United Nations, May 21 (IANS) One civilian was killed every 14 minutes in armed conflicts around the world last year, the chief of the UN global humanitarian response unit has said. Edem Wosornu, director of operations and advocacy of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on Wednesday (local time) revealed the figures to the Security Council during an open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.”We know the real toll is far higher, in the Democratic Republi…
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United Nations, Jan 3 (IANS) An estimated more than 1 million people, or every other person in Gaza, still urgently need shelter assistance, the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said.According to the office, the shelter assistance needs remain, although humanitarians have distributed thousands of tents and hundreds of thousands of tarpaulins and other items across the strip since the ceasefire, Xinhua news agency reported.It cited the UN Office for the Coordination of Huma…