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Pierre Peron

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Public Information Officer with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Views expressed are my own.

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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group is trying to extract money from relief organisations working in occupied areas in eastern DR Congo. Entry visas have been imposed and taxes demanded on staff salaries and rented properties. buff.ly/k8TYlKi
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M23 tax drive in DR Congo puts squeeze on aid groups
The Rwanda-backed rebels have imposed entry visas and demanded taxes on staff salaries and rented properties.
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Over 100 strikes on Lebanon in 24 hours. Civilians killed. Families displaced. We are doing everything to get support to those who need it. But what people need most is a genuine ceasefire.
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I echo the Secretary‑General’s thanks for the United States’ further commitment of $1.8 billion to the humanitarian community. At a moment of rising needs and declining funding, this support will help save millions of lives.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 18/05/2026
As the US announces it will screen some arrivals for Ebola at airports, here's what we know about the outbreak in DR Congo u.afp.com/SRBR
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
#MYANMAR - UNICEF is deeply alarmed by new reports that at least 5 children have been killed and 3 injured following airstrikes in Ponnagyun, Rakhine State and Myinmu, Sagaing State. Children must be protected at all times. @ricardopires.bsky.social @unicef.org www.unicef.org/eap/press-re...
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UN Humanitarian @unocha.org · 31/01/2026
From sunlight to lifelines ☀️💧 In #Myanmar, UNCERF is supporting @unicef.org to bring clean water through solar power – so children can be in class, not carrying jerrycans. “This project didn’t just bring water. It brought dignity.”
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
At a difficult time for humanitarians and the people we serve, we all need some motivation. My motivation this week comes from these kids I met yesterday in Rakhine State, Myanmar. They are Rohingya, born in a squalid camp whose boundaries they have never crossed. And yet they smile and laugh.
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Back in Geneva.
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
" Myanmar refugees are undertaking dangerous journeys in search of protection, safety, family reunification, and livelihoods." A Route-Based Snapshot: Data & Trends for #Refugees from #Myanmar, as of end-November 2025 (UNHCR) data.unhcr.org/en/documents...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
🚨Airstrike at Mrauk-U General Hospital, #Rakhine #Myanmar 🗨️"The United Nations condemns this attack, which is part of a broader pattern of strikes causing harm to civilians and civilian objects that continue to devastate communities across the country." press.un.org/en/2025/db25...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🚨PRESS RELEASE: As conflict fuels suffering in #Myanmar, UN publishes #humanitarian report forecasting most urgent needs for 2026 🌐Often left out of the global headlines, #Myanmar remains one of the world’s most dire and yet under-funded humanitarian crises. ℹ️ myanmar.un.org/en/306830-co...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Catastrophic flooding and landslides, driven by intensifying cyclones and seasonal monsoons, are devastating communities across South and Southeast Asia. Since 17 November, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Viet Nam and Malaysia have been among the hardest hit. reliefweb.int/report/sri-l...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
📢Latest #Myanmar Humanitarian Update 🚨Civilian casualties and new displacement continue daily 🍚Myanmar is now a hunger hotspot of “very high concern”, with nutrition situation worsening in Rakhine 📈The 2025 HNRP is only 15% funded reliefweb.int/report/myanm...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
#PHILIPPINES: Tropical Cyclone #Kalmaegi (#Tino) and #Fung-Wong (#Uwan) #Humanitarian Snapshot reliefweb.int/report/phili...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Today’s free humanitarian reporting glossary: “Beneficiaries” = People “Persons” = People “Individuals” = People “IDPs” = People "Rights-holders" = People “Populations” = People “Villagers” = People “Civilians” = People You are welcome.
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
#Myanmar: Humanitarian conditions are worsening as insecurity persists across affected regions. In #Sagaing Region, airstrikes and ground offensives in early October displaced more than 14,000 people and reportedly destroyed over 1,700 houses. ↘️ reliefweb.int/report/phili...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The impact of a disaster doesn’t disappear when news headlines move on. Six months since the devastating #earthquakes in #Myanmar, humanitarians continue to respond to the needs of communities still living with destroyed homes, schools, and livelihoods.
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🔹Response efforts scaled up to assist affected people ahead of cold season #Afghanistan 🔹SuperTY Ragasa hit northern #Philippines, over 15k people evacuated 🔹Armed clashes intensified in NW #Myanmar 🔹Relief operations ongoing in flood-affected areas #Pakistan reliefweb.int/report/phili...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Today’s free humanitarian reporting glossary: “Beneficiaries” = People “Persons” = People “Individuals” = People “IDPs” = People "Rights-holders" = People “Populations” = People “Villagers” = People “Civilians” = People You are welcome.
