Guterres urges greater support for UN emergency relief fund
He called for more support so it can expand and reach its target of $1 billion. Speaking at the annual pledging event for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), Mr.…
World News in Brief: New relief window in Gaza, sexual violence in Sudan, new action against chemical weapons
The latest update from UN aid coordination office OCHA indicated that two hospitals in Gaza City, Al Ahli and As Sahaba, had received a total of 10,500 litres of fuel,…
With Gaza truce on horizon, UN relief teams stand ready to ramp up aid
According to media reports, ongoing negotiations over the Israel-Hamas agreement on a four-day humanitarian pause and the freeing of hostages held by the Palestinian armed group since its 7 October…
Humanitarian crisis in Gaza could get far worse, warns UN relief chief
More than 1.5 million Gazans are displaced, 18 hospitals have shut down, and hundreds of thousands are living in fear and under continuing Israeli bombardment. “Casualties continue to mount, with…
Israel-Palestine crisis: UN emergency relief chief unveils 10-point plan ‘to rein in the carnage’
The initiative from veteran aid chief Martin Griffiths, head of the UN aid coordination office OCHA, comes more than five weeks since Hamas militants killed 1,200 people in Israel and…
Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief
In a statement, the Israeli military denied that it had targeted Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which they claim is above a Hamas command post, but have acknowledged that fighting…
Israel-Palestine crisis: Silence the guns, UN relief chief tells Paris forum
Echoing his remarks with French President Emmanuel Macron looking on, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, stressed the “heart-breaking” plight of children in the…
Second aid convoy ‘another glimmer of hope’ for millions in Gaza: UN relief chief
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Martin Griffiths described the supplies provided by the Egyptian Red Cross and the UN as “another glimmer of hope for the millions of…
UN relief chief welcomes aid convoy’s entry into Gaza
The 20-truck convoy that passed through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt includes life-saving supplies provided by the Egyptian Red Crescent and the UN. They were approved to cross and…
Gaza: ‘History is watching’ warns UN relief chief, saying aid access is key priority
“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…