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29-Dec-2023 Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Middle East Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, West Bank
Sources:

Secretary-General

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

28-Dec-2023 Questioning UN’s transparency and verification system of Palestinian casualty reports – Letter from Israel (S/2023/1063) Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Security issues, Terrorism S/2023/1063
Sources:

Security Council

Entity:

State, United Nations system

Type

Letter

Country:

Israel

19-Dec-2023 Briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, UNSCR 2334 (2016) by Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Armed conflict, Casualties, Children, Economic issues, Energy, Food, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Living conditions, Peace process, Peacekeeping, Refugee camps, Settlements, Settler violence, West Bank, Women S/2023/988
Sources:

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

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Briefing

Country:

16-Dec-2023 UN OCHA- Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #71 Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Education and culture, Energy, Food, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Health, Hospitals, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Living conditions, Protection of civilians, Refugees and displaced persons, Settler violence, Shelter, Violence, WASH, Water, Women
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Situation Report

Country:

13-Dec-2023 Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory Lynn Hastings briefs the press in Geneva Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Jerusalem, Protection of civilians, Refugees and displaced persons, Shelter, Violence, Water, West Bank
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press briefing

Country:

12-Dec-2023 General Assembly Adopts Resolution Demanding Immediate Humanitarian Ceasefire in Gaza, Parties’ Compliance with International Law, Release of All Hostages Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians, Shelter, Violence, Water
Sources:

United Nations Department of Global Communications

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Austria, Egypt, Israel, United States of America

12-Dec-2023 Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations – GA Resolution (A/RES/ES-10/22) Assistance, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief A/RES/ES-10/22
Sources:

General Assembly

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

General Assembly resolution, Resolution

Country:

11-Dec-2023 Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations- GA 10th Emergency Special Session – Amendment to Draft Resolution (Austria) (not adopted) Assistance, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians A/ES-10/L.28
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session

Entity:

Type

Amendment, Draft resolution, Resolution

Country:

Austria

11-Dec-2023 Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations- GA 10th Emergency Special Session- Amendment to Draft Resolution (United States) (not adopted) Assistance, Ceasefire, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians, Terrorism A/ES-10/L.29
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session

Entity:

Type

Amendment, Draft resolution, Resolution

Country:

United States of America

10-Dec-2023 Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations – GA 10th Emergency Special Session Draft Resolution (adopted) Assistance, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians A/ES-10/L.27
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution, General Assembly draft resolution, Resolution

Country:

10-Dec-2023 WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the Special Session of the Executive Board on the health situation in the occupied Palestinian territory Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Protection of civilians, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Shelter, Violence, Water, Women
Sources:

World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

08-Dec-2023 Secretary-General’s remarks to the Security Council – on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Protection, Protection of civilians, Shelter, Violence
Sources:

Secretary-General, Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Remarks, Speech, Statement

Country:

08-Dec-2023 US vetoes resolution on Gaza which called for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’ Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Protection, Protection of civilians, Security issues, Violence, West Bank, Women
Sources:

Secretary-General, Security Council, UN News

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

News item, UN news item

Country:

08-Dec-2023 Security Council Fails to Adopt Resolution Demanding Immediate Humanitarian Ceasefire in Gaza on Account of Veto by United States – UN Press Release Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law
Sources:

Security Council, United Nations Department of Global Communications

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

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

08-Dec-2023 Secretary-General Urges Security Council to Call for Ceasefire in Gaza, Declaring That Humanitarian Situation Is Now at ‘Breaking Point’ – Security Council- Meetings Coverage Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Settler violence, Terrorism, West Bank
Sources:

Arab Group (The), Gulf Cooperation Council, Secretary-General, Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Albania, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Egypt, European Union, France, Gabon, Ghana, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Palestine (State of), Qatar, Russian Federation, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

08-Dec-2023 Immediate humanitarian ceasefire, release of hostages – Security Council Draft Resolution (S/2023/970) – Vetoed Ceasefire, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Protection of civilians S/2023/970
Sources:

Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution, Vetoed draft resolution

Country:

07-Dec-2023 Relief Efforts in Gaza Near Collapse, Ceasefire Urgently Needed – IOM Chief Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Food, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Living conditions
Sources:

International Organization for Migration

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

07-Dec-2023 Transcript of Press Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Gaza by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press briefing

Country:

07-Dec-2023 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) – Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #62 Armed conflict, Children, Energy, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Refugee camps, Shelter, Violence, Water, Women
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report, Situation Report

Country:

06-Dec-2023 Secretary-General under Chapter 99 urges Security Council to act over Israel-Palestine crisis as threat to international peace and security Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Middle East situation, Occupation, Protection of civilians, Violence S/2023/962
Sources:

Secretary-General, Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Letter, Secretary-General press release

Country:

04-Dec-2023 Statement of the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings Armed conflict, Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Humanitarian relief, Violence, Water
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

01-Dec-2023 Spreading unsubstantiated claims about UNRWA must immediately stop – UNRWA news release Gaza Strip, Hostages, Media/Journalists, Public information
Sources:

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

Entity:

Type

News item, Press Release

Country:

01-Dec-2023 Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on resumption of hostilities in Gaza Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law
Sources:

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

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Country:

30-Nov-2023 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (November 2023 Monthly Bulletin) Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Protection of civilians, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Shelter, Violence, Water, Women
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), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Security Council, UN Women, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 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

Bulletin, Monthly Bulletin

Country:

29-Nov-2023 Secretary-General’s remarks to the Security Council on the implementation of res. 2712 (2023) Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Health, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons
Sources:

Secretary-General, Security Council

Entity:

Type

Briefing, Statement

Country:

29-Nov-2023 Security Council Hears Fresh Calls for Ceasefire, Two-State Solution During Ministerial Meeting on Israel-Gaza War – Press Release Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Two State solution, West Bank SC/15506
Sources:

Security Council, United Nations Department of Global Communications

Entity:

Type

Press Release

Country:

28-Nov-2023 Statement by UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, on the period of paused fighting in Gaza and Israel 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

Press Release, Statement

Country:

28-Nov-2023 Staggering Loss of Life in Gaza, Follow-on to Temporary Truce Dominate General Assembly Debate on Decades-Long Question of Palestine- Meeting Coverage Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

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

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, European Union, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine (State of), Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen

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

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:

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