Desperation intensifies in Gaza amid uncertainty of ‘safe zones’
Speaking from the southern city of Rafah, Dr. Rick Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, described further bloodshed after...
Iraq: UN team issues latest report on terrorist atrocities
Christian Ritscher, head of the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh – otherwise known as the Islamic State group...
World News in Brief: Somalia floods, Sudan cholera update, genocide prevention
Rising waters caused by torrential downpours have affected more than 2.4 million in the east African nation, while UN aid teams are increasingly concerned...
Gaza: UN rights chief appeals for end to violence and a return to dialogue
“Silence the guns and return to dialogue – the suffering inflicted on civilians is too much to bear. More violence is not the answer....
Shock and terror in Gaza as bombardment of shattered enclave resumes
The sound of shells exploding shortly after 7am Gaza time was clearly audible at Nasser hospital in the south, where terrified and traumatised youngsters...
World News in Brief: New relief window in Gaza, sexual violence in Sudan, new...
The latest update from UN aid coordination office OCHA indicated that two hospitals in Gaza City, Al Ahli and As Sahaba, had received a...
Gaza doctors ‘terrified’ of deadly disease outbreak as aid teams race to deliver
Priorities include transporting fuel to the north of the war-torn enclave, so that it can be used to power hospitals, provide clean water and...
UN agency heads unite in urgent plea for women and children in Gaza
Briefing the Security Council, Sima Bahous, Catherine Russell and Natalia Kanem – heads of UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women...
Funding shortfall puts WFP operations in Chad at risk
The warning comes as aid agencies scramble to respond to a fresh wave of displacement sparked by the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Darfur region...
Gaza crisis: aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths
“About 160 children are killed every day; that’s one every 10 minutes,” said UN World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Christian Lindmeier, echoing concerns from...
Children’s rights in jeopardy 34 years after landmark UN treaty
Catherine Russell made the appeal in a statement to mark World Children’s Day, which commemorates the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights...
Gaza: Lack of fuel threatening to shut down ‘entire’ humanitarian operation
In a wide-ranging briefing to journalists in Geneva, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini reiterated calls for a ceasefire and addressed misinformation targeting the agency, including claims that aid is being diverted.
He said...
Gaza: UN’s Türk urges political path out of ‘horror’
Speaking in Geneva, the High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the parties to the conflict to "create the political space for a path out...
Sudan: UNHCR warns Darfur atrocities of 20 years ago may reoccur
More than 800 people have been reportedly killed by armed groups in Ardamata, West Darfur, an area which has so far been less affected...
Israel-Palestine crisis: Silence the guns, UN relief chief tells Paris forum
Echoing his remarks with French President Emmanuel Macron looking on, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, stressed the...
At Rafah crossing, Türk says both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes
Volker Türk highlighted the dichotomy at the border crossing, describing it as a “lifeline” for the 2.3 million residents of Gaza over the past...
Gazans struggle for survival; north sealed off
The development came as foreign ministers from the G7 group of countries joined international calls on Wednesday for humanitarian pauses in the fighting to...
Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’
“Every day, you think it is the worst day and then the next day is worse,” UN health agency spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said, quoting...
Ukraine: UN condemns latest wave of Russian attacks
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric strongly condemned “the latest wave of attacks against critical infrastructure in various parts of the country, which reportedly resulted in...
Humanitarian ceasefires critical to meet immense needs in Gaza
Their humanitarian update opened with a moment of silence for all those who have lost their lives since the start of the conflict on...
Sudan: Women and girls abducted, held ‘in slave-like conditions’ in Darfur
The stark report comes against the backdrop of a sharp uptick in fighting between the Government’s Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and RSF and heightened...
Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising
According to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health, 8,805 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October, including at least 3,648 children and 2,187 women, and...
Toll of Israel-Palestine crisis on children ‘beyond devastating’
UN relief chief Martin Griffiths, who has been visiting Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, spoke to families in Gaza over the phone from...
