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,”...
United Nations, United States – AFP The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a non-binding resolution Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza — a call the paralyzed Security Council has so far failed to make, piling pressure on Israel and the United States. The body, which includes all 193 UN member natio...
NEW YORK (AA) – The UN has said that it is “very concerned” over a report suggesting that Israel used US-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an attack in southern Lebanon. Asked by the media about the report by The Washington Post, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said he does not have any information to confirm. “W...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has reiterated its commitment to the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians at the hand of Israel. In a statement marking the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration ...
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...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip is “part of the assault to end the Palestinian people as a nation,” Palestine’s UN envoy warned Friday. Riyad Mansour dismissed the notion that there is any doubt about Israel’s war aims, saying, “Are we supposed to pretend we don’t know t...
United Nations, United States – AFP The United States told a UN Security Council meeting on Friday that it opposed an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. “While the United States strongly supports the durable peace, in which both Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security, we do not support calls for an immediate ceasefire,&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN food agency says that only a lasting peace can avert the “looming humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. “The resumption of hostilities in Gaza will only intensify the catastrophic hunger crisis that already threatens to overwhelm the civilian population,” the World Food Program (WFP) said in a statement. It said that ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has soared to 15,899, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said Monday. “More than 42,000 other people were injured,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told a press conference. He said that “70% of the victims of the Israeli aggre...
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...
