Secretary-General Archives - Page 2 of 178

7amleh (NGO), Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Columbia University Center for Palestine Studies, Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Human Rights Watch, Law For Palestine, New Jewish Narrative, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Secretary-General, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)

Sources:

Entity:

Type

Letter from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the Secretary-General on Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention (A/ES-10/1024)

Country:

06-Mar-2025

Armed conflict, Fourth Geneva Convention, Human rights and international humanitarian law

A/ES-10/1024

Sources: General Assembly, General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session, Secretary-General	Entity: State, United Nations system
Type Letter	Country: Switzerland

04-Mar-2025

Serious Negotiations Must Resume for Gaza Ceasefire, UN Chief Tells Arab League Summit, Calls for Political Framework for Reconstruction

Assistance to the Palestinian people, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Security issues, Self-determination, Two State solution, West Bank, human rights violations

Sources: Secretary-General	Entity:
Type Press Release, Remarks, Statement	Country:

04-Mar-2025

Serious Negotiations Must Resume for Gaza Ceasefire, UN Chief Tells Arab League Summit, Calls for Political Framework for Reconstruction

Assistance to the Palestinian people, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Incidents, Security issues, Self-determination, Two State solution, West Bank, human rights violations

Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Global Communications	Entity:
Type Press Release, Remarks, Statement	Country:

03-Mar-2025

Gaza Ceasefire Must Hold, Secretary-General Urges at Launch of Berlin Initiative – Message

Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Peace proposals and efforts, Self-determination, Two State solution, West Bank

Sources: Berlin Initiative, Secretary-General	Entity:
Type Remarks, Statement	Country:

01-Mar-2025

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Gaza ceasefire

Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief

Sources: Secretary-General	Entity:
Type Statement	Country:

28-Feb-2025

Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (February 2025 Monthly Bulletin)

Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Food, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Gender, Health, Hospitals, Hostages, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Protection of civilians, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Shelter, Social issues, Two State solution, UNRWA, Water, West Bank, Women, human rights violations

Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretariat, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN News, United Nations Department of Global Communications, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Entity:

Written Statement submitted on behalf of the Secretary-General of the United Nations – Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

27-Feb-2025

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Refugees and displaced persons

Sources: International Court of Justice (ICJ), Secretary-General	Entity: United Nations system
Type Statement	Country:

27-Feb-2025

NGO Action News – 27 February 2025

Al-Haq, Amnesty International, B'Tselem, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Diakonia, Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), Gisha - Legal Centre for Freedom Movement (NGO), Human Rights Watch, Institute for Palestine Studies, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Peace Now, Save the Children, Secretary-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Sources:

Entity:

Type

“The people in Gaza have already suffered too much” Secretary-General tells the Human Rights Council

Country:

24-Feb-2025

Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, West Bank, human rights violations

Sources: Human Rights Council, Secretary-General	Entity:
Type Remarks, Statement	Country:

19-Feb-2025

Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (January 2025 Monthly Bulletin)

Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA, West Bank

Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), General Assembly, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Security Council, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), World Food Programme (WFP)

Entity:

Avoid ‘at All Costs’ Resumption of Hostilities in Gaza, Secretary-General Urges, Stressing Both Sides Must Fully Abide by Ceasefire Agreement, Resume Talks

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

11-Feb-2025

Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Negotiations and agreements

SG/SM/22549

Sources: Secretary-General	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release, Statement	Country:

05-Feb-2025

United Nations ‘Fully Committed to Peace, Stability, Inalienable Rights of Palestinian People’, UN Secretary-General Tells Palestinian Rights Committee

Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Expulsions and deportations, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Reconstruction, UNRWA, ethnic cleansing

SG/SM/22546

Sources: Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Secretary-General	Entity:
Type Remarks, Speech, Statement	Country:

04-Feb-2025

Annual Compilation of Selected United Nations Reports on the Question of Palestine 2024 Vol. VI

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Economic issues, Food, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Gender, Genocide, Golan Heights, Health, Hospitals, Hostages, House demolitions, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, Incidents, Israeli settlements, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Living conditions, Media/Journalists, Occupation, Palestine question, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Prisoners and detainees, Protection, Public information, Quartet, Refugees and displaced persons, Settler violence, Social issues, Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, UNRWA, Violence, West Bank, Women, detainees, malnutrition

