Palestine: General Assembly discusses failed UN membership bid
A 2022 initiative, resolution76/262, calls for the UN’s most representative body to meet within 10 days if the veto is used in the Security Council by one of its permanent…
$414 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan
UNRWA on Tuesday launched a $414.4 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria and those who have fled the country for neighbouring Lebanon and Jordan due to the conflict. Continue…
UPDATING LIVE: Civilians in Israel and Palestine ‘cannot be abandoned’, says top UN official on sexual violence in conflict
4:02 PM Mozambique: Intervention urgently needed Domingos Estêvão Fernandes, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the UN, said that the relentless violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the Occupied…
End the war and recognize Palestine, Security Council urged
More than 70 delegates voiced serious concerns about the ongoing humanitarian “catastrophe” as the conflict in Gaza approaches its fourth month. Council members alongside the wider UN membership on Tuesday…
$20 million appeal to support Palestine labour market
The funding appeal – launched on Thursday in Geneva – will be used to implement a three-phase programme to provide immediate relief and support longer-term job and business recovery, as…
The Pakistani Ministry of Health has received permission to send medicines to Palestine
–File photo The Pakistani Ministry of Health has received permission to send medicines to Palestine. The Ministry of Health will entrust the shipment of medicines to NDMA, life-saving medicines and…
Palestine: Rights experts call for stronger torture prevention measures
The members of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) issued the appeal after concluding their first visit to the State of Palestine, conducted from 10 to 21 September.…
Funding woes continue to plague UN Palestine refugee agency
UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini was speaking at UN Headquarters alongside the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, following a meeting to support its lifesaving work,…
Lebanon: School occupations condemned as violence grips Palestine refugee camp
Clashes between rival factions in the Ein el Hilweh camp, the largest in Lebanon, has also displaced thousands of refugees, according to reports. Armed groups have taken over eight schools…
UNRWA appeals for end to deadly clashes at Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon
The fighting between Palestinian armed groups at Ein El Helweh camp has also forced thousands to flee their homes that have been damaged. Ein El Helweh is one of 12…