UN launches $1 billion appeal to help Turkey earthquake victims
[ad_1] Issued on: 16/02/2023 – 17:32 The United Nations launched an appeal for $1 billion Thursday to help victims in Turkey of last week’s catastrophic...
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Turkey, Syria earthquake: Millions left with no access to basic sanitation
[ad_1] Issued on: 16/02/2023 – 15:36Modified: 16/02/2023 – 15:51 01:21 © france 24 Ten days on, thousands of survivors of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria are struggling with little food and water, no homes or warm clothes and freezing conditions. The earthquakes have already claimed more than 42 thousand lives and there are fears that the figure could rise significantly if the survivors cannot be helped. FRANCE 24’s Thameen Al Kheetan in Gaziantep, Southern Turkey [ad_2] Source :
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UN diplomats seek to reach deal to keep critical Syria aid flowing
[ad_1] Issued on: 10/07/2022 – 21:54 Diplomats at the United Nations held last-ditch discussions on extending Syrian cross-border aid Sunday, as residents of the country’s...
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Poland must enact reforms to receive Covid aid, says EU chief
[ad_1] Issued on: 02/06/2022 – 21:27 Poland will only receive the money from its 35.4-billion euro ($38 billion) post-Covid economic recovery package if it carries...
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New Zealand navy ships head to tsunami-hit Tonga with water and supplies
[ad_1] Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga on Friday, carrying much-needed water and other supplies for the Pacific island nation reeling from a volcanic...
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UN calls for $5 billion in aid for Afghanistan to ‘avert humanitarian catastrophe’ in 2022
[ad_1] Issued on: 11/01/2022 – 06:19 The United Nations said Tuesday it needed $5 billion in aid for Afghanistan in 2022 to avert a humanitarian...
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Aid agencies suspend work in northwest Tigray after deadly air strike
[ad_1] Issued on: 09/01/2022 – 20:27 Aid agencies have suspended their work in an area of Ethiopia’s Tigray region after a deadly air strike on...
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UN Security Council adopts resolution to ease flow of aid to Afghanistan
[ad_1] Issued on: 22/12/2021 – 19:03 The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a US-proposed resolution to help humanitarian aid reach desperate Afghans, while...
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Saudi-led coalition strikes halt UN aid flights into Yemen’s capital
[ad_1] Issued on: 21/12/2021 – 11:22 UN aid flights into Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa have been halted by air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led...
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EU pledges €1 billion Afghan aid package to ‘avert humanitarian collapse’
[ad_1] Issued on: 12/10/2021 – 13:45 The EU on Tuesday pledged a one-billion-euro ($1.2-billion) aid package for Afghanistan, “to avert a major humanitarian and socio-economic...