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Lazzarini: Israeli Knesset Vote On UNRWA Will Deepen Palestinian Suffering
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 11:57 am | UN News
Monday’s vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) contradicts principles of the UN Charter, violates Israel’s obligations under international law, and sets a dangerous precedent, the head of the Agency, Philippe Lazzarini has ... More >>
Sudan Trapped In A ‘Nightmare Of Violence’, UN Chief Tells Security Council
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 9:03 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a “nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement”, as the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues ... More >>
Gaza: No Let-Up In Israeli Military Offensive, Situation ‘Only Getting Worse’
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 8:28 am | UN News
After a weekend of continuing Israeli military operations throughout the Gaza Strip and especially the north, UN humanitarians warned on Monday that the already dire aid situation “is only getting worse”. More >>
Greenhouse Gases Surged To New Highs In 2023, Warns UN Weather Agency
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 8:22 am | UN News
New data released by the UN on Monday indicating that greenhouse gases have hit a record high shows once again that urgent action and not words is needed from the world’s major polluters to protect us all from climate change, the World Meteorological ... More >>
‘Entire Population Of North Gaza At Risk Of Dying,’ Warns UN’s Top Humanitarian Official
Monday, 28 October 2024, 3:46 pm | UN News
According to reports, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed since Israeli security forces renewed their offensive in northern Gaza earlier this month. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced again. More >>
Explainer: How To Advance Women’s Roles In Peace And Security
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:26 pm | UN News
Ongoing conflicts reveal that females are disproportionately affected – from gender-based violence to rape used as a tool of war – but the UN chief’s newly released report suggests 8 ways for policymakers and interested parties to advance women’s role ... More >>
Syria Facing Alarming Regional Spillover, UN Envoy Warns
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:53 pm | UN News
“The fires of conflicts are raging the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Gaza, and in Lebanon. And the heat is being felt in Syria too – spiralling escalation is already having a major impact on Syria and Syrian civilians,” Geir Pedersen ... More >>
Daily Death And Destruction Continues In Ukraine, Security Council Hears
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:38 pm | UN News
Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča, whose portfolio straddles both Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, voiced concern over attacks on energy infrastructure as winter approaches. More >>
Guterres ‘Unequivocally Condemns’ Continued Civilian Deaths In Gaza
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:20 pm | UN News
“The recent attacks that have hit hospitals in North Gaza are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis and placing the lives of tens of thousands at grave risk,”, Mr Haq continued, calling for combatants to protect patients and medical staff. More >>
Gaza: Israeli Strikes Delay Polio Vaccine Campaign In The North
Monday, 28 October 2024, 11:12 am | UN News
“Humanitarian pauses are essential for its success, allowing partners to deliver vaccination supplies to health facilities, families to safely access vaccination sites and mobile teams of health workers to reach children in their communities,” ... More >>
UN Renews Call To Protect Civilians As Deadly Israeli Strike Hits Close To Key Beirut Hospital
Monday, 28 October 2024, 11:03 am | UN News
The strike, which hit the densely populated Jnah neighbourhood, also injured 60 people and reportedly damaged the Rafik Hariri University Hospital. At least three buildings located about 50 meters (54 yards) from the hospital are said to have been destroyed. More >>
Gaza: War Has Set Palestine’s Development Back Nearly 70 Years
Monday, 28 October 2024, 10:45 am | UN News
“Our assessments serve to sound the alarm over the millions of lives that are being shattered and the decades of development efforts that are being wiped out,” said ESCWA Executive Secretary Rola Dashti. More >>
UN Chief ‘Shocked’ At Harrowing Death And Destruction In North Gaza
Monday, 28 October 2024, 10:08 am | UN News
Civilians are reportedly trapped under rubble, while the sick and wounded lack access to life-saving care. They also face severe shortages of food and shelter, amid reports of family separations and mass detentions. More >>
WHO Concerned Following Raid On North Gaza Hospital
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 7:19 pm | UN News
Reports of Israeli troops storming one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza are deeply concerning, while ongoing hostilities are hampering polio vaccination in the area, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. More >>
UN Alarmed By Israeli Strike In Southern Lebanon That Killed Journalists
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 7:46 am | UN News
Top UN officials in Lebanon expressed alarm on Friday over an Israeli strike that hit an apartment building in southern Lebanon, killing three journalists and wounding three others. More >>
‘Spiralling Crisis’ In Haiti Demands Continued Global Attention: WFP
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 7:26 am | UN News
International attention must remain focused on Haiti, where political uncertainty persists and rampant gang violence and food insecurity continue to plunge the country “into a spiralling crisis”, a senior official with the World Food Programme (WFP) ... More >>
UN Chief Tells President Putin Russian Invasion Violates UN Charter
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 6:59 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that his country’s on-going invasion of Ukraine violates the United Nations Charter and international law. More >>
‘Trauma That Echoes Across Generations’: UN Highlights Weaponisation Of Sexual Violence
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 10:48 am | UN News
The United Nations marked 15 years of its mandate on sexual violence and conflict with a commemoration ceremony held in New York on Wednesday. More >>
Experts Demand Answers From Russia Over Award-Winning Ukrainian Journalist’s Death
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 10:01 am | UN News
For more than half a year, the family of award-winning Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna have lived in torment, seeking answers about their daughter’s fate, after she disappeared while reporting from Russian-occupied territory in eastern Ukraine. More >>
Civilians And Peacekeepers At Risk, Amid Escalating Lebanon Conflict
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 9:05 am | UN News
A displacement crisis in unfolding in Lebanon, as Israel’s escalating military offensive in the south and the bombing of Beirut continues to drive both Lebanese civilians as well as third country refugees from their homes and shelters, UN agencies ... More >>
