What’s UNDOF? Why UN peacekeepers patrol the Israel-Syria border
© UNDOF | UNDOF units patrol Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights in the Israel-Syria border area year-round. By Eileen Travers More than 1,100 UN peacekeepers are currently deployed in the Golan, a demilitarised zone along the Israel-Syria border at what is a tense and dangerous time in the history of the region. But, why are […]
Explainer: How UN peacekeepers meet the challenge of escalating conflict in Lebanon
© UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz | UNIFIL peacekeepers patrol between Ras Naqoura and Labounieh along the Blue Line in southwestern Lebanon. (file) By Daniel Dickinson 8 October 2024 The UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL has been operating along the “Blue Line” which separates Lebanon and Israel since the 1970s, and its mandate was just renewed for another year by […]
Gaza: Security Council adopts US resolution calling for ‘immediate, full and complete ceasefire’
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe | A view of the UN Security Council as members vote in favour of the draft resolution on the situation in Gaza. The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution aimed at reaching a comprehensive ceasefire deal in three phases to end the war in Gaza, with US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield […]
UN General Assembly presses Security Council to give ‘favourable consideration’ to full Palestinian membership
UN Photo/Manuel Elías | Results of the General Assembly’s vote on the resolution on the status of the Observer State of Palestine. The UN General Assembly convened again in New York on Friday for an emergency special session on the Gaza crisis and overwhelmingly passed a resolution which upgrades Palestine’s rights at the world body […]
Gaza: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel
UN News/Ziad Taleb | A child watches as bodies are recovered from under the rubble of a house in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The UN’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged “use of starvation of civilians as a method of […]
Gaza: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan
The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and “the urgent need to expand the flow” of aid into Gaza. There were 14 votes in favour with the United States abstaining. HIGHLIGHTS 12:15 PM This is a first […]