New York: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced Friday that the number of Palestinians injured this year in 1,600 attacks and assaults carried out by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has risen to 733, double the number recorded last year. »»»

NEW YORK, Nov 13 (KUNA) -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the humanitarian response in Gaza is accelerating despite numerous restrictions, stressing the need to lift such obstacles to enable a swift scale-up of operations and meet urgent needs acr»»»

The situation “is having an appalling impact on civilians enduring suffering and starvation,” he told journalists in New York. “The United Nations condemns the deadly escalation of the Israeli military offensive which took place over the weekend across Gaza City, with scores of people reportedly ki»»»

New York: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has called for an end to the ongoing blockade on the Gaza Strip, now entering its ninth consecutive week, warning that the lives of 2.1 million civilians are at severe risk. OCHA confirmed that humanitarian stoc»»»

New York, SANA- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned of the continued dangers of mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left behind in Syria. “Contamination by unexploded ordnance, mines, improvised explosive devices, and other remnants of war continues to h»»»

UNITED NATIONS, New York: The United Nations released $100 million on Friday for humanitarian emergencies in 10 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean. Acting UN humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya said a lack of funding in these countries is preventing aid agencies from providing »»»

I would like to start a petition for journalists – and everyone else – to immediately stop using the C-word. Centrist. It’s an insidious word that has degraded how we think about politics and distorted how we see the world. Perhaps that statement sounds a little over the top. After all, being a “ce»»»

The United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to allocate US$5 million to support the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF). The agreement was signed on behalf of the UAE by Sultan Al Shamsi, Assistant Minister for Intern»»»