World leaders are sounding the alarm about a “full-fledged” war, calling for de-escalation after devastating Israeli air strikes in Lebanon ratcheted regional tensions amid Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. The attacks, which started on Monday and continued into Tuesday, were Israel’s fiercest against its northern neighbour and have led to…
Heads of UN agencies say they cannot do their jobs ‘in the face of overwhelming need and ongoing violence’. Leading United Nations officials have demanded “an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip nearly one year into the war between Israel and Palestinian group…
UN member countries adopt blueprint for the future to tackle wars, environmental threats and technological challenges facing humanity. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a “Pact for the Future”, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as a landmark agreement that is a “step-change towards more effective, inclusive, networked multilateralism”….
Seats on the UN Security Council without veto power is ‘an insult,’ argues former African diplomat Arikana Chihombori. The US push to create seats for Africa on the UN Security Council – without veto power – is “an insult to 1.4 billion Africans,” argues the former African Union ambassador to…
Most countries have backed a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution that sets a deadline for Israel to end its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory amid rising international criticism of Israel. The resolution, passed on Wednesday, is not legally binding. But it includes stern rebukes of Israel and won the…
Russian air strikes on Ukraine’s electricity generation, transmission and distribution facilities probably violate international humanitarian law, according to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU). The report published on Thursday focused on nine waves of attacks between March and August this year. HRMMU said it had visited…
UN food agency says it’s the first time in the 10-month-long war that one of its vehicles has been directly shot at near a checkpoint. The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a pause in the movement of its employees in the Gaza Strip “until further notice” after one of…
Eleven men and two women among the dead as search operations continue, International Organization for Migration says. At least 13 people have died and 14 others are missing after a boat sank off the coast of Yemen, the United Nations migration agency has said. “A migrant boat capsized off the…
The US insists, despite evidence to the contrary, that Netanyahu has agreed to a proposal to suspend the war. A Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal “now is in sight”, the United States envoy to the United Nations has told the UN Security Council (UNSC) as a new round of…
The number of acutely malnourished children has increased by 34 percent compared with last year, a United Nations report says. Acute malnutrition is rapidly escalating in Yemen, with famine looming in four districts, United Nations experts have said. A report published on Sunday by the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase…
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