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Cold and dark: UN rights chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid

·January 21, 2026·1 min read

Volker Türk said he was outraged by renewed overnight attacks that knocked out power and heating in major cities – including Kyiv and Odesa – as temperatures plunged well below zero and civilians bear the brunt of what he described as unlawful assaults on civilian infrastructure. He said the Russian...

UN chief condemns Israeli amendments targeting UNRWA operations

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·January 2, 2026·1 min read

The amendments, adopted on 29 December, to the Law to Cease UNRWA Operations “seek to further impede UNRWA’s ability to operate and carry out its mandated activities,” said a statement issued by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “The Law and its amendments are inconsistent with the status and international legal framework...

South Sudan: UN condemns killing of staff member in Wau, calls for swift investigation

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·December 20, 2025·1 min read

In a statement by his spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres condemned “in the strongest terms” the killing of Mr. Bol Rhoch Mayol Kuot, a South Sudanese national employed as a Language Assistant with UNMISS. Mr. Guterres extended his deepest condolences to the staff member’s family and loved ones and reaffirmed the...

Guterres condemns deadly attack on Hannukah celebration in Sydney

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·December 14, 2025·1 min read

In a social media post, Mr. Guterres said he was “horrified” by the incident. “My heart is with the Jewish community worldwide on this first day of Hannukah, a festival celebrating the miracle of peace and light vanquishing darkness,” he wrote. At least 11 people were killed when two gunmen...

Sudan: UN chief condemns deadly strikes on children’s nursery, hospital

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·December 9, 2025·2 min read

In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he was appalled to learn that multiple drone strikes on 4 December had hit a children’s nursery and a hospital in Kalogi, where the injured were being treated. Echoing those concerns, the head of UN World Health Organization, Tedros...

UN strongly condemns Israel’s unauthorised entry of UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem

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·December 8, 2025·1 min read

Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the facility, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote on the social media platform X. Police motorcycles, trucks and forklifts were brought in and all communications were cut, he said, while furniture, IT equipment and other property were seized. The UN flag was pulled down and replaced with an Israeli flag. Israel urged to recognise UN immunity UN Secretary-General António...

UN rights office condemns ‘apparent summary execution’ of two men in the West Bank

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·November 29, 2025·2 min read

The shooting occurred on Thursday in Jenin and was apparently caught on film by a TV channel, OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva. He said an internal review was announced following the incident, but statements made by a senior Israeli official sought to absolve security forces of responsibility, “raising serious concerns about the credibility of any future review...

UN chief condemns Guinea-Bissau coup, urges restoration of constitutional order

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·November 28, 2025·2 min read

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is “deeply concerned by the unfolding events,” his spokesperson said in a statement late on Thursday. “He strongly condemns the coup d’état perpetrated by elements of the military and any attempt to violate constitutional order.” He stressed that disregarding “the will of the people who peacefully...

Ukraine: UN condemns latest deadly attack targeting civilians in Kyiv

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·November 15, 2025·1 min read

The UN Spokesperson said Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the large-scale missile and drone strikes across the country on Friday, which reportedly killed at least six people in Kyiv and two in Chornomorsk, and caused multiple civilian injuries. Residential areas, energy facilities and the Azerbaijani Embassy in Kyiv were also...

UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire

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·October 30, 2025·1 min read

“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killings due to Israeli airstrikes of civilians in Gaza yesterday, including many children,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents in New York. “He condemns all actions that undermine the ceasefire and endanger civilian lives.” Reassurances given Mr. Dujarric said António Guterres noted “the importance of...

Ukraine: Top humanitarian strongly condemns Russian attack on UN aid convoy

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·October 15, 2025·1 min read

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, Matthias Schmale, strongly condemned the attack. “Today, an inter-agency convoy of four humanitarian trucks, clearly marked as belonging to the UN, carrying aid, came under attack by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation when delivering aid to Bilozerka Town in the Kherson...

Guterres condemns detention of 10 more UN staff in Yemen

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·October 7, 2025·1 min read

“The Secretary-General strongly condemns this arbitrary detention of UN personnel, as well as that of our partners, and the ongoing unlawful seizure of UN premises and assets in areas under Houthi control,” his Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday in New York. “These actions hinder the UN’s ability to operate...