Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation — Global Issues

Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation — Global Issues

The UN’s health agency WHO said on Sunday night that according to the Gaza health authorities, 37 premature babies at the hospital were relocated over the weekend to an operating room without their incubators, with health workers trying to heat the room. According to the latest media reports on Monday,…

UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks — Global Issues

UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks — Global Issues

The regional directors of the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), children’s agency UNICEF and health agency WHO, said they were “horrified” at latest reports which indicate many have been killed – including children – in facilities across Gaza city and other northern areas of the Strip. The Palestinian…

‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi Arabia — Global Issues

‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi Arabia — Global Issues

Philippe Lazzarini was addressing an emergency summit convened by the League of Arab States and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation where he called for urgent support for civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on three fronts. He called on leaders at the Arab-Islamic summit to “act now to change the trajectory”…

Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages — Global Issues

Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages — Global Issues

“Water is scarce and fear is pervasive” in Gaza, Mr. Türk told journalists in Amman, recounting a conversation he had minutes earlier with a colleague in Gaza who had to flee Israeli bombardments with his family. “His children, aged nine and seven, are asking him questions he does not know…

‘Nowhere and no one is safe’ in Gaza, WHO chief tells Security Council — Global Issues

‘Nowhere and no one is safe’ in Gaza, WHO chief tells Security Council — Global Issues

6:00 PM That’s it from this latest UN Security Council meeting on the Israel-Palestine crisis, where consensus among the body’s 15 members remains elusive. Here are the main highlights from today’s humanitarian briefings: HIGHLIGHTS Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), called for a ceasefire to save…

70 UN Ambassadors in Geneva call for international action on Gaza — Global Issues

70 UN Ambassadors in Geneva call for international action on Gaza — Global Issues

More than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in just one of month of conflict, they said, citing local health authorities. Children, women and the elderly account for 75 per cent of the victims, and upwards of 26,000 people have been injured. “Furthermore, according to multiple sources, the number of Palestinian…

Silence the guns, UN relief chief tells Paris forum — Global Issues

Silence the guns, UN relief chief tells Paris forum — Global Issues

Echoing his remarks with French President Emmanuel Macron looking on, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, stressed the “heart-breaking” plight of children in the territory, whom he saw last week “pleading for a piece of bread and a sip of water”. Mass displacement has…

UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’ — Global Issues

UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’ — Global Issues

“Every day, you think it is the worst day and then the next day is worse,” UN health agency spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said, quoting a colleague in Gaza, which remains under almost complete blockade. “Access, access, access is necessary.” 160 children killed daily The level of death and suffering is…

UNCTAD development finance call, Nepal quake update, religious freedom in Nicaragua — Global Issues

UNCTAD development finance call, Nepal quake update, religious freedom in Nicaragua — Global Issues

That’s the message from the UN’s trade and development body UNCTAD, which called on Tuesday for urgent reform of the international financial system to support the world’s 46 Least Developed Countries. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, these most vulnerable economies urgently require foreign investment to add…