Two bills before the Israeli parliament could put a halt to the lifesaving operations of UN Palestine relief agency, UNRWA, which has been indispensable and irreplaceable "more than ever" over the past year of war in Gaza,Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday.
As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its 1,000-day mark, the UN's top human rights official reiterated his call for Russia to cease its attack immediately and comply with its international obligations to protect civilians.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded an urgent visit to Syria, highlighting the plight of 250,000 people who have crossed into the country fleeing airstrikes in Lebanon.
The situation in Africa's Great Lakes Region, in particular the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has remained "alarming" amid ongoing violence in the restive country's east, said the UN Special Envoy to the Region in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday.
The UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL has been operating along the "Blue Line" which separates Lebanon and Israel since the 1970s, and its mandate was just renewed for another year by the UN Security Council. But what is UNIFIL and what is it doing amid the escalating conflict between Hezbollah and Israel Defense Forces (IDF)?
As online tools using various forms of artificial intelligence become increasingly common, calls are growing for more action to ensure that they do not create or perpetuate stereotypes and gender bias.
UN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million people who have fled heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders, driven by the fear that what happened in Gaza may befall them, too.
A Palestinian man living in a refugee camp in northern Gaza has talked of the 'indescribable' pain he has experienced over the past year as the conflict in the beleaguered enclave continues.
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