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The descent into ‘a massive famine’ in Gaza has begun, relief agencies warn
- UN News
Amid reports of increased Israeli military operations across Gaza City on Friday, UN aid agencies repeated urgent warnings of ongoing famine and a likely rise in preventable disease, linked to the dire living conditions in the war-shattered enclave.
Soka Gakkai President Issues Statement on Creating a World Without War to Mark 80 Years Since End of World War II
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, August 28 (IPS) - Minoru Harada, president of the Soka Gakkai Buddhist organization, has today issued a statement marking 80 years since the end of World War II, titled “Creating a Wave of Change Toward a Century Without War,” clarifying its ongoing commitment to peace.
‘Israeli Offensive in Gaza City an Existential Threat to the Two-State Solution’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, August 28 (IPS) - Ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres spoke to the press on the “unfolding tragedy that is Gaza,” calling Israel’s new plans to take over Gaza City with the military a “deadly escalation” and an “existential threat to the two-state solution.”
‘The people of Haiti are in a perfect storm of suffering,’ warns UN chief
- UN News
State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralysing daily life and forcing families to flee,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.
Security Council: UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon extended for a ‘final time’
- UN News
The UN peacekeeping mission which patrols the so-called Blue Line of separation between Israel and Lebanon received the unanimous support of the Security Council on Thursday to extend through 31 December next year.
Gaza death and destruction ‘without parallel in recent times’: Guterres
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater humanitarian access and the release of all hostages, as the enclave faces yet another deadly escalation.
Ukraine: Toddler among four children killed in Russia’s attacks on Kyiv
- UN News
Russia’s latest deadly attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight including the capital, Kyiv, left four children dead and dozens injured, UN aid agencies reported on Thursday.
Sudan: ‘Devastating tragedy’ for children in El Fasher after 500 days of siege
- UN News
After 500 days of siege, the city of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease and violence claiming young lives every day, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises deepen
- UN News
Nearly two years of war in Gaza along with continued violence and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank underscore the need to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, a top UN official in the region told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Hunger and disease in Gaza will only worsen from ‘man-made’ famine: WHO
- UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new warning over the deadly impacts of the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza on people there now suffering starvation.
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