Archive for June 17th, 2016

17/06/2016

“13 Million Yemenis Need Immediate Help Amid Bleak Conditions”

16 June 2016 – The top United Nations relief official for Yemen has reported that more than 13 million Yemenis are in need of immediate life-saving assistance as a result of a bleak humanitarian situation in the country that continues to worsen.

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Children in Taiz, Yemen, live under enormous stress, lacking any sense of safety or normalcy during the continued siege and as a result of intensive fighting. 20 September 2015. Photo: UNICEF/Mahyoob

“The humanitarian situation in Yemen is among the world’s worst crises. The scale and intensity of the humanitarian situation here is bleak – and by many measures it’s continuing to get worse,” Jamie McGoldrick, the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, said in a press briefing in Sana’a.

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17/06/2016

Ahead of World Refugee Day, UN Launches ‘Stand #WithRefugees’ Initiative

Human Wrongs Watch

16 June 2016 – Ahead of the World Refugee Day on 20 June, more than 60 film, TV and music stars have joined refugees, faith leaders and the United Nations refugee agency staff to back a petition highlighting the plight of forcibly displaced people.

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi talks to a Somali refugee family during his visit in Ifo Camp in Dadaab, Kenya. Photo: UNHCR/Siegfried Modola

17/06/2016

Western Nations, Blaming Cash Crunch, Pull Out of UNIDO

Human Wrongs Watch

By Thalif Deen*

UNITED NATIONS, 15 June 2016 (IPS) – The 134-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing countries, has expressed serious concern over the “unprecedented” withdrawal of nine member states from the Vienna-based UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Bangladesh exports 24 billion dollars of garments every year. Credit: Obaidul Arif/IPS

Bangladesh exports 24 billion dollars of garments every year. Credit: Obaidul Arif/IPS

The nine – all members of the European Union (EU) and/or the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – include UK, France, Portugal, Belgium, Lithuania, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

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