United Nations

NAM denounces continuing Israeli onslaught on Gaza: Iran envoy

Feb 21, 2024 09:21

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) censures Israel’s unrelenting hostilities against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip that have resulted in thousands of human casualties, Iran’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations says.
US vetoes UN resolution for Gaza ceasefire

Feb 21, 2024 09:20

The United States has once again vetoed a UN resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. It is the third time Washington has opposed such a resolution since Israel ignited its bloody war machine in Gaza in early October.
US veto serves Israel's Nazi agenda, Hamas says after Washington blocks ceasefire

Feb 21, 2024 04:31

The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas condemns "in the strongest terms" the United States' recent vetoing of a draft resolution aimed at bringing about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal Israeli war.
US once again vetoes UN resolution for Gaza ceasefire

Feb 20, 2024 14:15

Unsurprisingly, the United States has once again vetoed a UN resolution that calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Israel hindering rescue missions to Gaza's Nasser hospital: WHO

Feb 20, 2024 14:13

The World Health Organization (WHO) says Israel’s military forces are hindering medical rescue missions to the besieged Nasser Hospital, whose condition is “indescribable.”
US drafts UN resolution for ‘temporary’ half to Gaza war after rejecting ceasefire proposal

Feb 20, 2024 13:00

The 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.
UN warns of ‘explosion’ in Gaza child deaths amid combination of disease, hunger

Feb 20, 2024 11:03

The 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.
Iran: UN must take action to prevent further Israeli mass atrocities in Rafah

Feb 19, 2024 12:50

Iranian 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.
Israel's push to disband UNRWA

Feb 19, 2024 04:47

UNRWA 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.
Irish FM slams ‘abuse’ of veto power at UN Security Council

Feb 18, 2024 09:06

The 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.”