This article is published in association with United Nations. The President of the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for greater action to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people and a two-State solution with Israel. Annalena Baerbock was speaking at an Assembly plenary meeting where countries debated a resolution that affirms the UN’s responsibility for the question […]‘Decisive action’ needed to end Israel-Palestine stalemate
December 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The President of the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for greater action to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people and a two-State solution with Israel. Annalena Baerbock was speaking at an Assembly plenary meeting where countries debated a resolution that affirms the UN’s responsibility for the question […]Mass displacement, trafficking fears deepen crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher
December 1, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher remains dire as mass displacement accelerates and aid access stays restricted, amid warnings of widespread trafficking, sexual violence and the recruitment of children. UN agencies say conditions are deteriorating further across North Darfur and neighbouring Kordofan, while independent human rights […]UN rights office condemns ‘apparent summary execution’ of two men in the West Bank
November 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
UN rights office condemns ‘apparent summary execution’ of two men in the West BankAid access and hospital operations remain constrained in Gaza
November 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Aid deliveries into Gaza continue to face difficulties as fighting continues across the territory, with the UN warning that most hospitals are only partially functioning and more than 16,500 patients still require urgent medical evacuation. Briefing reporters in New York on Wednesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said […]Africa and Europe can shape a fairer global system
November 25, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General says the world is shifting fast towards a multipolar system – where power is spread across several regions instead of concentrated in one or two. But António Guterres warns this shift will not guarantee stability. “Multipolarity alone is no guarantee of peace,” he said. Without strong […]Gaza: Two children killed every day during fragile ceasefire, says UNICEF
November 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Ongoing attacks and airstrikes attributed to Israeli forces in Gaza continue to kill and maim people of all ages in the shattered enclave despite an agreed ceasefire, UN agencies said on Friday. “Yesterday morning, a baby girl was reportedly killed in Khan Younis by an airstrike, while […]Civilian deaths in Ukraine surge past last year’s toll as winter deepens crisis, Security Council warned
November 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Millions in Ukraine have been left without heating, water or basic public services as winter temperatures plunge – and civilian deaths this year have already surpassed the total for 2024, the UN Security Council heard on Thursday. “Ukrainian civilians have continued to bear the brunt of the […]Gaza: Displaced Palestinians dealing with the ‘death of dignity’, warns UNICEF
November 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Living conditions for Gazans – particularly children – are still dire as temperatures drop and families return to bombed-out homes as the fragile ceasefire holds, UN aid workers said on Wednesday. Children’s Fund, UNICEF, highlighted the case of six-year-old twins Yahya and Nabeela who were critically injured […]Gaza: Diplomatic momentum must translate into urgent steps on the ground
November 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN is prepared to play “any role” needed to advance the breakthrough Security Council resolution endorsing the United States-led Gaza peace plan. That’s according to Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, who told journalists in New York that it was “essential now to translate the diplomatic momentum into […]Security Council to vote on new Gaza force: Here’s what you need to know
November 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Security Council is expected to vote at 5pm in New York today on a US-sponsored draft resolution that would authorise the creation of an international stabilisation force in the Gaza Strip. The proposal building on the 20-point US plan is intended to restore security, ensure humanitarian access and […]Restoring dignity to Gaza: the cleanup begins
November 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A large-scale campaign under the slogan “We Will Rebuild Gaza” was launched on Saturday in Gaza City, with the participation of local organisations and United Nations agencies, in an effort to begin cleaning operations and removing debris left by the war. Dozens of participants — including UN […]Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’
November 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half years after the full-scale invasion of the Eastern European country by Russia. More than 236,000 buildings have been destroyed or damaged during the war and over 2.5 million housing units – […]‘Mobs’ target Palestinians in occupied West Bank, as floods roil Gaza
November 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Images emerged this week of what appear to be mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks on Palestinian homes and property, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday. OHCHR condemned this week’s attacks as abhorrent and said they reflected a wider pattern of […]Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft
November 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked to more than two years of war between Hamas and Israel, welfare agencies have reported. Issuing a warning that the children’s sense of stability and security has been eroded as key everyday […]Ukrainian civilian casualties rise 27 per cent compared to last year
November 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Civilian casualties in Ukraine were 27 per cent higher from January to October 2025, compared to the same period last year, according to the latest UN human rights report on the situation in the eastern European country. “The number of casualties for the first ten months of […]Gazans continue heading home as ‘fragile ceasefire’ holds
November 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their former homes and communities wherever access is allowed, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday. Staff remain on the ground providing lifesaving services, and some 100 UNRWA shelters are housing more […]COP30 kicks off with urgent call to deliver on climate promises and scale up finance
November 9, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Thousands of diplomats and climate experts are heading to Belém, in Brazil’s Amazon, for COP30 – the latest round of UN climate talks. Their task couldn’t be clearer: turn promises into action and agree on tougher plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions. After decades of pledges and […]Israel has rejected over 100 aid requests since Gaza ceasefire, UN says
