United Nations, United States — AFP The famine in a displaced persons’ camp in war-torn Sudan is a “shameful stain” on the conscience of the international community, which failed to prevent it despite multiple warnings, the United Nations has said. Last week an international committee responsible for assessing food inse...
MILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN has announced the completion of an investigation by its Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) into allegations made by Israel against staff members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) following events on October 7 last year. In relation to the findings, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told...
US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood has urged the UN Security Council to back Israel’s right to self-defense against Hezbollah. Wood stressed that the July 30 attack by Hezbollah, using Iranian weaponry, underscores the need for international accountability. He called for holding Iran responsible for its support of Hezbollah and its breaches of i...
Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for residents of southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis city on Saturday, after warning of new operations. The United Nations said more than 180,000 Palestinians have already fled fierce fighting in Khan Yunis since the military began an operation in the a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has expressed concern over the worsening food situation in Sudan. “Almost 26 million men, women and children are acutely hungry – to give you an example, that is equivalent to the entire population of Australia,” Dujarric told reporters. “Of those 26 million, 750,000 people are...
United Nations, United States – AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned a drone strike on Tel Aviv claimed by Yemen’s Huthis that left one person dead, expressing concern over a possible further escalation, a spokesman said. “The Secretary-General remains deeply concerned about the risk such dangerous ac...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the situation in the Gaza Strip, saying “nowhere is safe” in the besieged enclave. “The extreme level of fighting and devastation in Gaza is incomprehensible and inexcusable…Everywhere is a potential killing zone,” Guterres sa...
ANKARA (AA) – The leaders of both the UN and the Council of Europe on Thursday commemorated the Srebrenica genocide of Bosniak Muslims, which took place 29 years ago, in 1995, in eastern Bosnia. “May the memory of Srebrenica strengthen our collective resolve to build a world free from the scourge of genocide, where justice […]
United Nations, United States — AFP The UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza has said that 1.9 million people are now displaced in the battered territory, adding she was “deeply concerned” by reports of new evacuation orders for Khan Yunis. The United Nations has estimated that up to 250,000 people are impacted by the Israeli...
A UN expert has expressed grave concern over reports of widespread torture in Syria, despite a direct order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). UN Special Rapporteur on torture Alice Jill Edwards says Syria has not shown any signs of addressing the issue more than six months after the ICJ’s directive. The court had […]...
