“The Secretary-General has been closely following the situation in Madagascar and is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and destruction of property since […]
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UN chief calls for Israel and Hamas to ‘abide fully’ by terms of US peace plan
President Trump announced on social media late on Wednesday that Hamas had agreed to release all the hostages being held inside Gaza “very soon”, while […]
Two years of Gaza-Israel war bring ‘indescribable’ pain, warn aid agencies
“The pain is indescribable” on the anniversary of the “abhorrent” attacks, said UN relief chief Tom Fletcher. “I renew my call for the unconditional, immediate release […]
Guterres condemns detention of nine more UN staff in Yemen
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the continued arbitrary detentions of its personnel and its partners, as well as the ongoing unlawful seizure of UN premises and […]
Father of Gaza hostage calls for an end to war – and a two-State solution
On 7 October 2023, Corporal Nimrod Cohen was guarding the area near the Nirim kibbutz close to Gaza frontier, when his tank malfunctioned and his […]
Africa needs conflict prevention as the continent faces unprecedented threats
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga was speaking at a Security Council meeting focused on the key issues faced by Africa and cooperation between the UN and the African Union […]
Release the hostages in Gaza ‘unconditionally and immediately’: Guterres
“The attackers brutally killed more than 1,250 Israelis and foreign nationals,” he reminded in a statement. “More than 250 others were abducted and taken into the Gaza […]
We are not powerless in face of Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine atrocities, insists UNHCR chief
“The atrocities perpetrated in Gaza and the [occupied] West Bank, in Ukraine, Sudan or Myanmar are evidence of the deliberate abandonment of norms in the […]
WHO: Despite smoking decline, tobacco still hooks one in five adults worldwide
That’s according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest report on tobacco use published on Monday which analyses smoking trends from 2010 to 2024 and […]
UN chief ‘encouraged’ after Hamas indicates willingness to release Israeli hostages
The statement issued by the militant group indicated it was also prepared to hand over administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body as […]
