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Philippines: Typhoons Goni and Vamco - UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) Assistance Overview (As of 03 February 2021) Format On 1 November 2020, Super Typhoon Goni, (Rolly) brought torrential rains, violent winds, mudslides and storm surges to Luzon that caused extensive destruction and damage affecting more than 3 million people. The initial Humanitarian Needs and Priorities document was launched to address immediate humanitarian needs of the areas hardest hit by Super Typhoon Goni. Subsequently, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) approved an allocation of $3.1 million (PhP 1...

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 10:40 Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the Vietnamese mission to the UN, speaks at a United Nations Security Council ( UNSC) meeting on January 20. (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – Vietnam calls for the international community’s unity in supporting war-battered Syria, Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the Vietnamese mission to the UN, told United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on January 20. During the UNSC open video teleconference on “the situation in the Middle East,” Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy for Syria announce...

Civilians trapped by conflict in Mali and Niger For people in the region of Liptako Gourma, which straddles the borders of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, the start of 2021 has been particularly deadly. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is assessing humanitarian needs and is continuing to support those most in need of help. Civilians targeted and more people displaced The authorities in Niger have reported that 105 civilians died and 26 people were wounded during attacks that took place on 2 January in the villages of Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumdareye in the Tillabery region. " W...

For the UN and humanitarian partners, helping typhoon-affected Filipinos does not stop for Christmas Format MANILA, 30 December 2020 -- In four municipalities of Albay province, where tens of thousands of Filipinos lost their homes in the onslaught of Super Typhoon Rolly [Goni], 1,030 families that celebrated Christmas in evacuation centers have received building materials, tools and cash to help put a roof over their heads in time for the New Year. Throughout December, the United Nations (UN) Migration Agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Catholic Relief Services (CRS)...

Deteriorating Food Security in Afghanistan December 22,2020 | Sajjad Aasim Persistent insecurity and instability have influenced Afghanistan in various ways. Prominent among these influences is the continuous decline of standard of living for the people. The common people are influenced to the extent that they now suffer because of the dearth of the most rudimentary requirements of life. Though insecurity has dominated the scenario, the social and economic lives of the people are more influenced by poverty and unemployment. This year the situation has further deteriorated because of...