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Date Title Subject Symbol
27-Nov-2023 Noting ‘Guns Have Fallen Silent’, Hostages, Prisoners Released, Secretary-General Urges Continued Dialogue between Parties Aimed at Full Humanitarian Ceasefire – Press Release Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Protection of civilians SG/SM/22050
Sources:

Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Global Communications

Entity:

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

27-Nov-2023 Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the situation in the Middle East Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons
Sources:

Secretary-General

Entity:

Type

Statement

Country:

Egypt, Qatar, United States of America

24-Nov-2023 Statement by UN Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland on the implementation of 22 November agreement Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)

Entity:

Type

Statement

Country:

Egypt, Qatar, United States of America

22-Nov-2023 Statement by UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland on the agreement to release hostages Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)

Entity:

Type

Statement

Country:

Egypt, Qatar, United States of America

22-Nov-2023 Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the agreement to release hostages in Gaza Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Negotiations and agreements
Sources:

Secretary-General

Entity:

Type

Statement

Country:

Egypt, Qatar, United States of America

22-Nov-2023 Two Thirds of Gaza War Dead Are Women and Children, Briefers Say, as Security Council Debates Their Plight – Press Release Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians, Refugees and displaced persons, Shelter, Women SC/15503
Sources:

Security Council, UN Women, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Department of Global Communications, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Entity:

Type

Press Release

Country:

22-Nov-2023 Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs concludes Middle East visit – Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

Entity:

Type

Note, Press Release

Country:

Israel, Jordan

22-Nov-2023 Gaza: Humanitarians stand ready to ramp up aid deliveries in wake of Israel, Hamas agreement – Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

Type

Security Council Briefing, Statement

Country:

22-Nov-2023 UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the UN Security Council briefing on the protection of children in Gaza Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Protection of civilians, Security issues, Shelter, West Bank, Women
Sources:

Security Council, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)

Entity:

Type

Security Council Briefing, Statement

Country:

20-Nov-2023 Gaza: ‘Thousands of children killed’ within a few weeks, says UN’s Guterres Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Food, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Occupation, Palestine question, Peace process, Two State solution, Violence, West Bank
Sources:

United Nations Department of Global Communications

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

News item

Country:

17-Nov-2023 WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing – situation in Gaza Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Energy, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Type

Remarks, Statement

Country:

16-Nov-2023 Gaza: UN human rights experts call on international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people – OHCHR Press Release Armed conflict, Arms control and regional security issues, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, International presence, Jerusalem, Protection, Violence, Water, Women
Sources:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, 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 independence of judges and lawyers, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences

Entity:

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

16-Nov-2023 UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk briefs States on his visit to the Middle East Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

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

Entity:

Type

Briefing, Statement, Update

Country:

16-Nov-2023 CEIRPP Bureau welcomes the UN Security Council resolution 2712 and reiterates its calls for an immediate and durable ceasefire- Press release (Eng, Ar, Rus, Fr, Sp, Chi) Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Holy places, Hostages, Internally displaced persons, Occupation, Two State solution, Violence
Sources:

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

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

15-Nov-2023 UN Security Council Calls for ‘Urgent and Extended’ Humanitarian Pauses in Gaza and Immediate Release of Hostages Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians, Security Council Briefings SC/15496
Sources:

Security Council, United Nations Department of Global Communications

Entity:

Type

Press Release, Security Council resolution

Country:

Albania, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Gabon, Israel, Mozambique, Palestine (State of), Russian Federation, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

15-Nov-2023 All parties to comply with international humanitarian law, release of hostages, humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza – Security Council resolution 2712 (2023) Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians S/RES/2712 (2023)
Sources:

Security Council

Entity:

Type

Resolution, Security Council resolution

Country:

14-Nov-2023 Besieged Gaza hospital horror continues as rainfall prompts new health scare – UN News Item Armed conflict, Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies, United Nations Department of Global Communications, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

News item

Country:

10-Nov-2023 WHO Director-General’s remarks at the Emergency Meeting of the United Nations Security Council Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

Security Council, World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Type

Briefing, Remarks, Statement

Country:

01-Nov-2023 General Assembly Tenth Emergency Special Session – Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the OPT (Gaza) – Explanations of vote – 43rd Meeting – Meeting Record (A/ES-10/PV.43) Access and movement, Armed conflict, 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, Protection, Protection of civilians A/ES-10/PV.43
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Meeting record, Verbatim Record

Country:

31-Oct-2023 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (October 2023 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Incursions, Internally displaced persons
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 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)

Entity:

Type

Bulletin, Monthly Bulletin

Country:

17-Oct-2023 Summary Record of the 20th Meeting: 2nd Committee, New York, 17 October 2023 – General Assembly, 78th Session (A/C.2/78/SR.20) Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Protection of civilians, Terrorism, Violence, West Bank A/C.2/78/SR.20
Sources:

General Assembly, League of Arab States (LAS)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Summary record

Country:

Canada, Ghana, Israel, Palestine (State of), Russian Federation

15-Oct-2023 Statement of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, on the situation in the Middle East Gaza Strip, Genocide, Hostages, Incidents
Sources:

United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide

Entity:

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

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