The current aid system Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing is “doomed to failure”, the director of the agency warned on Monday UN for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), who denounced the “collective punishment” tax by Israel. “Let us be clear: the handful of convoys authorized through Rafah are nothing compared to the needs of more […]
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UN General Assembly calls for “immediate humanitarian truce” in Gaza
The General Assembly of the UN approved this Friday, with the vote against USAa non-binding resolution that calls for an “immediate and lasting humanitarian truce” in the midst of the escalation of the Israeli military offensive against the Strip. Loop. With 120 votes in favor, 14 against and 45 abstentions, the General Assembly approved the […]
Gaza suffered 16 years of “regression in development”, according to the UN
The Gaza Strip has suffered 16 years of setback in its development, he warned United Nations in a report published on Wednesday, which points out that the economic consequences of the conflict between Hamas and Israel. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) highlights that Gaza’s economy has been “asphyxiated” over the years […]
Israel accepts US request to delay Gaza invasion, according to WSJ
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Israel agreed to delay for now the invasion of Loop so the United States can quickly send missile defenses to the region, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing US and Israeli officials. Israel is also taking into account in its planning the effort to provide humanitarian aid to civilians inside Gaza, as well as […]
The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opens for the entry of humanitarian aid for Palestinians
The border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip opened on Saturday to allow in desperately needed humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, for the first time since Israel isolated the territory after the bloody assault of Hamas two weeks ago. Only 20 trucks were allowed in, a number that health workers said was insufficient to […]
UNWTO Assembly rejects a third term of the secretary general
The General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) This Wednesday in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) rejected the host country’s proposal to renew, exceptionally, the secretary general for a third term, Zurab Pololikashvilian option that did not have the support of Spain. The United Nations Tourism Organization, based in Spain, celebrates this week its XXV General Assembly […]
UN Secretary General Calls on Hamas to Release Hostages and Israel to Open Gaza
The secretary general of the UN, Antonio Guterressent a strong message to both Hamas like Israel so that the former release the hostages they are holding hostage and the latter allow the arrival of humanitarian aid to the Strip. Loop. “Each of these objectives is valid in itself. They should not become bargaining chips and […]
Rural women: the invisible face of family farming
He International Day of Rural Women It is commemorated on October 15 of each year. The date was established by the United Nations (UN) in 2007 with the purpose of highlighting the needs, priorities and contributions of this population. According to the UN, rural women represent approximately a quarter of the world’s population, and their […]
UN asks Israel to “avoid a humanitarian catastrophe”
The secretary general of the UNAntonio Guterres, called on Friday Israel to “avoid a humanitarian catastrophe,” after the Israeli army ordered more than a million people to evacuate northern Loop. ”The secretary general and his team have spent time on the phone. He is in constant contact with the Israeli authorities, urging them to avoid […]
More than a thousand dead in two days of fighting between Israel and Hamas
About a thousand people – 600 on Israeli soil and more than 400 in Gaza – died in two days of war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, who captured a hundred hostages in an offensive that took the Jewish State by surprise. “The enemy is still on the ground,” the Israeli army […]