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Myanmar: Children affected by Rakhine conflict miss a year...
13 June, 2013
A mother and her children stand in their small hut in a camp for displaced people in Rakhine State. Credit: OCHA/Michelle Delaney Inter-communal clashes in Myanmar’s Rakhine State in 2012 displaced an estimated 140,000 people, including 20,000 primary school children. Inter-communal violence in Myanmar...
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Syria: UN issues unprecedented humanitarian appeal
7 June, 2013
7 June 2013, Geneva, Switzerland: UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos at the launch of the revised humanitarian appeal for Syria. Ms Amos is flanked by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (left) and the Director-General of IOM, William Lacy Swing. Credit: UN The UN is now calling for US$4.4...
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Syria: 8 things you need to know about the Syrian...
7 June, 2013
September 2012, Homs, Syria: The UN has increased its humanitarian appeal for Syria to US$4.4 billion, making it the largest appeal in history. An estimated 6.8 million people in Syria need assistance, as do 1.6 million Syrians who have fled the country. Credit: WFP/Abeer Etefa The UN has increased its...
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Afghanistan and Pakistan: Humanitarian needs must not be...
6 June, 2013
5 June 2013, New York: OCHA's John Ging (right) speaks at a UN press briefing following his visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Credit: OCHA/Paolo Palmero OCHA Operations Director warns that unless humanitarian needs are met, development efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be for nought. OCHA...
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Aid worker diary: Drought in the Marshall Islands
5 June, 2013
In early May, a ‘drought disaster’ was declared across the northern outreaches of the Marshall Islands – a small nation of about 54,000 people spread across 1,200 islands, islets and atolls in the northern Pacific. Credit: OCHA Months of very little rain have left parts of the Marshall Islands facing...
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