Gaza: ‘History is watching’ warns UN relief chief, saying aid access is key priority

adminOctober 16, 2023September 17, 202407 mins

“History is watching,” Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths told UN News in Geneva, highlighting the desperate situation facing around one million Gazans uprooted in the last week, after the Israeli military warned of an imminent offensive following the deadly 7 October attacks on Israel by militant group Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza strip since…

Cyprus President to UN Assembly: ‘Do we have the resolve to make peace our top priority?’

adminSeptember 20, 2023September 16, 202406 mins

Mr. Christodoulides issued renewed condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and urged member states to live up to the commitments outlined in the UN Charter. “The horrors of the second world war, which began in Europe and consumed the world, brought nations together. We, assembled here today, must live up to the obligations prescribed in…