Tag: UN
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Gaza: Fuel supply set to runs out in 3 days, says UN agency
The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, will run out of fuel in three days, putting humanitarian response in Gaza at risk, Director-General Philippe Lazzarini warned on Sunday. “Without fuel, there will be no water, no functioning
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Israel -Hamas: UN chief calls for ceasefire
Guterre Antonios, the United Nations Secretary-General, pleaded Saturday for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas, demanding global “action to end this godawful nightmare”.
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Gaza establishes 1st shelter camp for displaced amid ongoing conflict
The first shelter camp for displaced Palestinians has been set up by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the battered enclave on Thursday.
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War: Don urges UN to act fast, broker cease-fire between Isreal, Hamas
Dr Chinedu Ejezie, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has urged the United Nations (UN) to act fast to broker a cease-fire in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas before the situation gets out of hand.
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Israeli-Hamas conflict: UN Security Council to consider resolution on ceasefire
T he UN Security Council is expected to consider a draft resolution led by Brazil, calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israeli-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip. The council had on Monday in its first intervention in the Gaza
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UN General Assembly elects 4 African countries to Human Rights Council
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council, with Peru and Russia failing to secure a seat. Four of the 15 new members are from African countries, viz, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Malawi.
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Complete closure of the Gaza Strip violates international law – UN
The United Nations has criticised Israel’s decision to stop all deliveries of food, water, electricity, and fuel to the Gaza Strip. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said in Geneva on Tuesday that it was forbidden
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Over 81,000 people enter Ethiopia from Sudan -UN
The number of people arriving in Ethiopia due to the conflict in Sudan has reached 81,095, according to the UN migration agency.
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Poland opposes Germany on permanent UN Security Council seat
Poland has opposed Germany gaining a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Thursday. The proposal, made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,
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Russia commits ‘genocide’ by abducting Ukrainian children – Zelensky laments
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told world leaders in the UN General Assembly that alongside its ongoing nuclear threat, Russia is also weaponising essentials like global food and energy markets, and using them “not only against our country, but all of yours as well.”