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Date Title Subject Symbol
25-Oct-2024 A tragedy within a tragedy: UN experts alarmed by harrowing conditions for Palestinians with disabilities trapped in Gaza Disabilities, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Internally displaced persons, Israel's illegal occupation, Jerusalem, Settler violence, Social issues, West Bank
Sources:

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Working Group on discrimination against women and girls

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

18-Oct-2024 Gaza’s children: “Trapped in a cycle of pain” – UNICEF spokesperson Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Children, Disabilities, Gaza Strip, Health, Hospitals, Internally displaced persons
Sources:

United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

09-Oct-2024 Israeli Efforts to Dismantle UNRWA’s Life-Saving Operations in Gaza Would Be Disastrous, Senior Officials, Speakers Warn Security Council Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Children, Disabilities, Education and culture, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA SC/15849
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Security Council, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

30-Jul-2024 Watch Press Talk – Persons with disabilities in Gaza: UNRWA official Scott Anderson pledges more aid to help them Armed conflict, Assistance, Disabilities, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

United Nations Department of Global Communications, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Interview, Multimedia, Press statement, Video

Country:

31-May-2024 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (May 2024 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Convention: Genocide, Convention: Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Disabilities, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Hunger, Living conditions, Palestine's Application for UN Membership, Prisoners and detainees, Protection of civilians, Refugees and displaced persons, Torture, Violence, human rights violations
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), General Assembly, Independent Expert on foreign debt, Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Independent Expert on international order, Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association, Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Special Rapporteur on truth, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Special Representative (SecCo resolution 242 (1967)), UN Women, UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, Working Group on the use of mercenaries

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Bulletin, Monthly Bulletin

Country:

Israel, Palestine (State of), South Africa

27-May-2024 Palestinians with disabilities subject to unbearable consequences of the ongoing hostilities and violence in the OPT – UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Access and movement, Armed conflict, Convention: Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Disabilities, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons
Sources:

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

27-May-2024 Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities fear being killed first, says UN committee – OHCHR Access and movement, Armed conflict, Casualties, Children, Convention: Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Disabilities
Sources:

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

13-Mar-2024 Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #138 – OCHA Armed conflict, Assistance, Disabilities, Food, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Situation Report, Update

Country:

20-Feb-2024 The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question- Algeria: Security Council draft resolution – S/2024/173 (Vetoed) Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Disabilities, Expulsions and deportations, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Internally displaced persons, Protection of civilians, Women S/2024/173
Sources:

Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution, Vetoed draft resolution

Country:

Algeria

09-Dec-2023 Statement by Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa on the continued killing and injuring of children in the Gaza Strip and the humanitarian situation Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Disabilities
Sources:

United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

24-Nov-2023 Gaza war: expected socioeconomic impacts on the State of Palestine – November 2023 – ESCWA & UNDP policy brief Disabilities, Economic issues, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Humanitarian relief, Poverty, Water E/ESCWA/UNDP/2023/POLICY BRIEF.1
Sources:

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report

Country:

04-Nov-2023 War on Gaza: where everyone is left behind – November 2023 – ESCWA Publication Armed conflict, Casualties, Children, Disabilities, Health, Violence, Women
Sources:

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report

Country:

28-Aug-2023 Committee on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Concludes its Consideration of Periodic report of Israel Disabilities
Sources:

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

News item, Periodic report, Press Release

Country:

Israel, Palestine (State of)

23-May-2023 In the Words of Rabab Nofel: “My Disability Magnifies My Fear of Gaza’s Escalations” – UN Women Article Disabilities, Gaza Strip, Health, Living conditions, Women
Sources:

UN Women

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Article

Country:

12-May-2023 Over 100,000 Women and Men Enjoy Newly Rehabilitated Community Garden in Nablus by UN-Habitat and Partners – UN Women Press Release Assistance, Disabilities, Environmental issues, Living conditions, Women
Sources:

