Search Results  for : "URSULA MUELLER"

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ursula Mueller told the Security Council that the UN continues to call on “the parties to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law to take constant care to spare civilians and civilian infrastructure.” UNIFEED

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ursula Mueller, told the Security Council that since the beginning of military operations by the Turkish Armed Forces in north-east Syria, “civilian’ casualties and damage to critical civilian infrastructure” have been reported. She said, “almost 180,000 people, including close to 80,000 children, have fled south from the border areas between Turkey and Syria.” UNIFEED

The UN Security Council today failed to reach consensus on either of two competing resolutions on a cessation of hostilities in Idlib, Syria: the last province in the war-torn nation that is still largely held by rebel forces. UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said questions regarding the country’s future are being “posed more forcefully than before” adding that the “fragmentation of Yemen is becoming a stronger and more pressing threat.” UNIFEED

Marking World Humanitarian Day on its tenth anniversary, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Mueller said that “as respect for the laws of war weaken around the world, aid workers are increasingly vulnerable when they are more needed than ever before.” UNIFEED

At the end of a week-long mission to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi to see first-hand the humanitarian response to Tropical Cyclone Idai, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Mueller called the world to support the three countries to address the challenges, risks and impacts of extreme weather events and climate change on the most vulnerable. OCHA

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller, told the Security Council that further military operations in Idlib “will overwhelm all ability to respond.” UNIFEED

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller, told the Security Council that “due to severe drought conditions” the humanitarian situation in Somalia “is rapidly deteriorating” and it is expected that “by July 5.4 million people - including 1 million children - will be uncertain of their next meal.” UNIFEED

Addressing the Security Council, Russian Ambassador Vasily Alekseevich Nebenzya said, “Russia is not imposing citizenship upon people in Donbas, but providing an opportunity to freely and on their own, in an orderly fashion, to apply for that in the relevant authorities in the territory.” UNIFEED

A top United Nations humanitarian official today said that “among those people who suffered the most” in the Syrian conflict “are those with disabilities,” during a Security Council session that included a briefing by Nujeen Mustafa, a wheelchair-bound Syrian refugee and advocate for refugee youth. UNIFEED