Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger
The UN’s top aid official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jamie McGoldrick, reached Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia on Thursday, where…
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Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza
“As of today, UNRWA, the main lifeline for Palestine refugees, is denied from providing lifesaving assistance to northern Gaza,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe…
‘We must push for lasting peace in Gaza’, UN chief insists as starvation threat nears
“The need is urgent,” Mr. Guterres said in Amman, alongside Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safady, as he pledged to keep pushing “for…
Gaza: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan
HIGHLIGHTS The UN Security Council adopts a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza during Ramadan, by a vote of 14 in favour…
Side Event minorities in South Asia
On 22 March, a side event was held at the Human Rights Council on the situation of minorities in South Asia organized…
‘We cannot abandon the people of Gaza’: chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in appeal for UNRWA
Despite the “horrifying” allegations that 12 UNWRA staff were involved in the Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel on 7 October, “we must…
Gaza: Aid operations in peril amid funding crisis
“It’s difficult to imagine that Gazans will survive this crisis without UNRWA…(we) have received reports that people in the area are grinding…
UN and partners launch $2.7 billion humanitarian appeal for Yemen
Nearly a decade of fighting between Government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, pitted against Houthi rebels who control much of the…
Rafah a ‘pressure cooker of despair’ in Gaza; US ambassador to UN stresses vital role of UNRWA
This is why there must be a “swift, comprehensive investigation” by the UN and an independent external review by a non-UN body…
United Nations: Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell after his address to the UN Security Council
NEW YORK. — Thank you, and good afternoon. It is a great pleasure for me to be here, at the United Nations,…