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23-Jul-2025 Security Council Convenes to Debate Recent Developments in Middle East – Press Release Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Security Council Briefings, Security issues, Water, human rights violations SC/16126
Sources:

Security Council

Entity:

Type

Press Release

Country:

23-Jul-2025 “This is not just about Gaza — it is about the future of international law.” Statement by the UN Palestinian Rights Committee at Security Council Open Debate Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hospitals, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, 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:

Type

Briefing, Remarks, Security Council Briefing, Statement

Country:

23-Jul-2025 Statement on Gaza by a Group of States that are Supporters of Action on Conflict and Hunger (Non-UN Document) Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law
Sources:

Entity:

State

Type

Non-UN Document, Statement

Country:

Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Guyana, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

21-Jul-2025 Statement on UNOPS premises struck in Gaza Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages
Sources:

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

18-Jul-2025 UN experts call for end to anguish of families seeking truth about disappeared loved ones in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, detainees
Sources:

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 Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

16-Jul-2025 Killing of Civilians in Gaza Waiting in Line for Humanitarian Aid Must End, Relief Chief Tells Security Council, Urging Return to UN-Led Delivery Mechanism Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Children, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, War crimes SC/16121
Sources:

Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

16-Jul-2025 UN Relief Chief warns Security Council: Erosion of rules of war in Gaza demands urgent response Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hospitals, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Occupying Power, Refugees and displaced persons
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Briefing, Remarks, Security Council Briefing, Speech, Statement

Country:

10-Jul-2025 UNICEF: Children killed during a nutrition aid distribution in the Gaza Strip Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Food, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Hunger, Refugees and displaced persons
Sources:

United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

03-Jul-2025 UN Secretary-General Appalled by Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza, Renews Call for Permanent Ceasefire, Release of All Hostages Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons SG/SM/22714
Sources:

Secretary-General

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

01-Jul-2025 Gaza: Starvation or Gunfire – This is Not a Humanitarian Response (Non-UN document) Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Food, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Hunger, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA
Sources:

Action Against Hunger, ActionAid, American Friends Service Committee, American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA), Amnesty International, B'Tselem, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Bisan Center for Research and Development, Breaking the Silence, CARE, Christian Aid, Churches for Middle East Peace, DanChurchAid, Diakonia, EuroMed, Gisha - Legal Centre for Freedom Movement (NGO), Norwegian Church Aid, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Oxfam, Save the Children, Yesh Din (NGO)

Entity:

Non-governmental organization

Type

Press Release

Country:

12-Jun-2025 Adopted Resolution: Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations – General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session (A/RES/ES-10/27) Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Palestine question, Protection of civilians, Refugees and displaced persons A/RES/ES-10/27
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

General Assembly resolution, Resolution

Country:

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

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

22-May-2025 The Elders call for collective action by governments to end Palestinian suffering in Gaza (Non-UN document) Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Hunger, West Bank
Sources:

Elders (The)

Entity:

Non-governmental organization

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

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

19-May-2025 Joint statement from the leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank (Non-UN Document) Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, West Bank
Sources:

Entity:

State

Type

Statement

Country:

Canada, France, United Kingdom

16-May-2025 Letter from Israel, responding to the USG for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator remarks made during the Security Council briefing on 13 May 2025 (S/2025/307) Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons S/2025/307
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

State, United Nations system

Type

Letter

Country:

Israel

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:

15-Apr-2025 Letter from Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela – Political Declaration for the third Meeting of National Coordinators of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations (A/79/870) Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Nakba, Palestine question, Self-determination A/79/870
Sources:

Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the UN

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, United Nations system

Type

Declaration, Letter

Country:

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

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:

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