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Covid-19 crisis: India pins hope on more vaccine supply from the US

The US government promised to stand with India as it continues to fight the resurgence of the pandemic

UN agencies ready to support Cyclone Yaas response efforts in India

As Tropical Cyclone Yaas ravaged parts of India's eastern coast, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said the world body and its agencies stand ready to support

UN calls for immediate release of Mali's civilian leaders by military

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday strongly condemned the arrest and called for their immediate and unconditional release and the restoration of the civilian-led transition

Iran likely to extend UN nuclear monitoring agreement by a month

Nation earlier said inspectors may no longer get nuclear site images

UN allocates $18.6 million to Gaza for emergency humanitarian needs

The United Nations has allocated $18.6 million to Gaza for emergency humanitarian needs and plans to launch a flash appeal next week for funds to cover needs over the next three months

UN agency for Palestinian refugees appeals for $38 mn emergency aid

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is urgently appealing for USD 38 million for emergency needs in Gaza as a result of conflict between Israel and the territory's Hamas rulers.

Estimated 4,000-6,000 refugees from Myanmar sought safety in India: UN

There has been a rise in levels of displacement of people since the military coup in the country in February

256 dead, including 69 children, in Israel-Palestine hostilities, says UN

The United Nations' casualty count from hostilities in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel showed 256 people dead - including 69 children and an Israeli soldier - and thousands of people injured

52,000 Palestinians take refuge in UN-run schools in Gaza, says UN report

A UN report said on Tuesday that 52,000 Palestinians took refuge at schools run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip

Over 38,000 Palestinians displaced in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes: UN

The United Nations says over 38,000 Palestinians have been displaced in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes and more than 2,500 people have been made homeless because their houses were destroyed

China urges US to play a constructive role to end conflict in Gaza

China renewed calls for the US to play a constructive role in ending the conflict in Gaza and stop blocking efforts at the United Nations to demand an end to the bloodshed

UN chief 'deeply disturbed' by destruction of media offices in Gaza City

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply disturbed by the destruction of a high-rise building in Gaza City, by Israel that housed the offices of several international media organizations.

UN should press China to end crimes against Uyghurs: Human Rights Watch

United Nations members should press the Chinese government to end its crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday

Veteran British diplomat Martin Griffiths appointed UN humanitarian chief

The UN chief has appointed veteran British diplomat Martin Griffiths, a seasoned negotiator with wide global experience, as the new UN humanitarian chief.

United Nations raises global economic forecast to 5.4% growth in 2021

UN warned that surging Covid cases and inadequate availability of vaccines threaten a broad-based recovery

India may overtake China as most populous country even before 2027: Report

Chinese demographers say India will become the world's most populous country earlier than the United Nations' projection of 2027

UN watchdog: Iran has enriched uranium to the highest purity yet

Iran has enriched uranium to slightly higher purity than previously thought due to "fluctuations" in the process, says the United Nations' atomic watchdog

UN expects India's GDP to grow 7.5% in 2021, outlook fragile due to Covid

The United Nations has raised India's growth forecast to 7.5 per cent for calendar year 2021, but said the country's outlook for the year remains highly fragile

UN delivered 10K oxygen concentrators, 10 mn medical masks to India

Several United Nations agencies have delivered nearly 10,000 oxygen concentrators and about 10 million medical masks to India, according to the spokesman for the UN chief

155 million people faced severe hunger last year, says United Nations

At least 155 million people faced acute hunger in 2020, including 133,000 who needed urgent food to prevent widespread death from starvation -- and the outlook for 2021 is equally grim or worse, a report by 16 organizations said Wednesday. The report, which focuses on 55 countries that account for 97% of humanitarian assistance, said the magnitude and severity of food crises last year worsened as a result of protracted conflicts, the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, and weather extremes that exacerbated pre-existing fragilities. The 155 million people faced crisis," emergency" or catastrophe/famine" levels of food needs, an increase of around 20 million people from 2019, it said. According to the report, two-thirds of the people in those crisis levels were in 10 countries -- Congo, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan, northern Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Zimbabwe and Haiti. The 133,000 facing starvation, death and destitution were in Burkina Faso, South Sudan and Yemen.