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Gaza hospital destroyed, WHO chief reiterates ceasefire call

·December 19, 2023·2 min read

Kamal Adwan Hospital was raided by the Israeli military over four days last week and the World Health Organization (WHO) said that many health workers were reportedly detained. “Gaza’s health system was already on its knees and the loss of another even minimally functioning hospital is a severe blow,” Tedros...

UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate humanitarian ceasefire during emergency session

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·December 17, 2023·16 min read

Video of the Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly. Member States adopted a resolution, demanding an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and well as “ensuring humanitarian access”. It passed with a large majority of 153 in favour and 10 against, with 23 abstentions...

Gaza ceasefire ‘in everybody’s interest’: UN humanitarian coordinator

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·December 13, 2023·3 min read

Lynn Hastings stressed that the intensifying hostilities have pushed almost half of the population of the Strip, or about a million people, into Rafah in the south, compounding the dire health and hunger crisis. “The reason why Gaza is not safe is not just because of the airstrikes but also because...

‘I will not give up’ on push for Gaza humanitarian ceasefire: Guterres

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·December 10, 2023·3 min read

“The preeminent forum for the peaceful resolution of international disputes is paralysed by geostrategic divisions”, António Guterres told the Doha Forum taking place in Qatar, following Friday’s meeting in New York during which the United States vetoed a resolution demanding that Israel and Palestinian militants end the intense fighting across...

Gaza: ‘Unfolding catastrophe’ makes humanitarian ceasefire more urgent

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·November 6, 2023·3 min read

“The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity,” he said, speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York. He also voiced ongoing grave concern over rising violence and an expansion of the conflict between Israeli forces and Hamas militants, stating that...

Gaza death toll passes 5,000 with no ceasefire in sight

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·October 23, 2023·2 min read

Echoing that message, UN health agency (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a new appeal on Monday for “sustained safe passage” for medical essentials and fuel to keep health facilities open. “Lives depend on these decisions,” he insisted on social platform X. Latest media reports citing the Gaza Ministry of...

Israel-Gaza: UN chief urges ceasefire, region ‘on the precipice’

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·October 18, 2023·2 min read

Speaking in Beijing, Mr. Guterres said that a ceasefire would “provide sufficient time and space” to realize two essential appeals which he made earlier this week: to Hamas, for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages held in Gaza, and to Israel, to immediately allow aid to enter the...

Colombia: UN Mission to monitor ceasefire with ELN rebel group

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·August 7, 2023·1 min read

The truce with the ELN, the Spanish acronym for National Liberation Army, comes into effect on Thursday and will last for 180 days, according to media reports. The development follows nearly 10 months of negotiations and is part of the “total peace” policy of President Gustavo Petro, who took office...

Colombia: Guterres welcomes start of ceasefire between Government and ELN

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·August 4, 2023·1 min read

The six-month truce between the authorities and the largest remaining rebel group in the country followed 10 months of negotiations and marks the next step in an ongoing peace process. “By adhering to the ceasefire in good faith and with a clear commitment to alleviating the suffering of civilians, the...

Sudan: UN and partners scramble to supply aid amid fragile ceasefire

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·May 28, 2023·2 min read

Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents at the regular noon briefing that the opportunity to provide services and support to the millions of Sudanese who are suffering due to the six weeks of fighting between national army forces and their powerful rival militia, the RSF, was only feasible in areas where the...

‘No time to spare’: Israel-Palestine ceasefire holds, but hunger, tensions mount

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·May 24, 2023·4 min read

“There is no time to spare,” said Tor Wennesland, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. “We must take action, not only to ensure Palestinian well-being and governance, but as an integral part of ending the occupation and restoring a political horizon toward a viable two-State solution,...

Guterres welcomes ceasefire in Israel and Gaza

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·May 15, 2023·1 min read

In a statement issued by his Spokesperson on Sunday afternoon, Mr. Guterres welcomed the ceasefire that had been reached between the sides on Saturday and extended his deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the violence. “The hostilities have led to needless human suffering,” the statement said...