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Myanmar human rights crisis deepens as aid collapses, attacks intensify

·June 28, 2025·3 min read

In a stark briefing to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk described a country gripped by war, repression and deepening suffering. Since the military coup in February 2021, nearly 6,800 civilians have been killed and over 22,000 remain arbitrarily detained, he said....

Gaza: Over 400 Palestinians killed around private aid hubs, UN rights office says

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·June 24, 2025·3 min read

The alert comes nearly a month since the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) started operating on 27 May in select hubs, bypassing the UN and other established NGOs. Its food distribution points have been associated frequently with confusion and shooting as desperate and hungry Gazans rush to fetch supplies, said...

Gaza: As last fuel supplies run out, aid teams warn of catastrophe

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·June 19, 2025·2 min read

Speaking from Gaza City in the north of occupied territory, Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that water pumps had stopped at one site for displaced people there on Wednesday “because there’s no fuel”. “We are really – unless the situation changes – hours away from...

Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist

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·June 14, 2025·3 min read

The humanitarian network is currently at a standstill because the internet shut down earlier this week after the last fibre cable route serving central and southern areas was cut during heavy fighting. “As the outage continues, partners are unable to communicate or coordinate response activities, and people in need remain...

DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothing

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·June 13, 2025·1 min read

Since the beginning of the year, Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have swept across eastern DRC, taking key cities including Goma and Bukavu. The violence has displaced more than one million people in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. Speaking from the village of Sake in North Kivu, UNDP Resident Representative...

Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres

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·June 7, 2025·2 min read

Ahead of a memorial service at Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists that the men and women being honoured “were not just names on a list” but “extraordinary individuals – each one a story of courage, compassion, and service.” “They were driven by the pursuit of peace....

Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub

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·June 3, 2025·3 min read

“Attacks directed against civilians constitute a grave breach of international law and a war crime,” the High Commissioner said in a statement, issued after Palestinians were reportedly killed seeking assistance for a third day running. Mr. Türk also urged Israel to respect “binding orders” issued by the International Court of Justice...

Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid

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·May 30, 2025·3 min read

“Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva, stressing that it is the only defined territory in the world where the entire population is at risk of famine. “The aid operation that we have ready to roll is being put in an operational...

UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food

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·May 28, 2025·2 min read

Unverified footage from Rafah where the privately-run but Israeli military-supported Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is based showed scenes of panic with crowds of people rushing in different directions, while others carried away boxes of supplies. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, said that it had received information that at least 47...

Gaza: UN agencies call for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins

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·May 27, 2025·3 min read

After nearly three months of complete blockade by Israel, a “vastly insufficient” amount of aid was finally allowed into the war-ravaged enclave in the last week, insisted Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. “We have not stopped operating,” he said, referring to staff still inside Gaza,...

Guterres calls on Israel to accept UN’s ‘detailed, principled’ aid plan for Gaza

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·May 24, 2025·2 min read

Addressing reporters outside the Security Council, António Guterres called once again for a permanent ceasefire to end the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and full humanitarian access so aid can flow in following nearly 80 days of Israeli blockade. ‘Cruellest...

Aid teams highlight growing anxiety in Gaza after food is looted

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·May 23, 2025·1 min read

“Fifteen World Food Programme trucks were looted late last night in southern Gaza, while en route to WFP-supported bakeries,” the UN agency said. “These trucks were transporting critical food supplies for hungry populations waiting anxiously for assistance.” The development is a blow to continuing efforts to help Gaza’s most vulnerable...