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Sana’a Determined on Cooperation in Humanitarian Field, US Obstruction Unreasonable
The Director of the Office of the President met with the President of the Supreme Council for the Administration and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation, Ahmed Hamed, and the Regional Director of the United…
World remains a ‘violent, highly discriminatory place’ for girls
Twenty-five years after the historic Beijing women’s conference in China – a milestone in advancing equal rights – violence against women and girls is not only common, but widely accepted, a new UN report revealed on…
‘We can’t stop COVID-19 without protecting health workers’: WHO chief
A shortage of protective equipment is endangering health workers worldwide, warned the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday, citing “severe and mounting disruption to the global supply” caused by “rising demand, panic buying,…
DR Congo: With Ebola on the wane, UN agencies prepare to combat coronavirus
After more than a year of battling an Ebola virus outbreak that killed more than 2,200 people, UN officials are “cautiously optimistic” that the epidemic in the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will soon be…
Myanmar doing too little to ensure displaced Rohingya return: UN refugee agency chief
UN agencies together with the Bangladesh authorities have appealed for $877 million to support hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, where conditions are still not conducive for their safe return, UN refugee…
No country is free from child sexual abuse, exploitation, UN’s top rights forum hears
Child sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and the use of children in prostitution “are a reality in all parts of the world”, the Human Rights Council heard on Tuesday.
In a report to Member States at the…
UN ‘determined to stand by the people of Syria’ says Lowcock, as grave humanitarian crisis…
The United Nations is “determined to stand by” civilians across Syria’s war-torn northwest, as “a grave humanitarian crisis” continues, the UN emergency relief chief said on Tuesday.
Speaking from Hatay,…
7 int’l orgs sign agreement regulating humanitarian work in Yemen
Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Abdelmohsen Tawoos and representatives of seven international organizations signed on Tuesday on an agreement to organize the work of…
No suspected or infected case of coronavirus in Yemen: Health Ministry
The Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population on Tuesday night said that it has not registered any suspected case or confirmed case of coronavirus in Yemen so far.
Dr. Abdulhakim al-Kohlani, a spokesman for the joint technical…
Al-Mutawakkil :UAE seeking to infect Yemenis with coronavirus
Yemeni Health Minister Taha Al-Mutawakkil slammed UAE’s plots to infect Yemenis with the novel coronavirus, Covid-19.
In a local event, he said that UAE is planning to send a number of Covid-19 suspected patients to Yemen’s Mocha and…