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30-Jun-2025

‘Human Toll Mounting’, Security Council Told, as Focus Shifts Back to Gaza after Israel-Iran Ceasefire

Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, West Bank

SC/16107

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

30-Jun-2025

UN Assistant Secretary-General updates Security Council on Gaza crisis, urges ceasefire and respect for international law – Reporting on UNSCR 2334 (2016)

Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israel's illegal occupation, Jerusalem, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, West Bank

Sources: Secretary-General, Security Council, United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs	Entity: United Nations system
Type Briefing, Secretary-General Report, Security Council Briefing, Statement	Country:

20-Jun-2025

The casualty toll in Gaza is nearing 200,000 people, blockade of Gaza must be lifted, and ceasefire must be demanded – Letter from the State of Palestine (A/ES-10/1039-S/2025/400)

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israel's illegal occupation, Nakba, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons

A/ES-10/1039

Sources: General Assembly, Security Council	Entity: Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority, United Nations system
Type Letter	Country: Palestine (State of)

09-Jun-2025

Special report of the Security Council – Letter from the President of the Security Council addressed to the President of the General Assembly (A/79/938)

Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law

A/79/938

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

09-Jun-2025

Security Council – 9929th meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question – Voting on draft resolution (S/2025/353) – Verbatim Record (S/PV.9929)

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages

S/PV.9929

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Meeting record, Verbatim Record	Country:

04-Jun-2025

UN Security Council Fails to Adopt Resolution Calling for Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Owing to Veto by United States

Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law

SC/16078

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

04-Jun-2025

Ceasefire in Gaza: Security Council draft resolution (vetoed by the United States) – (S/2025/353)

Assistance, Ceasefire, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons

S/2025/353

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Draft resolution, Vetoed draft resolution	Country: Algeria, China, Denmark, France, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, United Kingdom, United States of America

04-Jun-2025

Security Council fails to adopt resolution calling for permanent ceasefire in Gaza, owing to veto by United States

Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law

SC/16078

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

31-May-2025

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

Access and movement, Accountability, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Disease, Education and culture, Food, Gaza Strip, Gender, Genocide, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, Internally displaced persons, Jerusalem, Nakba, Occupying Power, Refugees and displaced persons, Settlements, Two State solution, UNRWA, West Bank, Women

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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), Secretary-General, Security Council, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), World Health Organization (WHO)

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United Nations system

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Monthly Bulletin

Country:

28-May-2025

‘Two-State solution on life support’, Special Coordinator tells Security Council, calling for urgent humanitarian assistance in Gaza

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, Two State solution, Violence, West Bank

SC/16072

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country: Algeria, China, Denmark, France, Guyana, Israel, Pakistan, Palestine (State of), Panama, Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

28-May-2025

Security Council – 9923rd meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question – Briefing by Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator ad interim for the Middle East Peace Process – Verbatim Record (S/PV.9923)

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, Two State solution, West Bank

S/PV.9923

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Meeting record, Verbatim Record	Country: Algeria, China, Denmark, France, Guyana, Pakistan, Palestine (State of), Panama, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, United Kingdom, United States of America

13-May-2025

“People Are Already Dying of Hunger”: FAO Briefing to the UN Security Council on the Food Security Crisis in Gaza

Armed conflict, Food, Gaza Strip, Security Council Briefings, malnutrition

Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Briefing, Statement	Country: Hungary

13-May-2025

‘Israel Deliberately, Unashamedly Imposing Inhumane Conditions’ on Civilians in Gaza, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council, as Risk of Famine Grows

Access and movement, Agriculture, Armed conflict, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law

SC/16060

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

13-May-2025

Security Council Media Stakeout – Welcomes release of Edan Alexander; deems Israel’s blockade of aid to Gaza as a ‘pressure lever’ unacceptable – Joint Press Encounter delivered by ambassador Barbara Woodward, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, on the humanitarian situation in Gaza on behalf of the UK, France, Denmark, Greece and Slovenia

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Hostages

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Multimedia, Press briefing, Press statement, Video	Country: Denmark, France, Greece, Slovenia, United Kingdom

08-May-2025

War on Palestinian children must end now – Letter from the State of Palestine (A/ES-10/1033-S/2025/297)

Armed conflict, Children, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question, Violence, West Bank, Women

A/ES-10/1033

Sources: General Assembly, Security Council	Entity: Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority
Type Letter	Country: Palestine (State of)