UN Habitat, UN Women

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Canada

25-Apr-2023 Committee on the Rights of Persons of Disabilities – List of Issues in Relation to the Initial Report of State of Palestine Disabilities, Gender, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Living conditions, Population, Protection, Social issues
Sources:

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Entity:

State, United Nations system

Type

Convention, List

Country:

Palestine (State of)

27-Mar-2023 Evaluation of UNRWA Support to Vulnerable Children in Gaza Funded by Islamic Relief USA, 2015-2021 – Results Summary Assistance, Children, Disabilities, Gaza Strip, NGOs/Civil Society, Refugees and displaced persons
Sources:

Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Evaluation, Infographic, Summary

Country:

31-Dec-2022 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (December 2022 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Agriculture, Armed conflict, Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Boundaries and demarcation lines, Casualties, Children, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Development, Disabilities, Economic issues, Energy, Environmental issues, Expulsions and deportations, Fourth Geneva Convention, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Gender, Golan Heights, Health, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Living conditions, NGOs/Civil Society, Natural resources, Occupation, Palestine question, Peace process, Prisoners and detainees, Protection, Security issues, Self-determination, Settlements, Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem, Social issues, Statehood-related, Violence, Wall, Water, West Bank, Women
Sources:

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), European Union (EU), General Assembly, General Assembly Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial), General Assembly Third Committee (Social Humanitarian and Cultural), International Court of Justice (ICJ), 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 Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, UN Women, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 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), United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, United Nations system

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

22-Dec-2022 In the Words of Samar Al Shaer: “I Have Become More Aware of My Rights and the Organizations that Can Provide Me with Protection from Violence” – UN Women Article Assistance, Disabilities, Gender, Health, Social issues, West Bank, Women
Sources:

UN Women

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Article

Country:

14-Dec-2022 UNDP and UN Women Support Forum on People with Disabilities with Sawasya Programme – Press Release Assistance, Disabilities, Gender, Health, Social issues, Women
Sources:

UN Women, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

26-Oct-2022 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Replies of Israel to the List of Issues in Relation to its Initial Report Disabilities, Gender, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Living conditions, Protection, Social issues CRPD/C/ISR/RQ/1
Sources:

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Entity:

State, United Nations system

Type

Convention, Reply

Country:

Israel

09-Aug-2022 OPT: Mid-Year Humanitarian Response Dashboard (January-June 2022)- OCHA Infographic Assistance, Disabilities, Education and culture, Food, Funding needs, Gender, Health, Humanitarian relief, Protection, Shelter, Water
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Infographic, Situation Report, Update

Country:

31-Jul-2022 Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment (MSNA) (West Bank) – OCHA Factsheet Assistance, Children, Demographic issues, Disabilities, Economic issues, Education and culture, Environmental issues, Food, Gender, Health, Humanitarian relief, Living conditions, Population, Protection, Security issues, Shelter, Water, West Bank
Sources:

Education Cluster, Food Security Sector, Health Cluster, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Protection Cluster, Shelter Cluster, WASH Cluster

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Assessment, Factsheet, Infographic

Country:

15-Jun-2022 WFP, Unicef, ILO and the Palestinian Ministry of Social Development Provide Assistance to People with Disabilities in Hebron – Press Release Assistance, Disabilities, Social issues
Sources:

International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

10-Jun-2022 Palestine, Evaluation of the Joint WFP/UNICEF/ILO Programme: Towards a Universal and Holistic Social Protection Floor for Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons Disabilities, Economic issues, Food, Health, Protection, Social issues
Sources:

International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Evaluation, Terms of reference

Country:

02-Dec-2021 “Leadership and Participation of Persons with Disabilities Toward an Inclusive, Accessible and Sustainable Post-Covid 19 World” – UNRWA Commissioner-General Statement Assistance, Disabilities, Health, Refugees and displaced persons, Social issues
Sources:

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

16-Nov-2021 UNOPS and the Government of Japan Provide Wheelchairs and Walkers for the Ministry of Social Development in Jericho – Press Release Assistance, Disabilities, Health, Social issues
Sources:

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Entity:

State, United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Japan

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