Nearly $22 billion needed to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance for millions of destitute people in conflict zones next year
Around 20 million people in Yemen do not receive international food aid and depend upon the commercial import of food to feed their families
Chair of WHO emergency committee says every available health strategy must be used to prevent wild polio virus from spreading across borders
More than 450 Central American migrants were repatriated in November, with more than 300 others interested in going home
Central African Republic children are at risk of violence, recruitment into armed groups, sexual violence, forced labor, and life threatening malnutrition
Americas, eastern Mediterranean region and Europe have seen greatest increases in resurgent highly contagious, deadly disease
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed and millions displaced because everyone involved in the conflict claims to be fighting a war on terror
Development conference continues amid deadly attacks in Afghanistan
This is the first time International Organization for Migration has been given the go-ahead for operation to resume since March 2015 after Saudi Arabia began bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen
The World Meteorological Organization says the developing El Nino is not expected to be as strong as the event in 2015 and 2016, which was linked to extreme droughts, flooding and coral bleaching
Conference in Geneva comes as Afghanistan prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of war and conflict next year
UN agencies warn hundreds of thousands of severely malnourished children could die because of food shortages and lack of money to provide life-saving therapeutic treatment
More than 2,000 refugees and migrants have lost their lives this year, most in crossings to Italy
But some child soldiers who are released may be forced to stay in the bush for a while because aid agencies do not have the money to help
In response to upsurge of Venezuelan asylum seekers, UN refugee agency has scaled up protection and assistance at crucial border points in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia
Communities now have access to vaccinations, prenatal care for pregnant mothers, malnutrition screenings and other essential services
Efforts to reduce malnutrition and hunger have come to virtual standstill in region, putting prospects for economic and social development at risk
Barriers and militarized borders do not deter border crossings, but tend to support criminal organizations profiting off desperate people, says International Organization for Migration
First ever WHO global conference on issue sets goal of reducing deaths by two-thirds before 2030
Armed men attacked the camp at night, killing at least eight people, injuring dozens more, kidnapping women, and burning and looting homes
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