March 2022
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Statement by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Osnat Lubrani.
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March 2022
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Announcement
On 1 March, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Karla Robin Hershey of the United States as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bhutan, with the host Government’s approval.
March 2022
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Announcement
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Eric Jan Overvest of the Netherlands as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sao Tome e Principe, with the host Government’s approval. He takes up his post on 17 March.
February 2022
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Six months after a devastating earthquake the Government of Haiti is bringing the international community together to advocate for reconstruction and recovery.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
February 2022
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Announcement
On 13 January, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Anna Marttinen- Pont of Finland as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Equatorial Guinea, with the host Government’s approval.
December 2021
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Story
Not all innovations are based on new technologies. Sometimes, they have to do with procedures or practices — that is, how people work together. That’s largely the case with a new method of responding to climate shocks and other humanitarian emergencies. Climate change is driving more extreme and frequent natural hazards, and that means that humanitarian need will only increase.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
Climate Action
December 2021
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Disabled people in Haiti who have been driven from one temporary shelter to another as result of an earthquake, fire and mounting gang violence have been finally able to find a safe home, just ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities marked annually on 3 December.
November 2021
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Announcement
Secretary-General has appointed Maria Jose Torres Macho of Spain as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Chile.
November 2021
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Announcement
The situation in Haiti is alarming, says the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Haiti, while access and humanitarian assistance to some 700,000 people are reduced to a minimum.
October 2021
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Hama Sorka, a 75-year-old fisherman from Saguia, Niamey, Niger, looks at the site where his house stood before being washed away by the floods that ravaged his neighbourhood in October 2020.