05-May-2025

Letter from the State of Palestine on the escalating genocide in Gaza (A/ES-10/1032-S/2025/285)

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question

A/ES-10/1032

Sources: General Assembly, Security Council	Entity: Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority
Type Letter	Country: Palestine (State of)

29-Apr-2025

Do Not Let Extremists ‘Undermine What Remains’ of Middle East Peace Process, Secretary-General Tells Security Council Open Debate

Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, Two State solution, UNRWA

SC/16052

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

23-Apr-2025

Genocide, Displacement and Starvation in Gaza: The Urgent Need for a Permanent Ceasefire and Protection of Civilians – Letter from the State of Palestine (A/ES-10/1031-S/2025/249)

Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, Refugees and displaced persons

A/ES-10/1031

Sources: General Assembly, Security Council	Entity: Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority
Type Letter	Country: Palestine (State of)

10-Apr-2025

Security Council must demand an immediate ceasefire to halt Israel’s aggression – Letter from the State of Palestine (A/ES-10/1030-S/2025/221)

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law

A/ES-10/1030

Sources: General Assembly, Security Council	Entity: Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority
Type Letter	Country: Palestine (State of)

04-Apr-2025

Unprecedented humanitarian crisis and war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank under Israeli Occupation – Letter from the State of Palestine (A/ES-10/1029-S/2025/210)

Armed conflict, Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law

A/ES-10/1029

Sources: General Assembly, Security Council	Entity: Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority
Type Letter	Country: Palestine (State of)

03-Apr-2025

Following Discovery of Mass Grave in Gaza with Bodies of 15 Aid Workers, Human Rights Chief Warns Security Council about Heightened Risk of Atrocity Crimes

Armed conflict, Casualties, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question

SC/16037

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

31-Mar-2025

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

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Occupying Power, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, Settlements, UNRWA, West Bank, Women

Sources:

Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), League of Arab States (LAS), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Security Council, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, UN Women, 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), World Food Programme (WFP)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

28-Mar-2025

Urgent appeal to the international community to bring an end to the illegal occupation of Palestine – Letter from the State of Palestine (A/ES-10/1028-S/2025/193)

Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question

A/ES-10/1028

Sources: General Assembly, Security Council	Entity: Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority
Type Letter	Country: Palestine (State of)

28-Mar-2025

Official communiqué of the 9888th (closed) meeting of the Security Council, held in private at Headquarters, New York, on Friday, 28 March 2025

Palestine question

S/PV.9888

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Communiqué	Country:

24-Mar-2025

Joint statement of Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee and European Union – Implementation of ceasefire and Two-State solution

Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question

S/2025/182

Sources: Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Letter, Statement	Country: Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Nigeria, Palestine (State of), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates

21-Mar-2025

Security Council Hears Renewed Ceasefire Appeals, as Israel Vows to Fight until Last Hostage Freed – SecCo press release

Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Prisoners and detainees, Terrorism, Violence

SC/16024

Sources: Security Council	Entity:
Type Press Release	Country:

21-Mar-2025

Security Council – 9883rd meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question – 33rd report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) – Verbatim record (S/PV.9883)

Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israeli settlements, Two State solution

S/PV.9883

Sources: Secretary-General, Security Council	Entity: United Nations system
Type Meeting record, Secretary-General Report, Verbatim Record	Country:

21-Mar-2025

Security Council Speakers Warn of ‘Gazafication’ of West Bank, Urge Israel to End Illegal Settlements, Occupation – Press Release

Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Health, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Israeli settlements, Security Council Briefings, Security issues, Settlements, Settler violence, Violence, West Bank, Women, human rights violations

SC/16025

Sources: Security Council	Entity:
Type Press Release	Country:

21-Mar-2025

UNSCO SecCo briefing on Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of SCR 2334 (2016), 21 March 2025

Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Prisoners and detainees, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Security Council Briefings, Settlements, Settler violence, Terrorism, Violence, West Bank, Women, human rights violations

Sources: Secretary-General, Security Council, United Nations Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories (UNSCO)	Entity:
Type Briefing, Report, Secretary-General Report, Security Council Briefing, Statement	Country:

20-Mar-2025

“A renewed ceasefire is the best way of protecting civilians – in Gaza, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in Israel,” ASG Khiari tells Security Council

Sources: Security Council, United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs	Entity:
Type Briefing, Statement	Country:

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