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Alea told me one of the saddest stories that I have heard in my humanitarian career. We shouldn’t wait for disasters to strike before mobilizing humanitarian action. #COP29 #ClimateAction #Bangladesh
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A few years ago, I met 7-year-old Mohibulla outside his neighbour's bullet-scarred gate. I asked him if he goes to school. "How can I go to school? It burned down during the fighting." Fasl-e-Bolan, Helmand Province, #Afghanistan #WorldChildrensDay #EducationCannotWait
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
We are 19% funded – 40% down on last year. Millions going without food, healthcare, protection. Aid workers killed at record levels. This is an age of indifference – we must reform, regroup, renew. #UNGA80 Briefed journalists on headline crises:
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🗨️"Change is essential right now, but we’re not changing in benign waters – we’re changing in the midst of a storm around us. ...We need to fight for what must be saved, and we must imagine what we can be in the future." - @tomfletcherun.bsky.social @unocha.org reliefweb.int/report/world...
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UN Humanitarian @unocha.org · 12/09/2025
"We have nothing left." The earthquake in #Afghanistan has left people with nothing. Their homes and loved ones are gone, their futures on the brink. A population that has already endured so much needs the world’s solidarity now. You can help: bit.ly/45J6gUW
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
We’re working around clock in response to the Afghanistan earthquakes. But we need more funding to save more lives.   Here's how you can help: crisisrelief.un.org/en/afghanistan
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Millions have been affected by #Pakistan floods and need support. I’ve allocated $5 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to provide life-saving aid and cash support to the most vulnerable.
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OCHA Financing and Partnerships @partnerships.unocha.org · 08/09/2025
Following the devastating #floods in #Pakistan, humanitarian partners are delivering clean water, health care, emergency shelter & other urgent supplies to people. #OCHAthanks donors to the Asia-Pacific Humanitarian Fund for enabling a faster & more effective response.
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
📣 #Afghanistan #Earthquake in Nangahar Flash Update No.4 🔹 2,205 people killed, 3,640 people injured and 84,000 people affected 🔹43,000 ready-to-eat meals, 901 standard non-food item kits & 1,077 family tents have been distributed to affected areas reliefweb.int/report/afgha...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
⚠️ #Afghanistan #Earthquake Flash Update #3 🟦 Initial reports : 1,368 people killed, over 17,000 people affected & 2,924 homes destroyed 🟦 Aftershocks have worsened road blockages, further hindering access to affected areas 🟦 Humanitarian response is ongoing reliefweb.int/report/afgha...
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OCHA Financing and Partnerships @partnerships.unocha.org · 02/09/2025
A devastating 6.0 earthquake has struck eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 800 people and injuring thousands more. In response, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya has allocated $5M from UNCERF to deliver urgent shelter, health, food and logistics support to the affected people.
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UN Humanitarian @unocha.org · 02/09/2025
Emergency assessments are underway to gauge the full impact of the earthquake in #Afghanistan. The Humanitarian Coordinator, Indrika Ratwatte, highlights compounding challenges – 1.7million returnees, severe drought and crippling funding cuts. Global solidarity is urgently needed.
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UN Humanitarian @unocha.org · 03/09/2025
#Pakistan has again been hit by devastating floods, fueled by the #ClimateCrisis. Punjab is facing its worst monsoon flooding in nearly four decades. ⚠️ 2,000+ villages inundated ⚠️ Over 2 million people affected ⚠️ 881 people killed Latest update: bit.ly/46b4X0e
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
#Pakistan #Floods "The most acute needs are in remote mountain areas, where landslides block access and residents face worsening disease, hunger and water shortages"- @unocha.org. news.un.org/en/story/202... How to help and support the response: crisisrelief.un.org/en/donate-pa...
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Pakistan floods leave villages cut off as monsoon devastation continues
Relentless monsoon rains continue to wreak havoc across Pakistan, leaving villages cut off, homes destroyed and families struggling to access food, clean water and medical care.
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Prof. Anders Levermann, PhD @alevermann.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Pakistan floods: Hundreds killed within days Scientific background: warmer air holds more moisture, thus models & obs show more extremes. 2013 www.earth-syst-dynam.net/4/287/2013/e... 2021 esd.copernicus.org/articles/12/... 2024 journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal... share.google/0fetIyWR0wME...
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Pakistan floods: Hundreds killed within days in rain-related incidents
BBC visited villages which were wiped out overnight by rains, flash floods and landslides.
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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Residents of Hsipaw Township in northern Shan State told DVB that three civilians were injured and seven homes in two neighborhoods were destroyed by airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force on Monday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Shan Read more: english.dvb.no/three-civili...
