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…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for humanitarian pauses in the war in Gaza in order to conduct a polio vaccine campaign after the virus was detected in the besieged territory. “It is impossible to conduct a polio vaccination campaign with war raging all over,” he told reporters at…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges reform, says the African continent is underrepresented in a changing world. The United Nations chief has called for the UN Security Council (UNSC) to reform its outdated structure and assign Africa a permanent seat at the table, stressing that the continent is underrepresented. Addressing the…
Following a probe by the UN oversight body, nine individuals have been fired, spokesperson says. The United Nations says nine employees of UNRWA, its agency for Palestinian refugees, “may have been involved” in the October 7 attack on southern Israel by Hamas, adding that they have been fired. “We have…
NewsFeed An investigation by the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services found that nine UNRWA employees ‘may have been involved’ in the October 7th attacks on Israel. The investigation involved 19 staff members Israel had accused of being involved in the attack. It found no evidence or insufficient evidence against…
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