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Jean-Pierre Lacroix, briefing journalists by video link from Jeddah after an extensive visit to the region, said there has been an increase in the number of dangerous incidents involving peacekeepers and the fragile environment in which missions operate. He added that UN missions continue to fulfill their mandates despite increasingly challenging conditions on the ground. […]
High Commissioner Volker Turk said the series of draft proposals before the Israeli Knesset raises serious concerns about discrimination, due process violations, and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. “When it comes to the death penalty, the United Nations is very clear and is against it under all circumstances“It is extremely difficult to […]
Since October’s fragile ceasefire began as phase one of the US-led peace plan, thousands of tents and hundreds of thousands of tarpaulins have been distributed. Yet partners estimate that more than a million people – about half of Gaza’s population – are still in urgent need of shelter support. “Needs remain enormous, and the harsh […]
The amendments adopted on 29 December to the Law to Cease UNRWA Operations “seek to further impede UNRWA’s ability to exercise and implement its mandated activities,” a UNRWA spokesperson said statement issued by the spokesperson of Secretary General Antonio Guterres. “The law and its amendments are inconsistent with the status and international legal framework applicable […]
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remain uprooted, many living in makeshift tents pitched on bare ground or squeezed into damaged buildings without reliable access to water, electricity, healthcare or sanitation. Winter rains have compounded the hardships, flooding shelters and turning camp paths into heavy mud. Fragile hope But amid the devastation, displaced families say the […]
In a statement, UNICEF identified the final victim as seven-year-old Ata Mai; he drowned on December 27 during “severe flooding” at a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons in Sudaniyeh, northwestern Gaza City. He is just the youngest child in Gaza to succumb to “extreme winter conditions and a lack of safe shelter,” said Edouard […]
The Taliban have ordered the stoning of dozens of people and the execution of others by collapsing walls on them, as the brutal regime continues to impose itself on its people. Figures published by the Taliban’s Supreme Court show that more than 1,000 people were publicly flogged across Afghanistan in 2025, including at least 150 […]
The UN and Iraq on Thursday signed a new agreement, the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2025 to 2029, to help the country make progress on its national goals, which are also reflected in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by Member States in 2015. The agreement anticipates the conclusion of the UN Assistance […]
The UN agency has revealed shocking figures regarding attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, highlighting that the country is recording the highest percentage of deaths worldwide due to the attacks on the healthcare sector, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. In a conversation with Abdelmonem Makki UN newsShible Sahbani, WHO Representative in Sudan explains […]
According to one note for correspondents Released by UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, the incident took place during a patrol of the UN interim force in Lebanon (UNIFILE) inspected a roadblock in the village of Bastarra in southern Lebanon. The Blue lineestablished by the United Nations, extends approximately 120 kilometers along Lebanon’s southern border and serves […]
