUNESCO condemns destruction at Iraq’s Nimrud site
13 April 2015 The United Nations agency mandated with protecting heritage sites worldwide today denounced further destruction at the archeological site of Nimrud in Iraq, calling the deliberate...
View ArticleWorld must do more to help support Syrian refugees in Lebanon, says UN...
15 April 2015 The United Nations refugee chief called today on the international community to step-up its efforts to ease the plight of Syrian refugees who continue to live in harsh conditions in...
View ArticleUN health agency reports deaths top 1,000 in Yemen, hospitals risk shutdowns...
22 April 2015 As the United Nations humanitarian wing appealed for “any initiative that can reduce the violence” in Yemen, the World Health Organization (WHO) office in the country reported that the...
View ArticleConflict taking ‘immense’ toll on Yemen civilians, UN relief official warns
23 April 2015 Escalating conflict in Yemen over the past month has worsened the already large-scale humanitarian crisis, the top United Nations relief official for the country said today, warning...
View ArticleUN agency alarmed by malnutrition among children displaced from Yarmouk camp
26 April 2015 As the United Nations agency tasked with supporting Palestine refugees continued today to provide essential humanitarian assistance to civilians who have been displaced from Yarmouk and...
View ArticleBan condemns attack on Yarmouk, as UN agency delivers 'critical' relief...
29 April 2015 The Secretary-General has today strongly condemned the shelling and aerial bombardment of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, which occurred despite assurances from the Syrian...
View ArticleArriving for talks in Gaza, new UN envoy urges Palestinian unity, end to...
30 April 2015 On his first visit to Gaza, the new United Nations envoy on the Middle East peace process pledged today the Organization’s ongoing support for efforts to reconstruct the war-ravaged...
View ArticleAmid reports of new attack on Yarmouk camp, UN agency urges Syria to halt...
2 May 2015 After a reported overnight attack on Yarmouk refugee camp, the United Nations relief agency assisting Palestinians across the Middle East has called on the Syrian Government to refrain...
View ArticleYemen: UN envoy sets out on ‘intensive consultation’ aimed at getting...
6 May 2015 The United Nations Special Envoy on Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, is conducting intensive consultations aimed at getting the political process back on track for the country, where...
View ArticleSenior UN official warns of ‘widespread and systematic’ sexual violence in...
7 May 2015 Sexual violence is being committed strategically, in a widespread and systematic manner, and with a high-degree of sophistication by most parties to the conflict in Syria and Iraq, the...
View ArticleYemen conflict is taking 'dreadful toll' on civilians: UN top relief...
10 May 2015 The conflict in Yemen is taking a dreadful toll on civilians, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the country has warned, as he also expressed deep concern over yesterday’s...
View ArticleYemen: UN welcomes ceasefire as ‘lifesaving’ humanitarian relief begins to...
13 May 2015 The top United Nations humanitarian official has welcomed the commencement of a ceasefire in Yemen aimed at allowing the delivery of “lifesaving” relief and aid to the country’s civilian...
View ArticleAt Security Council, UN officials warn against ‘waning’ global attention to...
14 May 2015 The complexities and complications surrounding the plight of civilians in Iraq remain “enormous” amid slow political progress and ongoing violence throughout the country, a senior United...
View ArticleUN-facilitated Yemen consultations set for 14 June; Ban urges parties to...
6 June 2015 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the readiness of President Abd Rabou Mansour Hadi of Yemen to send a delegation to participate in United Nations-facilitated Yemeni-Yemeni...
View ArticleIn Geneva, UN envoy meets Syria stakeholders amid ongoing consultations
10 June 2015 The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria is continuing a series of critical meetings with Syrian and international stakeholders as part of the ongoing Geneva Consultations and in an...
View ArticleSyria: UN rights officials deplore government aerial attacks; warn of...
12 June 2015 Condemning the rising number of Government aerial attacks in Syria and the use of indiscriminate weapons, such as barrel bombs, including in civilian populated areas, a group of United...
View ArticleIn Geneva, Ban says international community has ‘obligation to act’ for Yemen...
15 June 2015 The international community has not a moment to lose if it is to help end the fighting in Yemen and broker a lasting peace for the country, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
View ArticleYemen: Envoy says UN-backed consultations ‘important start towards return to...
17 June 2015 The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has deemed the fact that both Yemeni delegations are in now Geneva to participate in the UN-facilitated...
View ArticleYemen facing serious food insecurity as conflict deteriorates, new UN study...
18 June 2015 Six million people in Yemen are slipping towards severe hunger and now need emergency food and life-saving assistance, “a sharp increase” from the last quarter of 2014, according to a...
View Article