November 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The United Nations said on Thursday that Israeli authorities have rejected more than 100 requests to bring relief materials into Gaza since the ceasefire began nearly a month ago. “Our partners report that since the ceasefire, the Israeli authorities have rejected 107 requests for the entry of […]Catch-up immunisation campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children
November 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A campaign for routine immunisation, nutrition, and growth monitoring will be launched in the Gaza Strip this week with the goal of reaching 44,000 children cut off from essential life-saving services due to the devastating conflict. Estimates indicate one in five children under three are either zero-dose or have missed vaccinations because […]Potential Gaza stabilization force must have Security Council approval: Guterres
November 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Any transition in Gaza must uphold unity with the West Bank and a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians, the UN Secretary-General said in Doha on Tuesday. António Guterres was speaking at a press conference during the Second World Summit for Social Development in the Qatari capital. He was asked about coordination with Israel and US […]Gaza: Food access improves in the south but food convoys fail to reach north directly
November 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
© UNRWA A young boy passes by a shelter on the way to collect water. This article is published in association with United Nations. In its latest update from Gaza, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that access to food improved in early October, especially in southern governorates. One in two households surveyed reported better […]‘We want to get our lives back,’ Gaza children declare
November 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. After two years of war that kept them out of classrooms, Gaza’s children are finally returning to the classroom, surrounded by devastation – but determined to learn. “What we need now are notebooks, books, and pens. We want to get our lives back”, said one young Palestinian […]UN aid push continues across Gaza despite Israeli airstrikes
November 1, 2025 by 2 Comments
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN and partners are pushing ahead with aid deliveries across Gaza despite new Israeli airstrikes and a faltering ceasefire, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday. “Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that their partners continue their scale-up efforts, despite reported Israeli airstrikes across the Strip,” he […]UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire
October 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the killing of civilians, including children, in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight into Wednesday, calling for all parties to uphold their commitments to the fragile ceasefire “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killings due to Israeli airstrikes of civilians in Gaza yesterday, […]Israel responsible for four genocidal acts in Gaza, inquiry chair tells General Assembly
October 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The chair of an independent commission investigating alleged human rights abuses in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told a General Assembly committee on Tuesday that Israel has committed “four genocidal acts” in Gaza, while leaders had “incited the commission of genocide.” Presenting the Commission of Inquiry’s latest report, […]‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Melissa hours from landfall in Jamaica
October 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Millions in Jamaica and across the Caribbean are bracing for massive impact from Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday as the UN and partners warn of a “severe” and “immediate” threat. Briefing reporters hours before Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica, a representative of the International Federation of […]Desperate need for water and food continues as Gaza families head north
October 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. More than 470,000 movements by civilians heading north inside the Gaza Strip have been recorded since the ceasefire began, said the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday. Many families are returning to shattered neighbourhoods where unstable buildings and unexploded ordnance pose deadly risks. “Water, food and […]UN alarmed by ‘terrifying’ situation in Sudan’s El Fasher, calls for immediate ceasefire
October 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN’s top humanitarian official has called for an immediate ceasefire in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur region, amid reports of significant civilian deaths, attacks on hospitals and the city’s reported capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Tom Fletcher, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, […]UN warns Gaza’s displaced face freezing nights and food shortages
October 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN and its partners are accelerating deliveries of life-saving aid across Gaza, but relief efforts remain constrained by access restrictions and overwhelming humanitarian needs, officials said on Friday. Since the ceasefire on 10 October, the UN migration agency IOM has dispatched more than 47,000 relief items, including 2,500 […]Ceasefire offers ‘lifeline’ but Gaza hospitals remain in ruins
October 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Gaza’s health system remains in ruins despite the fragile ceasefire holding, with hundreds of thousands still facing urgent medical and humanitarian needs, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the halt in hostilities but said “the crisis is far […]Israel is obliged to let aid flow into Occupied Palestinian Territory, says World Court
October 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says that Israel must uphold its responsibilities as the “occupying power” by ensuring aid can flow freely and by respecting the rights of the UN and other humanitarian agencies working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. In a detailed advisory opinion requested by the […]‘Overwhelming’ demand for food aid in Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds
October 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In Gaza, the ceasefire is enabling UN humanitarians to reach more desperate people with life-saving food – but greater access is needed to contain the spread of famine. Abeer Etefa, Senior Regional Communications Officer for the World Food Programme (WFP) told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that […]Gaza: Aid efforts continue as UN teams start clearing up to 60 million tonnes of debris
October 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN on Monday said it was encouraged by renewed Gaza ceasefire commitments, warning that recent violence risked undermining fragile progress, as recovery efforts – including a large-scale rubble removal project – slowly gain momentum across the war-ravaged enclave. “We are encouraged that the parties have reaffirmed […]
