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Date Title Subject Symbol
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 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 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:

02-Jun-2025 UN Secretary-General Appalled by Reports of Palestinians Killed and Injured while Seeking Aid in Gaza Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Food, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, Refugees and displaced persons SG/SM/22669
Sources:

Secretary-General

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

28-May-2025 “Statehood is a right, it is not a reward”: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, Statehood-related, West Bank
Sources:

United Nations Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories (UNSCO)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Briefing, Remarks, Security Council Briefing, Statement

Country:

28-May-2025 “Humanitarian situation in Gaza is at its darkest point” – OPT Humanitarian Country Team Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Food, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

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

19-May-2025 Joint donor statement on humanitarian aid to Gaza (Non-UN Document) Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons
Sources:

Entity:

State

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

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

12-May-2025 Welcoming Release of Edan Alexander from Gaza, Secretary-General Renews Call for Immediate Permanent Ceasefire, Release of All Remaining Hostages Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages
Sources:

Secretary-General

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

01-May-2025 Statement on Gaza by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

30-Apr-2025 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (April 2025 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Special Rapporteur on the right to health, UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

29-Apr-2025 “We reject any proposals to displace Palestinians from Gaza under the guise of so-called “voluntary migration” or redevelopment” UN Palestinian Rights Committee Chair Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hospitals, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Nakba, Occupation, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA, West Bank
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Briefing, Remarks, Security Council Briefing, Statement

Country:

03-Apr-2025 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights warns UN Security Council of increasing risk of atrocity crimes being committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Armed conflict, Assistance, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, Settler violence, West Bank
Sources:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Remarks, Speech, Statement

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 UNRWA Commissioner-General: “Gaza : humanity at its darkest hour” Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Hospitals, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Hunger, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Women
Sources:

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

Entity:

Type

Social media post, Statement

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:

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:

20-Mar-2025 Gaza: Israeli Forces bombardment continues from air and sea for the third day Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons
Sources:

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

Entity:

Type

Social media post, 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 Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians, Women
Sources:

Security Council, United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

Entity:

Type

Briefing, Statement

Country:

19-Mar-2025 “Civilians – including UN staff and humanitarian workers – must not be targeted.” Statement on Gaza by UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

Type

Statement

Country:

19-Mar-2025 Secretary-General Condemns Attacks on United Nations Personnel, Calls for Full Investigation as Staff Member Killed in Gaza Casualties, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief SG/SM/22594
Sources:

Secretary-General

Entity:

Type

Statement

Country:

18-Mar-2025 Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the heath emergencies press briefing Casualties, Gaza Strip, Health, Hospitals, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, malnutrition
Sources:

World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Type

Statement

Country:

18-Mar-2025 A ceasefire must be reinstated immediately, says UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

Type

Statement

Country:

18-Mar-2025 Urgent appeal for the immediate release of hostages and condemnation of Hamas’ violations of international law – Letter from Israel (S/2025/171) Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, Terrorism, human rights violations S/2025/171
Sources:

Entity:

State, United Nations system

Type

Letter

Country:

Israel

18-Mar-2025 Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law
Sources:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Entity:

Type

Comments, Press Release

Country:

18-Mar-2025 Resumed Hostilities, Blocked Aid Destroying Ceasefire Gains in Gaza, Security Council Hears – Press Release Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, International Court of Justice, Occupying Power, Security issues, UNRWA, West Bank
Sources:

Security Council, United Nations Department of Global Communications

Entity:

Type

Press Release

Country:

17-Mar-2025 UNRWA is facing significant operational challenges due to the Knesset laws, condemned by the European Union and Arab States, says UNRWA Chief Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Children, Education and culture, Food, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Health, Hospitals, Hostages, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians, Public information, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Right of return, Security issues, Shelter, Two State solution, UNRWA, Violence, Water, West Bank, Women, human rights violations
Sources:

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

Entity:

Type

Statement

Country:

14-Mar-2025 Time is running out for hostages, international community must intervene to save their lives – Letter from Israel (S/2025/162) Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Terrorism S/2025/162
Sources:

Entity:

State, United Nations system

Type

Letter

Country:

Israel

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