Humanitarian News Archive – Page 162 – Save the Children UK Alumni Association

30th June 2026 — 29 June 2026, Cairo, Egypt – Egypt has maintained its polio-free status despite high and frequent population movement from polio-affected countries, a result of its strong routine immunization coverage and well-established surveillance system. To sustain this achievement requires continuous strengthening…

Pacific emergency management teams build disaster readiness in Brisbane, Australia | World Food Programme

30th June 2026 — BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – The Pacific Community (SPC) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week brought together logistics and warehouse officers from six Pacific national disaster management offices (NDMOs) for the first Humanitarian Warehouse Exchange under the Pacific…

Venezuela on-the-record update #1: Urgent funding needed to scale life saving response

30th June 2026 — Media update by Beatriz Ochoa, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) Regional Head of Advocacy for Latin America following the earthquakes in Venezuela: Press release Venezuela Published 30. Jun 2026 “These earthquakes have left thousands of families without a home. Families…

Factsheet: DRCʼs Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Interventions in Yemen Funded By THE EU

30th June 2026 — In 2023, the European Union funded a €5 million Humanitarian Mine Action response to the crisis, implemented by the Danish Refugee Council. Explore the factsheet below to see the project's key achievements and impact throughout its implementation period.

As Global Crises Intensify, UNDP and ASRA Launch Partnership on Crisis Risk Anticipation

30th June 2026 — New initiative will help countries better understand and respond to interconnected global risks New York City, June 30th, 2026 — Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment (ASRA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Crisis Bureau today announced a new strategic…

GLIDE and WHO partner to accelerate disease elimination across the Eastern Mediterranean Region

30th June 2026 — 29 June 2026, Cairo, Egypt/Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE) have signed a partnership agreement to accelerate the elimination of preventable…

English report by the Director-General – Progress in the elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme – 112th Session 7 – 10 July 2026 EC-112/DG.19 29 June 2026

30th June 2026 — In accordance with subparagraph 2(f) of the decision by the Executive Council (the Council) at its Thirty-Third Meeting (EC-M-33/DEC.1, dated 27 September 2013), the Technical Secretariat (the Secretariat) is to report to the Council on a monthly basis regarding the…