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  • 2013 Green Star Awards: Call for nominations
    17 January 2013 - 5:57pm
    The United Nations (UN) and Green Cross International (GCI) today called for nominations for the 2013 Green Star Awards that are presented every two years in recognition of  individuals, organizations, governments and companies that have demonstrated remarkable achievements in addressing environmental...
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  • CERF: US$3.2 million to fight food crisis in Malawi
    16 January 2013 - 2:18pm
    The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$3.2 million to UN agencies and humanitarian partners to help nearly 2 million people who are facing food insecurity in Malawi. Chronic poverty, dry weather, poor harvests and rising food prices have led to widespread food insecurity across the...
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  • Haiti: Three years after the earthquake
    11 January 2013 - 3:56pm
    Since the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, UN agencies, humanitarian partners and the Government have reached millions of people with lifesaving aid as well as with opportunities to improve living conditions. Despite the progress, much more needs to be done to help people who are still living in...
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  • Sudan: People eating “roots and leaves” as humanitarian aid blocked
    8 January 2013 - 2:51pm
    OCHA’s Director of Operations, John Ging, said at UN Headquarters today that he had asked the Security Council for help for some 900,000 Sudanese people who are in need of humanitarian aid in South Kordofan and Blue Nile provinces and in neighbouring countries where they have sought refuge. ...
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  • Afghanistan: More funds, long-term solutions needed to help urban poor
    4 January 2013 - 11:57am
    The UN has warned that more funding and long-term support are needed to help tens of thousands of displaced people in Kabul cope with Afghanistan’s harsh winter weather.  “We don’t have anything,” said Halima, a widow and mother of eight living in Kabul’s Ada Mazar...
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