A resident of Hsipaw town in northern Shan State inspects the destruction caused by airstrikes on Aug. 18. (Credit: CJ)
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 19/08/2025
A record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, United Nations says. The figures and lack of accountability are a "shameful indictment" of international apathy, UN says on World Humanitarian Day u.afp.com/SQnL
United Nations staff members inspect the carcass of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen, that was hit by an Israeli strike the previous day in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024
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Humanity & Inclusion - Advocacy @hi-advocacy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
📢 On this #WorldHumanitarianDay, we stand united in demanding that Member States #ActForHumanity. It is time to confront the impunity for violations of International Humanitarian Law & protect those who risk everything to save lives. @https://pulse.ly/hqbouwnerh ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ @unocha.org
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OCHA Financing and Partnerships @partnerships.unocha.org · 19/08/2025
In Borno, Nigeria, protection needs are very high, particularly for women and girls facing violence. With support from donors like @ec.europa.eu , @unocha.org and partners are empowering them with skills through resilience projects. #ActForHumanity
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UN Humanitarian @unocha.org · 18/08/2025
To those with power and influence. Last year, we called on you to act: 🔴Respect the rules of war. 🔴Protect humanitarians and civilians. 🔴End impunity. Nothing changed. How much more suffering will you ignore? On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we urge you to #ActForHumanity – now.
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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 30/07/2025
📢"This is a major step backward for international efforts to save lives by restricting the murderous junta’s access to weapons . . . It is unconscionable to undermine these efforts by rolling back sanctions on #Myanmar arms dealers and junta cronies." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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UN expert appalled by US withdrawal of sanctions against companies providing weapons to Myanmar junta
GENEVA – The withdrawal of sanctions against individuals and companies that have provided weapons, military supplies and other material support to the Myanmar military is a shocking turn in U.S. polic...
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Thanks to Piers Uncensored for the chance to debate the reality in Gaza. Enough of the distractions: we need to surge lifesaving aid at scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvM7...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
"Afghanistan has also been on my mind, with a massive surge of people returning from Iran to Afghanistan, and tens of thousands arriving daily. This week, I released $10 million from the UN CERF to scale up life-saving aid and protect most vulnerable from abuse and exploitation."
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Trying to get the lifesaving convoys moving in Sudan, Gaza, Syria. Navigating disinformation, disruption and smears. Tough staffing choices. Latest interviews and podcasts. Echoes of Live Aid. New Humanifesto 👇 t.co/CL9vstn7M4
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
" #Pakistan’s monsoon emergency deepened on Thursday as authorities declared disaster zones across parts of eastern Punjab state after lethal cloudbursts and flash #floods killed dozens in a single day." news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Pakistan reels under monsoon deluge as death toll climbs
Pakistan’s monsoon emergency deepened on Thursday as authorities declared disaster zones across parts of eastern Punjab state after lethal cloudbursts and flash floods killed dozens in a single day.
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
#Myanmar: "Last Friday, an air strike reportedly struck a monastery in #Sagaing Township, killing 22 people and injuring at least 50 others. The monastery had been providing shelter to displaced people who had fled nearby villages." press.un.org/en/2025/db25...
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Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), more than half of all infants in Sudan, 880,000 babies and toddlers, missed last year their first doses of vaccines to...
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
"As of 5 July, 1.1 million Afghans have returned to #Afghanistan in 2025, including 908,000 from #Iran and 214,000 from #Pakistan. ...Some 167,000 Afghans returned from Iran between 1 and 5 July alone." reliefweb.int/report/afgha...
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 14/07/2025
Monday is #WorldChimpanzeeDay. Our closest relatives in the animal kingdom play a vital role in keeping forests alive. But habitat loss and trafficking are pushing these great apes closer to extinction. Protecting chimpanzees means protecting biodiversity and a part of ourselves.
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Thank you @newhumanitarian.bsky.social for challenging and thoughtful questions. A chance to unpack political dynamics around this moment of flux and uncertainty for humanitarian movement. t.co/ocOgJrln2M
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🚨 #Myanmar / #India Intensified clashes between non-state armed groups in #Chin State displaced an estimated 20,000 people in early July. Most have reportedly crossed the border into India’s #Mizoram State and are sheltering in neighbouring villages. reliefweb.int/report/pakis...
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ASIA-PACIFIC HUMANITARIAN SNAPSHOT: 1 - 7 July 2025 - Pakistan
Infographic in English on Pakistan and 3 other countries; published on 9 Jul 2025 by OCHA
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
#100days #Myanmar #Earthquake "The earthquakes are part of a compounding crisis in the country that has struck people with repeated shocks – including devastating conflict and flooding that has stripped people of shelter, livelihoods, and a sense of safety. reliefweb.int/attachments/...
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