Foreign Aid
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 10:38
Belizeans received medical care through Belizean health care workers, as well as Canadian and U.S. military care providers. The MEDRETE offers medical health professionals from all three countries the opportunity to train and interact with one another while providing free health care to Belizean residents.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 12:50
The worsening humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) was the subject of a hearing held Thursday by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees Africa and global human rights.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 11:07
A senior U.N. humanitarian official warned Thursday that separating Muslims and Christians in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) is not the solution to the country’s inter-communal violence.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:38
South Sudan’s four-month-old conflict has pushed the world’s newest nation to the edge of catastrophe, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:14
Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended activities in a Central African Republic town where gunmen attacked its hospital.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:20
UNITED NATIONS — When the Security Council passed a legally binding resolution two months ago to provide relief to Syrians trapped behind front lines, Western delegates pledged “further steps” if the warring parties blocked aid deliveries by United Nations agencies. They specifically warned the Syrian government about its use of barrel bombs, the improvised mix of shrapnel and explosives that aircraft crews have dropped on civilian areas to devastating effect.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 13:13
AZRAQ, Jordan: Jordan opened a new, sprawling tent city on Wednesday to accommodate tens of thousands more Syrian refugees who are expected to flee their country's fighting - another grim indicator for a deadly war now in its fourth year.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:45
Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended activities in a Central African Republic town where gunmen attacked its hospital.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 07:08
The UN should deliver aid into Syria with or without the government's consent, a group of prominent lawyers and academics say in an open letter.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 11:35
Almost 3.5 million civilians in Syria have virtually no access to desperately needed humanitarian aid and people are dying needlessly every day as violence and extremism escalate and the risk of sectarian violence grows, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.