Informes

Joint statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Najat Maalla M’jid (New York, 31 August 2021) With alarming…

Logistics and humanitarian airbridge: In collaboration with the Government of Pakistan, on 30 August, 12.5 metric tonnes of urgent medical supplies were flown from WHO’s warehouse in the International Humanitarian City, Dubai to Mazar-i-Sharif airport due…

The people of Afghanistan continue enduring one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises, despite the media attention around the evacuation. Some 12.2 million people are facing acute hunger, 3.5 million people are displaced within the…

Human Rights Council Thirty-first special session 24 August 2021 The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling the International Covenants on Human…

KABUL, 31 Aug 2021 – Almost 33,000 children have been killed and maimed in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, an average of one child every five hours, Save the Children said as the last of…

Safety, security and access incidents Incidents of threats and violence affecting the provision of education. Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo 31 July 2021: In Djugu territory, Ituri province, FARDC combat helicopters engaged in operations against CODECO militants dropped a shell…

GENEVA (30 August 2021) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) call on the Taliban to honour their pledge to…

Highlights The humanitarian situation remained dire in South Asia with some new surges of COVID-19 cases in the region. As of July 30, there have been 35,108,330 confirmed COVID cases of which 33,883,939 cases recovered and 488,628…

By Emily Griffith An ISIS suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest and device in the middle of a large crowd surrounding Kabul airport on August 26th, as thousands of civilians continue to seek escape on evacuation flights…

Save the Children is devastated by reports that six children were among those killed in an airstrike in the Afghan capital of Kabul yesterday. Investigations into civilian casualties following the strike are still underway. Athena Rayburn, Director…