UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flights into and out of Yemen's Sanaa airport scheduled for Thursday have been canceled, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The civil aviation authorities in Sanaa have effectively prev...
The office also said the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed more than 8,400 hot meals to people forced to flee their homes in Port-au-Prince, the capital city. Florencia Soto Nino, a UN spokeswoman, said the airlift on Tuesday was operated by the WFP's UN Humanitarian Air Service....
TRIPOLI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Germany had supported the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in Libya with 500,000 euros (about 547,400 U.S. dollars), German Ambassador to Libya said Sunday. "Humanitarian access is essential to reach people in need. Germany granted additional 500,...
"There have been no humanitarian convoy movements into the Tigray region since Aug. 23, preventing deliveries of humanitarian supplies such as additional fertilizer for the agricultural season," the office said. The twice-weekly UN Humanitarian Air Service flights between Addis Ababa and Tigray's reg...
Despite UN objection, the taxes remain, he said. UN Humanitarian Coordinator Anita Kiki Gbeho warned that the new taxes and charges imposed since February would add 339,000 U.S. dollars monthly to the cost of food assistance and the operations of the UN Humanitarian Air Service. The funds ...
UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The first UN aid cargo flight in three months landed Thursday in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, UN humanitarians said Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the UN Humanitarian Air Service flight from Panama...
The first aerial assessment took place Monday with a UN Humanitarian Air Service flight, said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. "Other needs assessments carried out by teams on the ground will follow for a more comprehensive overview to inform response priorities...
Just this weekend, Israeli airstrikes once again hit Damascus airport, once again temporarily halting the UN Humanitarian Air Service which operates from this airport and services Syria's humanitarian programs, she noted. "Targeting civilian infrastructure is prohibited under international law." ...
Earlier this week, the UN Humanitarian Air Service transported nutritional supplements, which the World Food Programme and its partners plan to use in Cite Soleil. The Air Service also continues to bring in hospital beds, as part of UN support to the cholera response, he said. ...
Additionally, OCHA said UN Humanitarian Air Service flights for staff resumed for Mekelle and Shire. However, the more than 450 trucks carrying government, UN and nongovernmental organization aid into Tigray between Nov. 15 and 24 is far from what is needed to meet relief in the area, OCHA sa...