Aid Flotilla Faces Troubled Waters
The largest aid attempt by sea set off last week to Gaza hoping to provide aid and relief supplies but has been delayed by logistical issues and drone attacks at a stopover in Tunisia.
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UNGA Starts 76th Session
According to The New York Times, the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) began on Tuesday, September 14. In the general debate, representatives from all 193 member states have the ability to speak in front of the chamber and give their thoughts addressing the many complex world issues and challenges those individual members are facing.
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Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Talks the Importance of Humanitarian Action in Contemporary Warfare
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been using humanitarian action, policy, and diplomacy to combat the impacts of contemporary warfare, according to Gilles Carbonnier, the vice president of the ICRC at a School of Diplomacy event on March 18.
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Nearly 100 Killed in Equatorial Guinea Explosion
Early in the day on March 7, a large explosion ripped through blocks of Bata, the largest city in Equatorial Guinea. The death toll continues to rise, with official reports hovering around a death toll of nearly 100 and an injured count close to 1,000, according to Reuters.
Read MoreWorld Food Program to “Scale Up” Efforts in Tigray Region
UN officials, the High Commission for Refugees, the World Food Programme, and the Ethiopian government have agreed to expand access to humanitarian relief and ”scale up” efforts to reduce food insecurities in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region, according to a statement by the World Food Programme (WFP). VOA reports that this agreement comes after the UN criticized Ethiopian authorities for blocking humanitarian aid from reaching the state’s rural population.
Read MoreIllegal Aid Diversion Starves Civilians in Yemen
Exacerbating what the United Nations calls “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” both Houthi rebel forces and the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen continue to use and abuse access to aid and food as a political tool in conflict.
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