It has been dominated by the war in Gaza, which began just two weeks after leaders left New York following last year's assembly when Palestinian Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages in a cross-border rampage into Israel, according to Israe...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2712, which calls for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout Gaza, is "woefully insufficient." "I welcome the adoption of Resolutio...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday appealed for peace in the Middle East in his message to mark the one-year anniversary of the Gaza conflict, which started on Oct. 7, 2023. "Today marks one year since the horrific events of Oct. 7 when...
UN Chief Says 630 Aid Trucks Entered Gaza on First Day of Ceasefire More Reuters Palestinians run towards aid trucks, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than ...
'The choice is clear - surge or starvation': UN chief condemns blocked aid to Gaza on Ramadan visitAt the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, Antonio Guterres calls for an immediate ceasefire amid the risk of famine in Gaza in the coming months....
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that civilian deaths in Gaza are "unparalleled and unprecedented," adding that the number of children killed in a matter of weeks is the highest in his years as a secretary-general.On November
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has condemned in the strongest terms the killings committed by the Israeli occupation forces in northern Gaza, citing Israeli operations as "a stain on the conscience of humanity". Flagrant violation In a statement on Sunday, it said such atrocities are in ...
"The humanitarian situation in Gaza is horrific," he said in a statement. "An entire population is traumatised, nowhere is safe." 'Looking for water' Thomas White, the agency's director, said the average Gazan is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour f...
"Yet, more than a year later, Gaza is in ruins, more than 43,000 Palestinians -- mostly women and children -- have been reportedly killed, and the humanitarian crisis is getting worse by the day," the UN chief said. "This is appalling and inexcusable." ...
“I saw toddlers who are double amputees, children paralyzed and unable to receive treatment, and others separated from their parents,” said Scott Anderson, director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza, in astatement. “Parents told me in despair that they had moved into the ‘so-called humanitarian ...