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11 Mar 16
The United Nations Development Programme has come to a €59m funding agreement with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Chad.
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11 Mar 16
Many European countries’ strategies and investments for e-health are lacking, resulting in inefficient systems that are putting lives at risk, the World Health Organisation has warned.
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9 Mar 16
International Public Sector Accounting Standards are helping to build “a more accountable and efficient United Nations”, the organisation’s budget and administrative committee has said.
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2 Mar 16
Intensive efforts are needed to spur economic growth and opportunity in Kosovo as political turmoil hampers progress, chief of the United Nations mission in the country has warned.
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29 Feb 16
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has called on European countries to keep their borders open, and voiced concern over the restrictions pursued by Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and other...
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29 Feb 16
The key development role migrants play in Asia Pacific is being overlooked, preventing policies to maximise these benefits from taking shape, according to a United Nations report.
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26 Feb 16
The United Nations emergency fund has released $21m to deliver humanitarian aid for those affected by conflict and connected food insecurity in South Sudan.
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25 Feb 16
A Ugandan farmers’ association has called on the United Nations to sever its ties to an agriculture firm accused of land-grabbing and deforestation in the country.
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24 Feb 16
The United Nations refugee agency has criticised some European countries for shifting problems onward with their restrictive practices for refugees, resulting in undue hardship, chaos, and potential...
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23 Feb 16
Russia and the US have reached a new deal to enforce a ceasefire in Syria from 27 February, subject to agreement between warring parties.
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22 Feb 16
The humanitarian crisis in Libya is worsening as the aid community struggles with a mere 2.6% of the required funding, the chief of the United Nations mission in Libya has warned.
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19 Feb 16
The United Nations has appealed for $1.8bn in aid for Yemen to provide humanitarian support for 13.6 million people in the country affected by its civil war.
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18 Feb 16
The United Nations and the government of Colombia have launched a multi-donor post-conflict trust fund to support peace and stability.
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18 Feb 16
The World Health Organization says it needs $56m to implement its global strategy to guide the international response to the spread of mosquito-borne Zika virus and associated complications.
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17 Feb 16
The United Nations special envoy for Syria hopes to reconvene peace talks next week after they were put on hold earlier this month, a spokesman announced yesterday.
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17 Feb 16
The UK is to send food packages and medical supplies to Malawi, where drought exacerbated by El Niño has caused the country’s worst food crisis in a decade.
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16 Feb 16
The United Nations and the regional authority of Darfur in Sudan have today signed project agreements worth $88.5m, which will see the reconstruction and development of the troubled state.
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15 Feb 16
Libya’s presidential council has announced a new line up of ministers who could form the war-torn country’s unity government, bringing fresh hopes for peace after years of violence.
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12 Feb 16
The humanitarian community is appealing for $571m in funding to support 1.6 million Palestinians living in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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10 Feb 16
The humanitarian community is appealing for urgent funding as aid workers race against the clock to scale up their response to unprecedented levels of hunger in South Sudan.
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5 Feb 16
The United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency launched a $414m appeal for its work with Palestinian refugees affected by the conflict in Syria amidst the high-level donors’ conference in London...
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5 Feb 16
The Syria donor’s conference held in London yesterday secured pledges of over $10bn – the largest ever raised for a humanitarian appeal in one day.
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4 Feb 16
A high-level conference that hopes to rally international support for the Syrian crisis has opened today with pledges worth billions of pounds from the event’s hosts.
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3 Feb 16
Humanitarian workers in Mali have appealed for $354m to help 1 million people, mainly in the northern and central areas of the country, who have been affected by conflict.
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3 Feb 16
The rate of young refugees arriving in Europe has dramatically increased since last year, with one in three of those arriving now being children, UNICEF has warned.
11 Mar 16The United Nations Development Programme has come to a €59m funding agreement with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Chad.
11 Mar 16Many European countries’ strategies and investments for e-health are lacking, resulting in inefficient systems that are putting lives at risk, the World Health Organisation has warned.
9 Mar 16International Public Sector Accounting Standards are helping to build “a more accountable and efficient United Nations”, the organisation’s budget and administrative committee has said.
2 Mar 16Intensive efforts are needed to spur economic growth and opportunity in Kosovo as political turmoil hampers progress, chief of the United Nations mission in the country has warned.
29 Feb 16United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has called on European countries to keep their borders open, and voiced concern over the restrictions pursued by Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and other...
29 Feb 16The key development role migrants play in Asia Pacific is being overlooked, preventing policies to maximise these benefits from taking shape, according to a United Nations report.
26 Feb 16The United Nations emergency fund has released $21m to deliver humanitarian aid for those affected by conflict and connected food insecurity in South Sudan.
25 Feb 16A Ugandan farmers’ association has called on the United Nations to sever its ties to an agriculture firm accused of land-grabbing and deforestation in the country.
23 Feb 16Russia and the US have reached a new deal to enforce a ceasefire in Syria from 27 February, subject to agreement between warring parties.
22 Feb 16The humanitarian crisis in Libya is worsening as the aid community struggles with a mere 2.6% of the required funding, the chief of the United Nations mission in Libya has warned.
19 Feb 16The United Nations has appealed for $1.8bn in aid for Yemen to provide humanitarian support for 13.6 million people in the country affected by its civil war.
18 Feb 16The United Nations and the government of Colombia have launched a multi-donor post-conflict trust fund to support peace and stability.
18 Feb 16The World Health Organization says it needs $56m to implement its global strategy to guide the international response to the spread of mosquito-borne Zika virus and associated complications.
17 Feb 16The United Nations special envoy for Syria hopes to reconvene peace talks next week after they were put on hold earlier this month, a spokesman announced yesterday.
17 Feb 16The UK is to send food packages and medical supplies to Malawi, where drought exacerbated by El Niño has caused the country’s worst food crisis in a decade.
16 Feb 16The United Nations and the regional authority of Darfur in Sudan have today signed project agreements worth $88.5m, which will see the reconstruction and development of the troubled state.
12 Feb 16The humanitarian community is appealing for $571m in funding to support 1.6 million Palestinians living in the occupied Palestinian territory.
5 Feb 16The United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency launched a $414m appeal for its work with Palestinian refugees affected by the conflict in Syria amidst the high-level donors’ conference in London...
5 Feb 16The Syria donor’s conference held in London yesterday secured pledges of over $10bn – the largest ever raised for a humanitarian appeal in one day.
4 Feb 16A high-level conference that hopes to rally international support for the Syrian crisis has opened today with pledges worth billions of pounds from the event’s hosts.
3 Feb 16Humanitarian workers in Mali have appealed for $354m to help 1 million people, mainly in the northern and central areas of the country, who have been affected by conflict.
3 Feb 16The rate of young refugees arriving in Europe has dramatically increased since last year, with one in three of those arriving now being children, UNICEF has warned.
