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 …
Israel’s ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said: “If the UN Secretary-General does not activate Article 99 in favor of our abductees and bring the Security Council into a discussion on the sexual atrocities committed by Hamas, Israel should break the tools and take severe actions including closing the UN headquarters in Jerusalem, deporting Senior …
As per the report issued by Pramela Patten, it contains the findings of the mission of Special Representative, Ms. Pramila Patten to Israel, aimed at gathering, analyzing, and verifying information on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in the context of the attacks on 7 October 2023 and their aftermath, and for its potential inclusion in reporting …
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Posted 4 March 2024 by the UN Ambassadors in the UN General Assembly again discussed on Monday the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and the critical work of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which is facing an existential threat, hearing a briefing by its Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, and holding a heated debate on …
Prof Ben Saul – UN SR Human Rights & Counterterror released this statement on 23 Feb, 2024: I join many UN experts in urging all countries to halt all exports of weapons & munitions to Israel for use in Gaza. Such transfers would violate international humanitarian law & the Genocide Convention & risk criminal complicity …
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GENEVA (19 February 2024) – UN experts* today expressed alarm over credible allegations of egregious human rights violations to which Palestinian women and girls continue to be subjected in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, …