UN / HUMAN SECURITY
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend together with former UNHCR chief Sadako Ogata a special meeting on human security. UNTV
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend together with former UNHCR chief Sadako Ogata a special meeting on human security. UNTV
United Nations top officials urged the Security Council today to take action on Syria. Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos spoke of a "humanitarian catastrophe with ordinary people paying the price for the failure to end the conflict." UNTV
John Ging, the Director of Operations for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), briefs reporters on his recent visits to Myanmar and Philippines. UNTV
Two years after the outbreak of violence in Syria, UN agencies warned Friday that there is almost no place in Syria deemed to be safe, and that funds were urgently needed to address the crisis. CH UNTV
In Somalia thousands of internally displaced families are being relocated from settlements with “shocking” sub-standard conditions and high levels of sexual abuse to new sites with better shelter and services. OCHA
Five thousand Syrians are now fleeing to neighbouring countries each day, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. UN agencies grasp every opportunity, when security allows it, to help Syrians in need. UNHCR / FILE
Ahead of a major humanitarian pledging conference for Syria, a senior United Nations relief official today (28 January) urged greater funding to assist millions of people in need amid a deteriorating situation inside the country and a particularly harsh winter in the region. UNTV / OCHA
After visiting some of the areas worst hit by conflict in Syria, UN Humanitarian Operations Director John Ging has warned that the situation in Syria is "getting worse", affecting millions of people who need aid to cope with the crisis that started nearly two years ago. OCHA
A team of emergency directors from the United Nations (UN) concluded their visit to various conflict-affected areas in Syria today (21 January) , saying that they "are profoundly sad and saddened by the tragedy that has befallen the Syrian people." OCHA
Tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing the latest outbreak of fighting in Malithat has led to French air strikes against Islamist strongholds in the northern part of the country, the United Nations said today. CH UNTV