Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini – 9 May [Update below] This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem. This took place while UNRWA and other UN Agencies’ staff were on the compound. While there were no casualties among our staff, the fire caused extensive damage to the …
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06 May 2024 GENEVA (6 May 2024) – UN experts* today condemned the continued and systematic onslaught of violence committed against Palestinians in Gaza, with most victims being women and children over the past seven months. “We are horrified at details emerging from mass graves recently unearthed in the Gaza Strip. Over 390 bodies have …
25 April 2024 – – UN News – Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression and opinion. Across the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League universities amid a campus-wide crackdown on students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, shining a spotlight on the question of freedom of expression …
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24 April 2024 In Feb, UN Sec General Antonio Guterres appoints independent UNRWA review panel. It was led by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, working with three research organizations in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Yesterday, the report they issued was made public and the media began reporting on its findings. Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur …
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros 21 patients have died since the hospital came under siege on 18 March. Hostilities continue around the hospital according to updates from Al-Shifa hospital in #Gaza reported by a health worker inside the hospital. 107 patients are in an inadequate building, within the hospital compound, lacking needed health support, medical care …
By Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini The renewed binding order from the @ICJ yesterday is a stark reminder that the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is man made + worsening. It can however still be reversed. The order calls on the State of Israel to cooperate with the United Nations to facilitate the delivery of …
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Allison L McManus @AllisonLMcManus Senior director, national security & int’l policy @amprog Somewhat underreported in yesterday’s coverage of the UNSC ceasefire resolution and ensuing fallout is the State Department’s declaration that it has not found Israel in violation of international humanitarian law – a declaration of compliance with U.S. law and policy. In February, the …
Written by Al Jazeera Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, has issued a report on the war in Gaza. In the report, she said there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is carrying out a genocide in the Strip. What you need to know about UN expert’s report accusing Israel of genocide Francesca Albanese, the …
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23 March 2024 Press Statement by the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Every year going back to since I served as High Commissioner for Refugees, I have undertaken a solidarity mission during the holy month of Ramadan to shine a light on Muslim communities in distress. This Ramadan, I have come to the Rafah crossing to spotlight …
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Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini AMMAN, 13 March 2024 – At least one UNRWA staff member was killed and another 22 were injured when Israeli Forces hit a food distribution centre in the eastern part of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. “Today’s attack on one of the very few remaining UNRWA distribution centres in the Gaza Strip comes …