US Edition‘Many will die’: UN aid chief warns of fallout as humanitarian relief cut
- The UN warned about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to cargo crossing closures by Israel, affecting essential support to people in need, according to spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.
- Since the start of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023, strikes in the West Bank have led to 935 Palestinian deaths, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
- The International Organization for Migration is experiencing significant layoffs, impacting around 20% of its staff after funding cuts from the U.S..
- Stephane Dujarric stated that if aid doesn't resume, food security in Gaza could sharply deteriorate, as organizations cut food rations.
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UN migration agency laying off around 20% of HQ staff amid US aid cuts: sources
The UN migration agency, which has been hit hard by US foreign aid cuts, has launched more mass layoffs, impacting around a fifth of staff at its Geneva headquarters, employees said Friday.
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Aid agencies sound alarm over surge in malnutrition across Ethiopia; children, mothers hit hard as rates reach 'critical' levels - Addis Standard
(Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia) Addis Abeba– Humanitarian agencies are raising alarm over an escalating malnutrition crisis in Ethiopia, which is severely impacting children and lactating women. A report released this week by the Global Nutrition Cluster (GNC) reveals that acute malnutrition rates in several regions have “surpassed the critical threshold of 15%,” signaling an urgent and dire situation. The GNC, a coalition of 33 NGOs specializing in nu…
On Thursday, the head of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) warned that if the United Nations agency, facing serious financial difficulties, were to disappear, a generation of children would be deprived of education, "seeding the seeds of greater extremism".
OPINION. The Council of States decides on Tuesday, 18 March, on the cessation of the financing of UNRWA by Switzerland. Cutting food to the UN organization would be bad not only for the Palestinians, but also for the State of Israel, says Yehuda Shaul, co-director of the Israeli Center for Public AffairsSwiss is a long-standing donor to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). However, in recent…
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