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For more than a year, six schools established by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) have been inaccessible, and another six have been closed, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarr...
Six days after powerful back-to-back earthquakes struck central-northern Venezuela, “food shortages are widespread” in La Guaira, the hardest-hit state, said UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.“Basic services have br...
Before the disaster, the World Food Programme (WFP) was already assisting around 500,000 people through school meals and community support. Now, the agency is shifting its work toward emergency assistance.Holdin...
The miraculous story of the three-year-old’s rescue in the worst-hit northern region came as tens of thousands of people remained without adequate shelter, after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes struck less than a minute apart, on 24 June.“As the death toll rises, needs are skyrocketi...
Venezuelan authorities have declared seven days of national mourning. At least 2,295 people have died and 11,256 have been injured, with around 6,400 rescued so far.Fourteen camps for displaced people have been set up in La Guaira alone, as hospitals remain under severe strain and sea...
An assessment by the UN-backed Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) found that all eight health facilities it reviewed in La Guaira, Caracas and Miranda need immediate outside help.Three have structural damage. Authorities have reported 2,295 deaths, 11,267 injuries and 12,841 peop...
“We and our partners are continuing to scale up assistance to impacted people by the earthquakes, in coordination with the Government,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York on Monday.The two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck the north-central region...
“People are in shock and despair; formal meetings are not enough,” he said in a virtual briefing from the capital, Caracas, alongside represent...
During his regular media briefing, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric was asked if the Secretary-General had anything to say regarding reports that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to “dismantle” the Court, which prosecutes individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity...