The General Assembly today adopted a resolution addressing the decades-long United States embargo against Cuba, as delegates called for an immediate end to the sanctions, particularly amid global efforts to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In adopting the draft resolution “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of […]
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European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations: Egypt (Last updated 18/06/21)
Introduction Situated along the central Mediterranean refugee route, Egypt hosts refugees living in some of the poorest neighbourhoods of its largest cities. Roughly, half of them are Syrian, others mostly from Horn of Africa countries, Sudan and South Sudan. They face the challenges of a protracted refugee situation in an impoverished urban setting, with severe […]
People Forced to Flee Conflict in Tigray Urgently Require Greater Assistance, International Solidarity
Addis Ababa —Communities affected and uprooted by the ongoing conflict in Tigray continue to experience devastating levels of suffering. Humanitarian agencies urgently require increased resources in order to reach those desperate for relief. According to the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), over 1.7 million people have been displaced and hundreds of […]
Tigray Region Flash Update – No.4 (As of mid-June 2021)
As the system-wide scale-up of the response continues, the overall security situation remains unpredictable and affects the Cluster response. The number of people seeking protection and shelter in urban and semi-urban areas has increased in the past few months. So far, typical emergency shelter responses are inapt as camp setups are not always an appropriate […]
Department Press Briefing – June 22, 2021
MR PRICE: Thanks very much. Before we get to your questions, we just have one thing at the top today. This week the department welcomes teachers and educators to a virtual edition of our annual Global Teaching Dialogue, featuring opening remarks from Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. This event draws approximately 500 educators from […]
Induction Training Conducted
Haramaya University Office of Vice President for Academic Affairs in collaboration with College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Higher Diploma Program Coordinating Office conducted induction training for 101 newly employed and reinstated staff members for 10 days from June 7 to 16/ 2021 at the University’ Resource Center. Among the 101 trainees 72 are male […]