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UN agency halts food deliveries to north Gaza due to ‘complete chaos, violence’

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The United Nations food agency has paused delivering aid to northern Gaza, citing Israeli gunfire as well as “complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order” in the besieged area.
Int'l Relations

UN chief warns world facing ‘age of chaos’, citing Gaza war

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world is entering into an “age of chaos” as the UN Security Council remains sharply divided over Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.
Americas

US lawmakers urge White House to demand resignation of UN secretary general, UNRWA chief

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A group of US House lawmakers from both parties have called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to demand the resignation of the head of the United Nations and the chief of its Palestinian refugee agency following allegations that 12 employees participated in Hamas Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Int'l Relations

UN says to probe Palestinian refugee agency for ‘neutrality’

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The United Nations has announced it will investigate its own agency for Palestinian refugees to ensure “neutrality” following allegations by Israel that several UN staffers assisted Hamas’ October 7 military operation against Israel.
Middle East

Israeli intelligence accuses UNRWA staff of kidnap, seizing body during October 7 attack

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An Israeli intelligence document that prompted several countries to halt funds for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) includes allegations that some staff took part in abductions and killings during the Hamas-led military operation against Israel on October 7.
Middle East

PA president calls on states to reconsider halt to UN agency funding

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The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has urged countries that halted funding the United Nations relief agency in Gaza to reconsider their decision.
Middle East

UN says freight via Suez Canal down 45%

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Freight through the Suez Canal has plummeted by 45% in the two months since Houthis' attacks on vessels in the Red Sea forced shipping companies to divert shipments, sending shockwaves through global supply chains, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has reported.
Middle East

UN agency calls on countries to reconsider funding suspensions

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The head of the main United Nations agency in Gaza, reeling from allegations members of his staff participated in Hamas attacks on Israel in early October, has called the decision by a growing list of countries to suspend funds to the agency "shocking" and urged them to reconsider it.
Middle East

PLO urges countries pausing UNRWA funding to “retract their decisions”

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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has called on countries halting support for the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to “immediately retract their decisions".
Foreign Policy

UN unable to end Gaza war: Iran president

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has called for the reform of the United Nations and other global bodies, lamenting that they have failed to prevent the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip which has so far killed more than 25,000.
Int'l Relations

Iran UN envoy: Tehran to use all available mechanisms to ensure accountability for Kerman bombings

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Iran's UN envoy has stressed the country will use all available mechanisms to ensure accountability for the perpetrators of fatal terror attacks that targeted the southwestern Iranian city of Kerman.
Int'l Relations

Iran UN mission raps Israel’s assassination of IRGC cmdr, says Tehran reserves right to respond

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In a letter to the Security Council, Amir Saeed Iravani, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent representative to the United Nations, has slammed the alarming and recurrent terrorist attacks carried out by the Israeli regime within the Syrian Arab Republic, that recently saw the assassination of an Iranian military advisor.
Foreign Policy

Iran says UNSC resolution on Gaza positive step, but insufficient

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Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani has lauded as positive the United Nations Security Council resolution that demands immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip but stressed it is not enough for Palestinians in the besieged territory.
Middle East

UN Security Council passes resolution on Gaza aid delivery as US, Russia abstain

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The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, following several delays over the last week as the United States lobbied to weaken the language regarding calls for a ceasefire in the besieged strip.
Int'l Relations

UN denounces terror attack on Iran police station

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The United Nations has condemned a deadly terrorist assault on Rask County's police headquarters in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Balouchestan, emphasizing that all perpetrators must be brought to justice.
Foreign Policy

Iran: Israel plans to deport Palestinians to neighboring countries

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has warned of Israel's plot to deport Gaza-based Palestinians to other states after trapping them in the southern part of the enclave.
Foreign Policy

US veto of UNSC resolution license for Gaza genocide: Iran

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said by blocking the United Nations Security Council's resolution, the US has actually granted Israel a license to continue its genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Int'l Relations

UN chief: Gaza facing humanitarian disaster, ceasefire a necessity

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Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip which he says is grappling with a disastrous situation due to Israeli blockade and bombardments.
Int'l Relations

US vetoes UNSC resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza Strip

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The US has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate "humanitarian ceasefire" in the besieged Gaza Strip which has been under massive Israeli siege and bombardments since early October.
Middle East

UN chief invokes Article 99 on Gaza in a rare move

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The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, urging the UN Security Council to act on the war in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Turkey says to ask UNSC, IAEA to verify whether Israel has nuclear bombs

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Ankara will ask the United Nations Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to verify Israel's possession of nuclear weapons, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
Int'l Relations

Iran slams UN Security Council for failing to call for ceasefire in Gaza amid Israel bombardment

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Tehran has rapped the United Nations Security Council for failing to call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in its recently-approved resolution on Israel’s “genocidal war” against the besieged enclave. More than 13,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military campaign in Gaza over the past 43 days.
Int'l Relations

UN chief describes deaths of civilians in Gaza as “unparalleled and unprecedented”

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The number of civilians killed in Gaza has been “unparalleled and unprecedented” in comparison to any conflict since 2017, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has stated.
Middle East

UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in Gaza Strip

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The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for a series of humanitarian pauses in the besieged Gaza strip to allow for aid delivery and medical evacuations.
Middle East

Hamas assault does not justify collective punishment of Palestinians: UN chief

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said that Hamas’ attacks against Israel do not justify the collective punishment of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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