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12 December 2011 - 4:36pmTwenty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution, 46/182, to establish a global humanitarian system. The resolution called for governments and aid agencies around the world to work together to deal with the rising number of crises. Two decades on, that system is more... -
12 December 2011 - 2:11pmThe UN and aid agencies appealed for US$38 million today to help nearly 700,000 people living in war-torn and disaster-prone areas in the southern Filipino island of Mindanao. “The situation remains fragile, and the people continue to live in fear and uncertainty,” said Jacqui Badcock, UN... -
9 December 2011 - 6:38pmThe UN and aid agencies appealed today for US$268 million to help feed 1.5 million people in Zimbabwe next year, as well as to address other urgent humanitarian needs. More than one in ten Zimbabweans will need food assistance in the first half of the year, and one million children under-five are... -
8 December 2011 - 2:32pmIyad Yousif Alfairy shares his shelter in Jabalia Refugee Camp in North Gaza with 14 family members. Like many in the camp, Alfairy’s shelter is rundown, overcrowded and in desperate need of repair. During the rainy season, manholes overflow and raw sewage floods in from the streets. “We pray... -
7 December 2011 - 7:21pmRepresentatives from almost 150 countries gathered at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) headquarters in Geneva today to commemorate two fundamental conventions - the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. As one of OCHA’s key humanitarian partners...
