Under Secy General for Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency Relief Coordinator to step down for health reasons

Mar 26, 2024

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has informed the UN Secretary-General of his intention to step down for health...

Blinken discusses Afghanistan situation with UN official, President of Red Cross

Jan 15, 2022

Washington [US], January 15 : US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday (local time) virtually met UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths and...

UN Official describes situation of Afghan women and girls as regressing

Aug 23, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 : UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths called out the Taliban for reopening girls' schools...

Afghanistan's economy in 'freefall', threatening to take entire population with it: UN official

Dec 19, 2021

New York [US], December 20 : Afghanistan's economy is in "free fall", UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths told a special meeting on Sunday,...

UN Under-Secretary seeks 385 million USD to fund Myanmar humanitarian response

Nov 08, 2021

New York [US], November 9 : UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has urged the international community to fund...

Russian military operation forced over 5 lakh people to leave Ukraine: UN

Feb 28, 2022

New York [US], March 1 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 5,00,000 people have left Ukraine since the start of Russia's military operation and about 1,60,000 have...