UN : Afghan population facing dire humanitarian crisis as funding declines (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
While the end of the armed conflict in Afghanistan has delivered "a period of stability not seen in decades", the Afghan population is facing a serious humanitarian and development crisis as international funding declines.

UN : "It is time to act", as Sudan crisis deepens, says acting relief chief (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The "brutal" war in Sudan has now lasted fo r 17 months, and "there is no end in sight for this catastrophe," a United Natio ns official told the United Nations Security Council in New York on 18 Septemb er.

UN : Urgent reforms needed to end arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has called for urgent reforms to halt the detrimental practice of some States in arbit rarily detaining asylum-seekers.