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    Funding drought forces UN food agency to cut rations in Afghanistan

    18 Mar 2023

    The World Food Programme (WFP) appealed for urgent funding for its operations in the country, where families are battling crisis after crisis, including growing hunger, since the Taliban takeover of 2021.

    More than 70 nations pledge to reduce food waste

    10 Nov 2019

    About one-third of the world's food is lost or wasted and the hope is that developing better methods to keep food cold while it is stored and transported will reduce waste.

    UAE announces $20 million contribution to UNRWA for Palestinian refugees

    04 Jun 2023

    The Agency provides education, health care, and social services to Palestinian refugees. The agency is funded almost entirely by contributions from member states of the United Nations.

    VIDEO: Palestine’s UN envoy praises UAE efforts for resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses in Gaza

    17 Nov 2023

    The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, praised the efforts of the UAE in the UN Security Council, which led to a resolution calling for "urgent and extended humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to address the escalating crisis for Palestinian civilians during Israel’s aerial and ground attacks.

    Israeli attacks on Gaza’s Jabalia camp could amount to war crimes, says UN

    01 Nov 2023

    "Given the high number of civilian casualties & the scale of destruction following Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp, we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes," the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights wrote on X.

    UN calls for 'irreversible' move toward two-state solution to Palestinian-Israeli conflict

    29 Nov 2023

    "It is long past time to move in a determined, irreversible way towards a two-state solution, on the basis of United Nations resolutions and international law," said Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the UN office in Geneva, delivering a speech authored by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

    UAE presents a draft resolution in Security Council demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza

    07 Dec 2023

    Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said on the “X” platform: “The UAE submitted a draft resolution to the Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for humanitarian reasons in response to the catastrophic situation in the Strip and the worsening suffering of the brotherly Palestinian people , as stated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in his message.”

    Countries look to UN Resolution 377A to circumvent US veto on Gaza truce

    11 Dec 2023

    Section A of resolution 377 A (V) states that when USSC, because of lack of unanimity of the permanent members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the General Assembly shall seize itself of the matter.

    Israel faces Gaza ceasefire calls, US vows more arms

    19 Dec 2023

    The UN Security Council was set to convene Tuesday to weigh a call for a ceasefire in the besieged Palestinian territory, after a previous bid was vetoed by the United States.

    UN Security Council adopts UAE-penned resolution on scaling up, monitoring aid to Gaza

    24 Dec 2023

    The resolution requests that the UN Secretary-General appoint a Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator who will monitor and verify that all shipments delivered in the Gaza Strip are humanitarian in nature.

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