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The EU will continue funding the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees

The EU will continue funding the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees The EU will continue funding the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees

The European Commission (EC) announced this Friday that it will pay the Agency of the UN for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) 50 million euros next week (US$54.05 million), and which will increase emergency support for Palestinians by 68 million euros in 2024. The Commission will thus continue with the planned payments to UNRWA – which it […]

Celac holds annual summit, marked by tension between Venezuela and Guyana

Celac holds annual summit, marked by tension between Venezuela and Guyana Celac holds annual summit, marked by tension between Venezuela and Guyana

Leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) meet this Friday on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for their eighth annual summit, marked this time by border tensions between Venezuela and Guyana, and violence in Ecuador and Haiti. Left-wing presidents such as Brazilian Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, […]

WHO: “If our planet were a patient, it would be admitted to the ICU”

WHO: “If our planet were a patient, it would be admitted to the ICU” WHO: “If our planet were a patient, it would be admitted to the ICU”

“If our planet were a patient, it would be admitted to intensive care”warned this Thursday the general director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in Nairobi before the VI Assembly of the UN for the Environment (UNEA-6). “His vital signs are alarming”said Tedros at the opening of the high-level segment of UNEA-6, […]

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of blocking aid to Palestinians despite UN court order

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of blocking aid to Palestinians despite UN court order Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of blocking aid to Palestinians despite UN court order

Israel has failed to comply with an order from the United Nations’ highest court to urgently provide aid to desperate people in the Gaza Stripas he said on Monday Human Rights Watch, a month after a historic verdict in The Hague that ordered Israel to exercise more restraint in its war. In a preliminary response […]

The US presents a proposal to the UN for a ceasefire in Gaza

The US presents a proposal to the UN for a ceasefire in Gaza The US presents a proposal to the UN for a ceasefire in Gaza

USA presented a resolution to the United Nations Security Council that would support a temporary ceasefire in Loopafter rejecting a proposal backed by Arab nations, which demands an immediate end to hostilities on humanitarian grounds in the devastated territory. The proposed resolution, which was obtained by The Associated Press on Monday, would highlight that a […]

Israel rejects the legitimacy of the ICJ to declare its occupation of Palestine “illegal”

Israel rejects the legitimacy of the ICJ to declare its occupation of Palestine “illegal” Israel rejects the legitimacy of the ICJ to declare its occupation of Palestine “illegal”

Israel He rejected this Monday that “he does not recognize the legitimacy” of the debate in the International Court of Justice (ICJ)after the Palestinian representative to the UN request the high court to declare “illegal” the Israeli occupation, which has been maintained since 1967 on the Palestinian territories. “Israel does not recognize the legitimacy of […]

International mediators step up efforts to negotiate Gaza truce

International mediators step up efforts to negotiate Gaza truce International mediators step up efforts to negotiate Gaza truce

International mediators intensify their efforts this Wednesday to reach a truce agreement between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Stripwhere the UN fears a “massacre” if the Israeli army launches an operation in the city of Rafah. According to the Ministry of Health of Hamaswhich took power in Gaza in 2007, 104 […]

UN “will not be part” of forced displacement in Gaza, says spokesperson

UN “will not be part” of forced displacement in Gaza, says spokesperson UN “will not be part” of forced displacement in Gaza, says spokesperson

The ONU “will not be part” of any forced displacement of Palestinians currently living in Rafah, the Secretary-General’s spokesman, Antonio Guterres, declared on Monday, while stating that there is no safe place in Gaza for them to go. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his army to prepare for an offensive in the southern […]

“Our world has entered an era of chaos,” warns UN chief

“Our world has entered an era of chaos,” warns UN chief “Our world has entered an era of chaos,” warns UN chief

”The world has entered an era of chaos“, warned UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, denouncing the unprecedented divisions of the Security Council, unable to agree in the face of “terrible conflicts” that multiply on the planet. “There are governments that ignore and undermine the very principles of multilateralism, without being held accountable at […]

One year after the earthquake in Turkey, thousands of people still suffer its consequences

One year after the earthquake in Turkey, thousands of people still suffer its consequences One year after the earthquake in Turkey, thousands of people still suffer its consequences

One year after the earthquakes that shook the southeast of Türkiye and northern neighboring Syria, the humanitarian situation of the affected communities has deteriorated, with thousands of families who have not yet recovered from the impact of the devastation, several humanitarian agencies warned today. The earthquake, of magnitude 7.8, shook eleven provinces of the country, […]