Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdanrequested the Security Council to apply “all possible sanctions” to Iranafter the unprecedented attack with drones and missiles that this country launched against its territory. “The Council must act“Erdan indicated in an emergency meeting of the Security Council, demanding in particular that “all possible sanctions be imposed on Iran […]
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Hunger in Haiti reaches record levels, according to the World Food Program
Hunger has reached record levels in Haiti in the midst of the current spiral of violence in the depressed Caribbean country, the World Food Program (WFP) revealed this Thursday, warning that “at the current rate” the organization could run out of food reserves by the end of April. In a statement, the UN program said […]
UN Rapporteurs: “Gaza is the first genocide shown live to the world”
The UN rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, and her counterpart for the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, condemned this Wednesday the destruction of the main hospital in Loop after two weeks of siege and they assured that it is a sample of the genocide that the Strip is suffering. “The world is witnessing the first […]
More than 53,000 people flee Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks due to violence
More than 53,000 people have fled the capital of Haiti in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape the incessant violence of gangs, according to a United Nations report published Tuesday. More than 60% are heading to the rural southern region of the country, which worries UN officials. “Our colleagues in the humanitarian […]
World Bank estimates damage to vital Gaza infrastructure at US$18.5 billion
He World Bank (WB) maintains that the conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas has caused some US$18.5 billion in damage to vital infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave of Loopaccording to a report released Tuesday. This is equivalent to 97% of the combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the occupied Palestinian territories of the […]
UN Commission lowers Arab growth forecast to 3.3% due to wars
The Economic and Social Commission of the UN for Western Asia (ESCWA, in English) this Wednesday reduced the growth forecasts of the Arab world for the current year to 3.3%, due to the effects derived from the war in Gaza or the conflict in Sudan. According to the Study of Economic and Social Development in […]
War in Gaza: The UN calls for eliminating “obstacles” for aid to enter
Bombings and fighting relentlessly plague Palestinianswhere the population is on the verge of famine due to the siege decreed by Israel since the start of the war with the Islamist movement Hamas. Given this situation, the secretary general of the UNAntonio Guterres, asked Israel to eliminate the “obstacles” for aid to enter the Strip. Loopbesieged […]
Russia and China veto first resolution where the US called for a ceasefire in Gaza
Russia and China This Friday they vetoed the first resolution of the Security Council of the UN in which USA called for an immediate ceasefire in Loopafter almost six months of war that has cost the lives of 32,000 people. The resolution was also rejected by Algeria, while Guyana abstained and the other eleven countries […]
UN chief “regrets” that elections in Venezuela are “obstructed”
The secretary general of the UN, Antonio Guterres, “regrets any event that may hinder” the presidential electoral process in Venezuela after the arrest of two collaborators of the opposition María Corina Machado, his spokesperson said this Thursday. Guterres“recalls the need to guarantee the right to vote and to be elected through authentic periodic elections” and […]
The US will ask the UN for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza
USA presented for the first time a draft resolution to the Security Council of the UN to call for an “immediate ceasefire” in Loopsaid Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who this Thursday will try to promote a truce between Israel and Hamas from Egypt. “We have submitted a resolution to the Security Council calling for […]