-
After ICJ ruling, UN chief says decisions of top court binding, no part above law
Feb 01, 2024 04:56UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are binding, after the top court last week ordered all states to cease funding and facilitating Israel's military actions in Gaza.
-
‘This is a population starving to death,’ WHO warns about Gaza
Feb 01, 2024 02:50The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the people in the Gaza Strip are starving to death due to the constraints imposed by Israel on the delivery of humanitarian aid into the besieged Palestinian territory.
-
UNRWA has no replacement in Gaza, UN warns amid funding cuts
Feb 01, 2024 02:32The UN aid coordinator for the Gaza Strip says no organization could ever replace the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees due to UNRWA’s “tremendous capacity” in handling the situation in the besieged Palestinian territory.
-
UN Security Council says concerned about ‘rapidly deteriorating’ Gaza conditions
Jan 31, 2024 06:56The United Nations Security Council has raised the alarm at the “dire and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation” in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues its genocidal war on the besieged territory.
-
Iran warns US any aggression will be met with 'crushing response'
Jan 31, 2024 05:54Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has warned the United States that any act of aggression against Iran and its people will be met with a crushing response.
-
Hamas leader condemns UNRWA cuts as defiance of ICJ ruling
Jan 31, 2024 02:29The leader of the Hamas resistance movement has strongly denounced a Western pause in funding the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which assists the displaced people across the Israeli-bombarded Gaza.
-
UN urges reversal of funding pause for UNRWA, warns aid for about 2mn Gazans at stake
Jan 29, 2024 04:09The United Nations has urged the countries that have paused funding for the world body's Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, to reverse their decision, warning that aid for some two million people in the besieged Gaza Strip is at stake.
-
UNSC to meet to discuss ICJ ruling on Israeli genocide in Gaza
Jan 28, 2024 03:50The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to meet next week to discuss the decision by the body's top court ordering the Israeli regime to prevent genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.
-
South Africa hails ICJ's Gaza ruling as 'decisive victory' as reactions pour in
Jan 26, 2024 11:59South Africa has hailed as a “decisive victory” the International Court of Justice’s ruling that Israel must do everything it can to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza.
-
ICJ orders Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza
Jan 26, 2024 10:55The United Nations' top court has ordered the Israeli regime to take all measures within its power to prevent genocide in Gaza, but stopped short of ordering a ceasefire.