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The U.N. also will end 2024 having raised about 46% of the $49.6 billion it sought for humanitarian aid across the globe, its own data shows. It’s the second year in a row the world body has raised less than half of what it sought.
The commission has accused Israel of obstructing its work and preventing investigators from accessing both Israel and the Palestinian territories.
War erupted in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the RSF in April last year, triggering the world's largest displacement crisis.
The Palestinians remain a non-member observer state as the 15-member Security Council has not acted on the General Assembly recommendation.
UN missions there have said South Sudanese authorities are holding up United Nations fuel tankers over a tax dispute, jeopardising the delivery of millions of dollars of aid during a humanitarian crisis.
It takes total US funding for DRC since October to $838 million (Sh108 billion), said Prescott.
According to the same sources, significant progress has been made in discussions between the UN and the RSF delegation, while talks continue.
Unnamed prominent Kenyan figures are said to have supported the formation of a group sympathetic to the M23 rebels
However, the Sudanese army leader reiterated their refusal to engage in talks until the RSF withdraws from occupied towns, casting a shadow over the UN-led initiative.
The resolution acknowledges the significant role of the Kiswahili language in fostering peace, unity, socio-economic development, and cultural diversity.
OCHA warns that the cumulative impact of these obstacles is causing delays and disruptions to planned humanitarian operations.
Fall anticipates receiving only $300 million in the best-case scenario, a significant drop from the $500 million secured last year. He attributed the decline to the economic impact of Covid-19 on major donors.
The agency noted that play creates powerful learning opportunities across all areas of development, forges connections, provides a platform for children to express and develop imagination and creativity, and builds a wide range of skills.
Israel's treatment of Palestinian workers, under scrutiny for decades by the UN labour body, has increased since the October 7 war.
Fowler underlined UNRWA’s mandate to provide services to Palestine refugees, which includes healthcare, education and social support.
UN rights chief said on Tuesday he was "horrified" by the destruction of the Nasser and Al Shifa medical facilities and by the reports of the mass graves.
The boat's occupants included children, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a post on social media platform X.
During the current war, government forces have used their air power to bomb targets on the ground, but failed to gain back much territory and have been blamed for striking civilians.
The UN says it has been able to reach only 10 per cent of Sudan's 48 million people, with the country on the brink of famine.
The Israeli military's heavy aerial bombardment in the aftermath of the attack, and its ongoing ground operations inside Gaza, have reduced many areas of the territory to rubble.
Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour requested, "upon instructions of the Palestinian leadership," that an application dating back to 2011 be reconsidered this month by the Security Council.
Managed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the project aims to enhance healthcare not only in South Sudan but also in bordering regions with Sudan and Uganda. It aligns with IGAD's objective of fortifying healthcare systems across the region.
Sudan's vast western region was still reeling from the carnage of 2003 when a new war broke out last April between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Gangs plunged Haiti into chaos last week in a coordinated campaign beginning with an attack on two prisons in Port-au-Prince, with the majority of their 3,800 inmates believed to have escaped.
Powerful gang leader Jimmy Cherizier warned Tuesday that the current chaos would lead into civil war and "genocide" unless the prime minister steps down.
Its new session which began on Monday is the longest ever, running until April, and promises a packed agenda, with ongoing wars in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine.
The Ethiopian Mission highlighted what they perceive as outright false information and unjustifiable accusations made by Somalia's officials.
Benin, France, Germany, and Jamaica have also announced financial, personnel, and in-kind commitments to the UN-authorized mission.
No elections have taken place in Haiti since 2016 and the presidency has remained vacant since Moise's slaying.