Conducting a ground assault in Gaza’s Rafah area would heighten the probability of large-scale crimes against humanity.
Jeremy Laurence, a spokesperson for Volker Türk in Geneva, stated to reporters that the current dire situation could worsen in the near future if Israeli troops take action in the southern border city, as they have threatened to do, unless…
The Security Council demands an immediate ending of violence in Sudan.
In the adoption of resolution 2724 (2024), with 14 in favor and one abstention (Russia), the Council urged all conflicting parties to communicate with one another to find a lasting solution to the conflict. The confrontation between the Sudanese Armed…
The conflict in Ukraine has caused concern in the United Nations Security Council regarding attacks on civilians.
“We denounce any acts of aggression towards civilians and civilian infrastructure,” stated Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General at the UN’s Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations departments. “These actions are against international laws, deemed unacceptable and must cease immediately.” Sadly,…
The United Nations is calling for new aid routes to help alleviate starvation in Gaza, where it continues to claim the lives of young people.
“The current state is extremely concerning. With every passing minute and hour, it continues to deteriorate,” stated the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees in a post on the social media platform X, previously known as…
“Residents of North Gaza are forced to leave their homes in search of necessities such as food and shelter due to destruction caused by recent events.”
For months, the UN has been warning of a looming famine, particularly in northern Gaza as everything needed to sustain life has either been destroyed or simply run out. This is now being translated into deaths among children, not as…
The United Nations leader is urging for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, stating that the principles of Ramadan should take precedence.
The war between rival militaries Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now in its eleventh month, has not only claimed thousands of lives but has created a massive internal displacement crisis. Over six million individuals are…
The economy of Afghanistan has essentially failed, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
During her trip to the country, Kanni Wignaraja, the Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, stated to reporters in New York that 69% of the Afghan population is considered “subsistence insecure,” indicating that they lack basic…
The UN aid coordinator reports that children are perishing from starvation in Gaza.
“Children are dying from hunger,” he said via videolink, as media reports indicate that at least 20 children have succumbed to starvation in the besieged and bombarded enclave, including most recently a 14-day-old baby. He urged for a proposal to…
The chief of the UN health agency is requesting for more assistance to be delivered to Gaza immediately.
These are “children who survived bombardment, but may not survive a famine”, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros said on X, formerly Twitter. In addition to the ongoing violence, the head of WHO gave a warning and a video…
It has been 11 months since the start of the conflict in Sudan, and now there is a looming hunger crisis that is being described as the worst in the world.
The UN World Food Programme, WFP, has observed that the country in northeast Africa is currently facing the biggest displacement crisis in the world. The conflict between the Sudanese Army and the rival group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…