Gaza: Children are starving amid persistent aid access obstacles, warn UN agencies

Far too little aid is reaching people in Gaza to the extent that children are now starving, UN humanitarians said on Friday, in a renewed appeal to Israel to respect international law regarding the safe passage of lifesaving relief in the war-shattered enclave. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/05/1150486
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Gaza: Children are starving amid persistent aid access obstacles, warn UN agencies
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Sudan: ‘We cannot work under the barrel of a gun,’ UN relief chief says

Sudan: ‘We cannot work under the barrel of a gun,’ UN relief chief says

15 Jul 2023

Warring factions in Sudan must respect international law, protect civilians, and stop targeting relief and aid workers, the United Nations top humanitarian official urged on Saturday, as the conflict reached its three-month mark.

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Israel-Palestine crisis: Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages 

Israel-Palestine crisis: Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages 

10 Nov 2023

The UN rights chief Volker Türk reiterated increasingly urgent calls on Friday for a humanitarian ceasefire to allow lifesaving relief to reach Gaza, the release of all hostages taken from Israel and a “sustainable” end to the “nightmarish” situation for those trapped in the enclave.

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Food and fuel for Gaza ‘will run out in days’, warn UN aid teams

Food and fuel for Gaza ‘will run out in days’, warn UN aid teams

16 May 2024

Safe passage is needed urgently throughout Gaza for aid teams to replenish dangerously low stocks of lifesaving supplies throughout Gaza, humanitarians insisted on Thursday, as the UN’s top court prepared to hear a new request from South Africa to issue more constraints on Israeli military action in the enclave.