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Dubai ruler orders humanitarian aid for displaced Sudanese

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Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered urgent humanitarian support to Sudanese displaced by the conflict in their country, the Dubai Media Office (DMO) reported.
The assistance will consist of food parcels and rations, which will be delivered through the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI).
Sheikh Mohammed stressed the depth of cultural and historical ties between the UAE and Sudan, stressing that the UAE is always keen to support brotherly countries.

محمد بن راشد يوجه بتوفير مساعدات إنسانية عاجلة للنازحين السودانيين والذين اضطرتهم الظروف الأخيرة في البلد الشقيق إلى مغادرة منازلهم.
يستفيد من الدعم، الذي سيُقدم على شكل مواد غذائية ومستلزمات طبية وخيم من خلال مؤسسة “مبادرات محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم العالمية”، الفئات الأكثر تضرراً…
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) May 2, 2023
Fighting continues in Sudan amid a power struggle between the national army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
To date. More than 73,000 people have arrived in neighboring countries from Sudan since the fighting began on April 15.
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May 3, 2023
Ukraine minister to visit India on April 9, likely to seek humanitarian aid

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New Delhi: In what would be the first official visit from Ukraine more than a year after the Russian offensive, the country’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emine Dzhaparova will arrive on a four-day official visit to India on Sunday.
Dzhaparova will be on an official visit to India from April 9-12, during which, she is likely to seek humanitarian aid for her country.
During the visit, she will hold talks with Sanjay Verma, secretary (West) in the External Affairs Ministry, where both sides are expected to discuss bilateral relations, and exchange views on the current situation in Ukraine and global issues of mutual interest.

She will also call on Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi and meet Deputy National Security Adviser, Vikram Misri, official sources said.
“India shares warm and friendly relations and multifaceted cooperation with Ukraine. Over the last 30 years of establishing diplomatic relations, bilateral cooperation between the two countries has made significant progress in the areas of trade, education, culture and defence. The visit will be an occasion to further mutual understanding and interests,” an official statement said.
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April 8, 2023
8-year war leaves 11M Yemeni children need humanitarian aid: Unicef

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Aden: The eight-year war in Yemen has left 11 million children in need of humanitarian aid and 2.2 million suffer from acute malnutrition, the Unicef said.
More than 540,000 children face life-threatening severe acute malnutrition and are in urgent need of medical treatment, the Unicef said in a press statement on Friday.
It warned that the likelihood of malnutrition would keep rising if appropriate measures are not taken promptly, Xinhua news agency reported.
More than 2.3 million children are living in internally displaced persons camps, where they receive inadequate care due to a lack of medicine and sanitary facilities, the Unicef said, adding that more than 11,000 children were killed or seriously injured in Yemen between March 2015 and November 2022.
Yemeni families in distress often make harmful decisions for their children, such as child marriage, child labour, or military recruitment. More than 4,000 children have been recruited as soldiers by the various warring factions in Yemen, and hundreds of schools and health facilities were attacked or used by the military, said the Unicef.
“The lives of millions of vulnerable children in Yemen remain at risk due to the almost unimaginable, unbearable, consequences of the crushing, unending war,” Unicef representative in Yemen, Peter Hawkins, was quoted as saying.
The organisation said it needed $484 million to continue its humanitarian relief to Yemeni children throughout 2023. If the funding is not secured, Unicef may have to scale back the vital assistance to Yemeni children who are at risk.
Yemen has been embroiled in a devastating civil war since late 2014, with the Houthi rebels fighting against the internationally-recognised government and its allies, which include a Saudi Arabia-led coalition.

The conflict plunged the Arab country to the brink of collapse, leaving millions of people without access to adequate nutrition.
The UN has been pushing for a cease-fire and peace talks in Yemen.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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March 26, 2023
New Zealand to provide further humanitarian support for Turkey, Syria

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Wellington: New Zealand will provide further humanitarian support for Turkey and Syria where devastating earthquakes earlier this month killed more than 57,300 people, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said on Tuesday.
“The earthquakes on February 6 have had devastating consequences, with almost 18 million people affected. More than 53,000 people have died and tens of thousands more have been injured,” she said.
This represents the third tranche of humanitarian funding provided by the New Zealand government, totaling NZ$4 million ($2 millio) in order to support those in urgent need in the two heavily hit countries, Xinhua news agency quoted the Minister as saying.
The sum includes NZ$1.4 million to the UN Population Fund to deliver essential healthcare services for expectant and new mothers, and protection services for vulnerable women and girls in Turkey, she said.
New Zealand is also contributing NZ$2.1 million for Unicef’s operations in Syria to provide education, water and sanitation, medical care and protection services for children and their families, said the Foreign Minister.
A total of NZ$500,000 in funding will also be made available to accredited New Zealand non-governmental organisations working with their local partners in Turkey to deliver essential relief, she said.
The funding was pledged at an International Donors’ Conference in support of the two quake-hit nations in Brussels on Monday, hosted by the European Commission, the government of Sweden and Turkish authorities.
Tuesday’s announcement brings New Zealand’s total humanitarian funding for the response to NZ$8.5 million.

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March 21, 2023
UN says nearly 70% of Syrian population was in need of humanitarian aid before quake

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Damascus: A UN joint statement has said that nearly 70 per cent of the population was in need of humanitarian assistance even before the massive 7.8-magnitude quake struck the country devastated by the 12-year prolonged crisis.
The statement was issued on Tuesday by the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim for Syria, El-Mostafa Benlamlih, and the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, Muhannad Hadi.
“We express our sincere condolences to the victims’ families and wish a speedy recovery to the injured. We stand in solidarity with the people of Syria and Turkey during this time of need. Urgent support is needed to be able to respond to all those who have been affected in this terrible tragedy,” Benlamlih was quoted as saying.
Syria’s ongoing crisis has destroyed much of its public infrastructure and left millions of people in need of humanitarian assistance.
The war-torn nation is also grappling with an economic collapse and a severe water, electricity and fuel shortages, said the statement.
“We appeal to all donor partners to provide the assistance necessary to alleviate suffering,” said Hadi.
“This tragedy will have a devastating impact on many already vulnerable families who struggle to provide for their loved ones on a daily basis,” he added.
The UN and humanitarian partners have said that they are currently focusing on immediate needs, including food, shelter, non-food items and medicine.

In Syria, at least 2,032 people have died and another 3,849 people have been injured as a result of the devastating earthquake that struck on Monday.
Aleppo, Lattakia, Hama, Idlib and Tartus were the most affected.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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February 8, 2023
UNOCHA appeals for $502m in humanitarian aid for over 1.6M Palestinians

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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (UNOCHA) launched a humanitarian appeal to raise 502 million dollars to support more than 1.6 million Palestinians in the occupied territories.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Thursday said, “The 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan estimates that 2.1 million Palestinians across the occupied Palestinian territory are in need of humanitarian assistance.”
It stated that they represent 58 per cent of the population in Gaza and a quarter of the Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.
According to the UNOCHA, the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan consists of more than 200 projects to help people access services, including food, water, healthcare, education and support to improve their mental and physical health.
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January 29, 2023