GENEVA (AA) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Wednesday opened the Global Refugee Forum with a call for an “immediate and sustained humanitarian cease-fire” in Gaza. “A major human catastrophe is unfolding in the Gaza Strip, and so far, the (UN) Security Council has failed to stop the violence,”...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that it is “unacceptable” for Israel to use the events of October 7 as a pretext for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Addressing the 21st Doha Forum in Qatar, he called for an international observation mission for the Gaza Strip. He suggested that [&helli...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Israeli forces continued pounding Gaza’s ruined cities Friday even as UN Security Council was about to discuss a resolution calling for cease-fire. Weeks of Israeli air and ground attacks have left 17,177 people dead in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the latest toll from the Palestine He...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN chief has warned of the catastrophic effects of climate change, saying that “humanity’s fate hangs in the balance.” “The climate challenge is not just another issue in your inbox. Protecting our climate is the world’s greatest test of leadership. I urge you to lead,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world...
United Nations, United States – AFP Gazans are “in the midst of an epic humanitarian catastrophe before the eyes of the world,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, while calling for an expansion of the current pause in the Israel-Hamas conflict. “Intense negotiations are taking place to prolong the ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The head of the UN pushed for a full cease-fire Tuesday in Gaza and said the pause in Israel’s attacks does not solve key problems. “First of all, I’d like to say that the truce was a step in the right direction — was a symbol of hope, but it doesn’t solve […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday welcomed the news of an extension of the pause in Israeli war against Palestinians in Gaza for two more days. “I would say it’s a glimpse of hope and humanity in the middle of the darkness of war,” Guterres told reporters at UN headquarters in New [&helli...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The head of the UN has said that killing of thousands of children in the Gaza Strip shows that there is “something clearly wrong in the way that military operations are being done.” “Every year, the highest number of killing of children by any of the actors in all the conflicts that […]
– ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in New York has condemned Israel’s recent criticism of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Israeli top officials criticized recent remarks of Guterres on the recent escalations in Gaza, including Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan, who demanded that Guterr...
GENEVA (AA) – While limited aid delivery began last weekend to the blockaded Gaza Strip, there are no security guarantees for getting aid to hospitals in the northern part of the strip, the World Health Organization has warned. Underlining the “huge risk” for people delivering relief, Rick Brennan, WHO regional emergencies di...