Sources:

Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), European Union (EU), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the Quartet (OQ), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Register of Damage caused by the construction of the Wall (UNROD), Secretary-General, Security Council, Security Council Committee on Admission of New Members, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN Women, UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), World Bank, World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Compilation UN Reports, Report

Type

Country:

30-Jan-2025

Demand for ceasefire in Gaza (Needs assessment for Gaza, Humanitarian and socioeconomic impact of Gaza war, UN response) – Secretary-General Report (A/79/739)

Accountability, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Economic issues, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Internally displaced persons, Reconstruction, Social issues, Women, detainees

A/79/739

Sources: Secretary-General	Entity: United Nations system
Type Report, Secretary-General Report	Country:

23-Jan-2025

NGO Action News – 23 January 2025

ADALAH - Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Al-Shabaka, Amnesty International, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, B'Tselem, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), EuroMed, Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), Gisha - Legal Centre for Freedom Movement (NGO), Human Rights Watch, Jerusalem Fund, Law For Palestine, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Secretary-General

Sources:

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Following Gaza Ceasefire, Formation of New Governments in Lebanon, Syria, Speakers in Security Council Discuss Ways to Ensure Steps Bring Positive Change for Region – Press release

Country:

20-Jan-2025

Accountability, Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Prisoners and detainees, Situation in Lebanon, Two State solution, UNRWA

SC/15970

Sources: Secretary-General, Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

20-Jan-2025

Secretary-General Urges Parties to ‘Make Good’ on Gaza Deal, Calls for Release of All Hostages, Permanent Ceasefire during Security Council quarterly debate

Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Situation in Lebanon, West Bank

SG/SM/22526

Sources: Secretary-General, Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Briefing, Remarks, Security Council Briefing	Country:

16-Jan-2025

NGO Action News – 16 January 2025

7amleh (NGO), Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), European Coordination of Committee and Associations for Palestine, J Street, Jewish Voice for Peace, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Palestinian Return Centre Ltd., Peace Now, People's Forum (The), Secretary-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)

Sources:

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Appointment of Sigrid Kaag (Kingdom of the Netherlands) as Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority ad interim

Country:

16-Jan-2025

Palestine question

S/2025/38

Sources: Secretary-General, Security Council, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Letter	Country:

15-Jan-2025

Secretary-General’s statement – on a deal to secure a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza

Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Negotiations and agreements

Sources: Secretary-General	Entity: United Nations system
Type Statement	Country:

08-Jan-2025

“There is currently no realistic alternative to UNRWA” Letter from the Secretary-General to President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council on the legal status of Gaza Strip and the role of UNRWA (A/79/716-S/2025/18)

Gaza Strip, Occupying Power, UNRWA

A/79/716

Sources: Secretary-General	Entity: United Nations system
Type Letter	Country:

31-Dec-2024

Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (December 2024 Monthly Bulletin)

Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Hospitals, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incidents, Legal issues, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, West Bank

Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)

Entity:

Report of the UN Secretary-General – Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of the continued presence of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

19-Dec-2024

Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israel's illegal occupation, Legal issues, Palestine question

A/79/588

Sources: Secretary-General	Entity: United Nations system
Type Report, Secretary-General Report	Country:

19-Dec-2024

NGO Action News – 19 December 2024

7amleh (NGO), Churches for Middle East Peace, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Diakonia, Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), EuroMed, Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), Institute for Palestine Studies, Law For Palestine, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Council (PHROC), Secretary-General, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)

Sources:

Entity:

Non-governmental organization

Type

Security Council briefing on the situation in the Middle East – 32nd Report of the SG on the Implementation of UNSCR 2334

Country:

18-Dec-2024

Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, Settlements, sexual violence

S/2024/913

Sources: Secretary-General, Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Briefing, Report, Security Council Briefing	Country:

09-Dec-2024

Letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council regarding UNRWA’s operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (A/79/684-S/2024/892)

Assistance, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA

A/79/684

Sources: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Letter	Country:

05-Dec-2024

NGO Action News – 5 December 2024

Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, B'Tselem, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), Law For Palestine, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Palestinian Return Centre Ltd., Secretary-General, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Sources:

Entity:

Type