Tag: United Nations
How the UN can act decisively to end genocide in Gaza
Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly can take decisive action to end the genocide in Gaza, by authorizing a UN-backed arms embargo, economic boycott and divestment campaign against Israel, or even a military protection force for Gaza.
Scholars say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Scholars’ group cites mass civilian killings, starvation, and official incitement as evidence, while Israel and the United States reject the genocide label.
Security Council minus US says Gaza famine is ‘man-made’ as deaths...
Fourteen member nations back IPC famine finding, call for ceasefire and aid access while US rejects the analysis.
Global hunger rate falls overall in 2024, still faces specific challenges...
The report, which was published by five specialized United Nations agencies, said the decline was a decrease of approximately 15 million people from 2023 and 22 million from 2022.
UN reports nearly half of aid worker killings in 2024 occurred in...
Record killings of humanitarian staff highlight global surge in attacks and lack of accountability
Israel accused of assassinating five Gaza journalists in targeted airstrike
Al Jazeera calls deadly strike on press tent “blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom” as press freedom groups warn of pattern of killings and smear campaigns against reporters in Gaza.
Leaked transcript reveals Netanyahu blocked ceasefire and imposed starvation in Gaza
Israeli cabinet minutes show Prime Minister rejected hostage deal, cut off all aid, and broke ceasefire to force Hamas surrender, triggering mass civilian deaths and famine.
Senate vote on Sanders resolutions marks historic shift in US support...
Though blocked, Bernie Sanders’s efforts to halt weapons transfers to Israel gained unprecedented Democratic support amid Gaza’s worsening famine and civilian death toll.
Trade must be part of solution to plastic pollution, Global Trade...
The report confirmed that while trade in plastic surpassed $1.1 trillion 75 percent of the plastic produced becomes waste and ends up in the world’s oceans and ecosystems.












