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A US-backed organization, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, plans to oversee aid distribution in Gaza by end May, but the UN rejects the model as biased. The foundation, with $100 million in ...
India remains cornerstone of UN peacekeeping, its women peacekeepers indispensable: UN peacekeeping chief In addition to uniformed capabilities, India has also pledged peacekeeping training ...
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) signed a core contribution agreement to support the core resources of the UN Refugee Agency and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR ...
Meetings of three major United Nations chemical conventions wrapped last week, with an agreement for new global restrictions on three persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—chlorpyrifos, medium ...
That plan was initiated by Israel and involves private companies – instead of the UN and aid groups – transporting aid into Gaza to a limited number of so-called secure distribution sites ...
This is the first time since Operation Sindoor that New Delhi has raised TRF with the UN and its anti-terror bodies. India has intensified efforts at the United ...
US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is set to begin operations by 31 May. The UN and aid organisations expressed concerns at the new entity. Israel supports the GHF. A US-backed humanitarian ...
Representatives attending the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial 2025 pose for a group photo in Berlin, Germany, May 13, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun met with United Nations ...
United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher is urging the UN Security Council to "prevent genocide" in Gaza. His plea comes as dozens were killed in the latest Israeli air strikes and humanitarian aid ...
"It is cynical sideshow. A deliberate distraction," Fletcher told the UN Security Council. No humanitarian aid has been delivered to Gaza since March 2, and a global hunger monitor has warned that ...
The UN and its partners have argued the plan “weaponises aid”, with the UN children’s fund Unicef and the World Food Programme warning of the risk of famine in Gaza, which has been bombed ...
Since its adoption in 2019, the United Nations Protocol on the Provision of Assistance to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN staff and related personnel has served as a cornerstone of ...