Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The UN has called for an international investigation into reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals destroyed in Israeli sieges, saying war crimes may have been committed. The United Nations rights office said it was “horrified” by the destruction of Gaza’s biggest hospital, Al-Shifa in Gaza...
United Nations, United States – AFP An independent review group on the UN agency for Palestinians found “neutrality-related issues” but noted Israel had yet to provide evidence for allegations that a significant number of its staff were members of terrorist organizations. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) rem...
United Nations, United States — AFP Senior UN officials have warned the Security Council of the risks of a new front opening in Sudan, around the town of el-Fasher in Darfur, where the population is already on the brink of starvation. After a year of war between the armed forces (SAF) of General Abdel Fattah […]
United Nations, United States — AFP The UN’s special envoy for Libya has resigned, saying the world body could not successfully support the country’s political transition as its leaders had put their own interests above finding a solution. “I tendered my resignation to the Secretary General,” Senegalese diplomat A...
United Nations, United States — AFP The United Nations will be launching a $2.8 billion appeal for donations this year to help the war-ravaged population of the Gaza Strip as well as West Bank Palestinians, a senior agency official has said. The “flash appeal” addresses humanitarian funding needs through the end of 2024, acco...
United Nations, United States – AFP Israel’s UN envoy on Sunday urged the Security Council to impose “all possible sanctions” against Iran after the Islamic republic’s unprecedented attack against Israel. “Today the council must take action (and) condemn Iran for their terror,” Ambassador Gilan Erdan t...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army bombed a UN school in the Nuseirat camp twice within 24 hours. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli artillery bombed a school run by the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the New Camp area in Nuseirat, causing severe damage to the school. There are no reports of […]
NEW YORK (AA) – The UN Security Council’s Committee on the Admission of New Members was unable to reach a consensus on whether to admit Palestine as a full member of the UN, the permanent mission of Malta to the UN told Anadolu on Thursday. “There was no consensus on a recommendation for membership,” said […]
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN Security Council’s president announced on Monday that the council had agreed to officially refer Palestine’s membership application to the “Committee on the Admission of New Members.” Speaking to the press after a closed-door session on Palestine’s membership bid, Malta’s UN en...
NEW YORK Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, told the General Assembly on Monday that the Palestinians had waited long enough and deserved membership of the UN. “I ask you: Does the UN membership want us to be their fellow member? Do you want us to be a fellow member of you […]
