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O’Brien Lauds KSRELIEF Humanitarian Efforts

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Oct 6, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – The United Nations praised Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the major efforts deployed in humanitarian relief, through the King Salman Humanitarian and Aid Relief Center (KSRELIEF). Visiting U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency...

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U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. Reuters, Lucas Jackson

De Mistura Hopes Syria Talks Resume in July

by Jordan Dakamseh | Jun 23, 2016 | Middle East

New York-United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said Tuesday he hoped that stalled Syrian peace talks would resume in July, but only if the security and humanitarian situation on the ground showed clear improvement. “The window of opportunity is...

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A Syrian army soldier and civilians inspect the damage after explosions hit the Syrian city of Tartous. SANA/Handout via REUTERS

U.N.: ‘Use of Sieges as a Weapon of War is Reprehensible’

by Jordan Dakamseh | May 30, 2016 | Middle East

New York- U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Stephen O’Brien said there was an urgent need for political action to bolster the ceasefire and end the suffering in Syria. However, he emphasized, “humanitarian access to the...

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds a joint news conference with UN-Arab League Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (not pictured) in Montreux January 22, 2014. Syria’s government and its enemies come face to face on Wednesday for the first time as world powers try to set aside their own differences and push for an end to three years of civil war that is unsettling the entire Middle East. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (SWITZERLAND – Tags: POLITICS)

U.N. Chief Calls for Shaping Different Future at Humanitarian Summit

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2016 | World

Outgoing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on government and business leaders, aid groups and donors to commit to halving the number of displaced civilians by 2030. “We are here to shape a different future,” Ban said in a speech at the start of a...