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US once again vetoes UN resolution for Gaza ceasefire
Feb 20, 2024 14:15Unsurprisingly, the United States has once again vetoed a UN resolution that calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel hindering rescue missions to Gaza's Nasser hospital: WHO
Feb 20, 2024 14:13The World Health Organization (WHO) says Israel’s military forces are hindering medical rescue missions to the besieged Nasser Hospital, whose condition is “indescribable.”
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US drafts UN resolution for ‘temporary’ half to Gaza war after rejecting ceasefire proposal
Feb 20, 2024 13:00The United States is circulating a counter UN Security Council resolution that would support a temporary ceasefire in Gaza after threatening to veto a draft resolution demanding an immediate halt to Israel’s war on the Palestinian territory.
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UN warns of ‘explosion’ in Gaza child deaths amid combination of disease, hunger
Feb 20, 2024 11:03The United Nations has warned that spread of diseases and acute malnutrition could spark an “explosion” in preventable child deaths in the Gaza Strip amid the genocidal Israeli war.
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Iran: UN must take action to prevent further Israeli mass atrocities in Rafah
Feb 19, 2024 12:50Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the United Nations must take action to prevent further mass atrocities by the Israeli regime in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.
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Israel's push to disband UNRWA
Feb 19, 2024 04:47UNRWA is facing a crisis after Israel accused some of its members of being affiliated with Hamas resistance movement and to have helped it with Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.
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Irish FM slams ‘abuse’ of veto power at UN Security Council
Feb 18, 2024 09:06The Irish foreign minister has censured the “dysfunctional” United Nations Security Council (UNSC), saying the five-state veto power at the council has “no place in the 21st century.”
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Algeria pushes for UNSC resolution on Gaza truce; US vows to veto it
Feb 18, 2024 06:52Algeria requested the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to vote on a draft resolution that demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, a move the United States - a Council veto power – has pledged to veto.
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Lebanon lodges complaint at UN against Israel over deadly strikes
Feb 16, 2024 09:04Lebanon’s permanent mission to the United Nations has filed a formal complaint before the UN Security Council following the death of at least 10 civilians in two Israeli airstrikes in the south of the country.
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Ireland pledges funding for UNRWA after US-led withdrawal of support
Feb 16, 2024 05:29Ireland has pledged €20 million ($16.7 million) funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees after the US and its allies suspended their assistance for the agency based on unsubstantiated Israeli allegations.