Jens Laerke

7 Sep 2021 in 17:00

U.N. says basic services in Afghanistan collapsing

Afghanistan is facing the collapse of basic services and food and other aid is about to run out, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday. OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told a U.N. briefing in …

21 Dec 2016 in 10:50

UN prepares to redeploy staff to monitor process in Aleppo

As the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) resumed this morning evacuations from besieged neighbourhoods in eastern Aleppo, the United Nations reported that it has received authorization to send 20 …