UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday reported that aid convoys have reached conflict-affected populations in the non-government controlled area of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, a UN spokesman told reporters here. "It was the first delivery in five months ...
While thousands of homeless people are worrying about their next meal, the Biden administration is splurging billions of dollars on arms aid to Ukraine. This has prompted analysts to call on the administration to spend money where it's needed most, for example to combat domestic homelessness, in...
UNITED NATIONS, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Humanitarians' top priorities are allowing civilians to leave areas under fire in Ukraine and getting desperately needed aid to these areas, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Monday. Together with Catherine Russell, head...
The Biden administration has asked Congress to greenlight an additional $24 billion in security and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, but Republicans who control the House have all but ignored that request as lawmakers scramble to ensure government funding remains flowing beyond the end of September. Anima...
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The campaign, which follows a similar multipronged approach to funding for aid to Ukraine, opened on Tuesday. The U.N. plan is to transfer the 1.1 million barrels of oil to a safe temporary vessel and then arrange long-term replacement storage. The entire operation ...
A resolution proposed by Russia for aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine failed to pass at the UN Security Council on Wednesday. On the same day, the UN General Assembly also convened an emergency meeting, where Ukraine proposed a draft which states that Russia's ...
Notwithstanding the Ukraine war, not all aspects of the UN's activities should be judged a failure. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has been very effective at providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) provides life-saving assi...
He said that since the start of the year, the world organization and its partners delivered 140 metric tons of life-saving aid across the contact line. "Here again, our actions are based entirely on humanitarian principles endorsed by the General Assembly," the UN chief said. "United Nations...
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