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Humanitarian situation in Gaza 'catastrophic': Five UN agencies warn
Oct 22, 2023 03:45Five United Nations agencies have sounded the alarm about the humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, which has been under a relentless Israeli war for the past two weeks.
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UN Security Council officially declares end to missile-related sanctions on Iran
Oct 20, 2023 03:40The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has officially declared an end to restrictions it had imposed on Iran’s missile program, according to the organization's secretariat.
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Pres. Raeisi: US veto of UNSC resolution 'double oppression' against Palestinians
Oct 19, 2023 09:26Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the US veto of a UN Security Council resolution calling for a pause in Israel's attacks and crimes against the people of Gaza is "double oppression" against the Palestinians and humanity.
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US votes UNSC resolution demanding humanitarian pause in Gaza
Oct 18, 2023 14:23The United States has blocked a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution that would have established humanitarian pauses in the ongoing Israeli war on the blockaded Palestinian Gaza Strip.
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Iran: UN Security Council sanctions on missile-related activities end
Oct 18, 2023 09:41The Iranian Foreign Ministry has announced that the Islamic Republic, as of October 18, will no longer be subject to any restriction with regard to its ballistic missile-related activities and transfers by the United Nations Security Council.
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Russia, UAE call for emergency Security Council meeting after Gaza hospital massacre
Oct 18, 2023 04:32Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council after Israeli bombardment struck a packed hospital compound in central Gaza, killing at least 700 people, including patients and displaced Palestinians sheltering inside.
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Israel’s forcible transfer of Gazan civilians amounts to crimes against humanity: UN
Oct 18, 2023 03:53The United Nations human rights office has said Israel’s brutal blockade of the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, combined with the evacuation order and forcible transfer of civilians, could amount to a crime against humanity.
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Hamas condemns votes against Russian-drafted UNSC resolution calling for ceasefire
Oct 17, 2023 12:19The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly criticized governments that voted against a Russian-drafted UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire amid Israel’s continued aggression against the Gaza Strip.
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West Asia ‘on verge of abyss’: UN chief warns amid deteriorating crisis in Gaza
Oct 16, 2023 04:51United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the West Asia region is “on the verge of an abyss” as the situation in the Gaza Strip is rapidly deteriorating amid the unrelenting bombardment of the enclave by the Israeli military.
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Russia asks UN Security Council for ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Gaza, Occupied Palestine
Oct 15, 2023 03:46Russia has asked the United Nations Security Council to vote Monday on a draft resolution that called for an “immediate” ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel, blaming the United States for the unfolding situation in West Asia.