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Information Management Job in Myanmar about Coordination, Health and Safety and Security, requiring 3-4 years of experience, from MDM; closing on 4 Jun 2024

The head of the UN humanitarian agency for Palestinians alleged that the Israeli Authorities continue to deny humanitarian access to the United Nations. Commissioner-General of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini said that for the second time in a week, the Israeli Authorities denied his entry to Gaza where he planned to be with UNRWA teams including those on the front lines.

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) is one of eight senators who sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday, March 11, calling for an end to U.S. offensive military assistance to Israel.

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Aid agencies are looking at delivering aid to Sudan on a new route from South Sudan as they struggle to access much of the country, a senior U.N. official said on Monday, nine months into a war that has caused a major humanitarian crisis. The war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has left nearly half of Sudan's 49 million people requiring aid. More than 7.5 million people have fled their homes, making Sudan the biggest displacement crisis globally, and hunge...

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday urged Germany to use its influence to press for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict and to allow humanitarian access.

Program/Project Management Job in South Sudan, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from IRC; closing on 30 Jun 2024

The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution Friday scaling up the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip and calling for the urgent release of hostages held by Hamas. The U.S. government did not vote in favor of the resolution, but also did not block it, after an intense week of diplomacy that…

UN Security Council faces challenges in passing resolution for Gaza ceasefire amid diplomatic wrangling and opposition from Israel and the United States

Members are wrangling over the resolution’s wording, with Israel – backed by the veto-wielding US – objecting to the use of the term ‘ceasefire’.