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• Early rains expose risks for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, but worst ‘yet to come,’ warns UN agency April 20, 2018
  The arrival of pre-monsoon rains in southern Bangladesh has revealed an alarming level of risks for Rohingya refugees, United Nations humanitarian agencies said on Friday, warning that they do not  have the funds needed to protect hundreds of thousands of desperate people once the rainy season begins in earnest.
• UN official calls on Israel to halt plans to relocate Palestinian Bedouin communities in West Bank April 18, 2018
  A senior United Nations humanitarian official on Wednesday called on Israeli authorities to halt plans to demolish Palestinian-owned structures and cease plans for the relocation of Palestinian Bedouin communities in the West Bank.
• Syria: Sustained fighting taking ‘enormous’ toll on civilians, UN aid chief tells Security Council April 17, 2018
  Despite the Security Council’s demand for cessation of hostilities in Syria, civilians in the war-torn country continue to bear the “enormous” cost of intense military activity by parties to the conflict, the top United Nations relief official said Tuesday.
• UN deputy aid chief shines light on plight of 400,000 Rohingya still inside Myanmar April 17, 2018
  Although the massive outflow of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh grabbed worldwide headlines, the international community must not forget that more than 400,000 of the minority group are living in dire situations at home, a senior United Nations official said Tuesday.
• UN agency launches appeal to reach over 340,000 with assistance in crisis-struck Ukraine April 17, 2018
  Amid critical humanitarian needs in eastern Ukraine, the United Nations migration agency on Tuesday launched a $38 million funding appeal to reach more than 340,000 people with assistance this year – a sharp increase over the number reached to date.
• Donors pledge over $500 million to tackle growing needs in DR Congo; UN warns humanitarian crisis cannot be ignored April 13, 2018
  The first-ever international conference to help the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) opened at the United Nations Office at Geneva on Friday amid dire warnings of a growing humanitarian crisis in the vast African country.