Organization for Defending Victims of Violence - 2 :: S-AZ-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-humanitarian

S-AZ-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-humanitarian - Security Council and region must ‘speak with one voice,’ end suffering in South Sudan – UN chief

Security Council and region must ‘speak with one voice,’ end suffering in South Sudan – UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stressed the need for the leadership of South Sudan to achieve an immediate cessation of hostilities, restore the peace process and ensure...

03/27/2017 20:25

UN aid 'pushed to limits' as 320,000 more civilians may flee west Mosul

Humanitarian agencies are bracing for the possibility that in coming weeks about 300,000 to 320,000 civilians may flee the western districts of Iraqi's Mosul city where Government forces are...

03/21/2017 16:58

In Europe, UN envoy urges political and financial support for Yemenis

The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen called on the international community to do everything in its power to stop the fighting in the country, provide humanitarian aid, and promote a...

03/18/2017 19:59

S-AZ-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-humanitarian - Yemen on brink of famine, warns UN food relief agency chief, appealing for resources and access

Yemen on brink of famine, warns UN food relief agency chief, appealing for resources and access

Unless the international community provides additional resources and authorities in Yemen allow aid workers access to hungry people, families in some of the war-torn country’s most food insecure...

03/15/2017 16:59

S-AZ-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-humanitarian - Humanitarian actors need safe, unhindered access to help Yemen avert famine – UN aid chief

Humanitarian actors need safe, unhindered access to help Yemen avert famine – UN aid chief

The people of crisis-torn Yemen urgently need humanitarian assistance and protection, especially in the north of the country where there is a threat of famine, the United Nations Emergency Relief...

03/03/2017 16:05

S-AZ-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-humanitarian - 'Time running out' for 1.4 million children in 'man-made' crises in Africa, Yemen – UNICEF

'Time running out' for 1.4 million children in 'man-made' crises in Africa, Yemen – UNICEF

Almost 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of death due to severe acute malnutrition this year, as famine threatens in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, warned the United Nations...

02/22/2017 23:25

S-AZ-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-humanitarian - Aid obstacles are ‘matter of life and death’ for besieged Syrians, says senior UN adviser

Aid obstacles are ‘matter of life and death’ for besieged Syrians, says senior UN adviser

Assurances have been given to humanitarians by the Syrian Government that obstacles to aid deliveries will be removed across the war-torn country, a senior United Nations adviser said.

02/17/2017 0:55

S-AZ-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-humanitarian - Iraq: UN health agency delivers medical aid to newly retaken areas of Mosul

Iraq: UN health agency delivers medical aid to newly retaken areas of Mosul

The United Nations health agency has delivered medical supplies to parts of eastern Mosul, the Iraqi city liberated from the Islamic State (ISIL), where clinics are receiving an influx of people in...

02/17/2017 0:43

S-AZ-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-AZ-S-ZA-S-ZA-S-AZ-S-ZA-humanitarian - Yemen: As food crisis worsens, UN agencies call for urgent assistance to avert catastrophe [Around 200 displaced families live in an informal settlement in Dharwan, Yemen. Here, a 12-year old girl keeps watch over her younger brothers. Photo: UNHCR/Mohamm

Yemen: As food crisis worsens, UN agencies call for urgent assistance to avert catastrophe [Around 200 displaced families live in an informal settlement in Dharwan, Yemen. Here, a 12-year old girl keeps watch over her younger brothers. Photo: UNHCR/Mohamm

The number of food insecure people in Yemen has risen by three million in seven months, with an estimated 17.1 million people – more than two-thirds of the entire population of 27.4 million – now...

02/12/2017 11:19

Yemen: UN, partners seek $2.1 billion to stave off famine in 2017

The United Nations and humanitarian partners today launched an international appeal for $2.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen in 2017 – the largest-ever...

02/08/2017 22:14