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On Human Rights Day, the European Union joins the world in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

As the humanitarian situation continues to worsen in the Middle East, the Commission will provide €125 million in humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people in 2024. This new funding will support humanitarian organisations working in both Gaza and the West Bank.

The Commission continues to scale up humanitarian assistance to respond to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. During the month of December, the EU is planning to roll out 6 new humanitarian air bridge flights to get essential aid to people in need in Gaza.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a MAD 130 million loan to Morocco’s Guelmim-Oued Noun Region to improve drinking water supply in rural areas and upgrade four existing Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs).

Today, representatives from the European Commission, members of the European Parliament, delegates from 21 EU Member States, along with the United Kingdom, Türkiye, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government, convened in Brussels, to attend the 13th Trust Fund Board and the 15th

Today, at the occasion of the COP28 Meeting in Dubai, the EU and EBRD stated their commitment to accelerate green investments in the Southern Mediterranean, Türkiye, the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans with the signing of statements of intent for two guarantee schemes to be funded...

Ministers, Commissioners, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We are here today because we have all heard their stories. We have heard the stories of the survivors. Young men, amassed in the back of trucks across the desert, with no food, no air, and only a few bottles of

Today the Commission is proposing new legislation to prevent and fight migrant smuggling. The Commission has also launched a Call to Action for a Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling, at the International Conference hosted today in Brussels.

I welcome the agreement reached on the extension of 2 days of the pause in hostilities between Israel and Hamas. I once again call on the Hamas terrorists to release all hostages taken during their horrific attack of October 7th.

Tomorrow, President Ursula von der Leyen, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivier Várhelyi, and Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, will be participating…

The Commission has announced €15 million in humanitarian aid for the most vulnerable people in Syria and Lebanon, including refugees and Lebanese people in need. Out of the funding, €11.5 million is for Syria and €3.5 million for Lebanon, which will provide food assistance and water, sanitation and

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, the European Commission and the High Representative/Vice-President issued the following statement:

I wholeheartedly welcome the agreement reached on the release of the 50 hostages and on a pause in hostilities. Every day these mothers and children are held hostage by terrorists is one too many. I share the joy of the families who can soon embrace their loved ones again.

Ten years of dignity. Ten years of pride. Ten years of striving for freedom. The cold November nights of Euromaidan have changed Europe forever. Even if back then, Europe did not realise it. A whole nation took to the streets, and spoke with one voice. You said: Ukraine belongs in Europe.

In 2021–2022, during the first years of the new EU Gender Action Plan (GAP III), the European Union committed €22.4 billion to contribute to building a more gender-equal world, finds a joint mid-term report by the European Commission and the European External Action Service on the implementation of

Today the Commission published the results of its review of the ongoing EU financial assistance for Palestine, announced two days after the Hamas's terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October.

The European Union is committed to building a better present and a better future for all children, also in line with the EU Strategy on the rights of the child, the Youth Action Plan in EU external action and the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy.

Governor, thank you very much for hosting me here in El Arish. I am very grateful to President El-Sisi for having invited me to come to Egypt and witness the humanitarian aid operations unfolding here in El Arish and at the Rafah border crossing.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will travel to Egypt and Jordan on Saturday 18 November. She will first travel to Cairo, where she will meet with Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt. In the afternoon, the President will travel to the Al-Arish airport