29 May – 7 June
Secretary-General António Guterres ‘personally devastated’ over inability of UN to safeguard staff in Gaza, despite best efforts. In a sombre ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, the Organization remembered and honoured the 188 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2023. (UN News)
- War propels unemployment to close to 80 per cent and shrinks GDP by 83.5 per cent in the Gaza Strip (ILO – 7 Jun)
- No shelter from war: the bombing of block 2 at the UNRWA Nuseirat school (UNRWA – 6 June)
- Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on continued exchanges of fire across the Blue Line (OSSG – 6 Jun)
- Hunger Hotspots Report: famine looms in Gaza while risk of starvation persists in Sudan, Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan (WFP/FAO – 5 Jun)
- Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in El Fasher, North Darfur (UN – 5 June)
- Occupied Palestinian Territory: Türk condemns over 500 West Bank killings, calls for accountability (OHCHR – 4 Jun)
- UN Human Rights Office – OPT: Conflict and threats severely undermining crucial work of Palestinian NGOs (OHCHR – 31 May)
- Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the United Nations Security Council (UNHCR – 30 May)
- Gaza updates: WFP calls for all access points to be opened as Rafah exodus fuels hunger (WFP – 30 May)
- UN experts outraged by Israeli strikes on civilians sheltering in Rafah camps (OHCHR – 29 May)
28 May
As fighting continues in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that he was “heartbroken” by images of people killed and injured in airstrikes on Sunday that hit tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah. (UN News)
- Statement on Gaza by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA)
- Briefing Notes- Press Briefing- Office of the UN Secretary General- Juliette TOUMA, UNRWA Director of Communications/ Amman, Jordan (UNRWA)
- Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – Mexico files a declaration of intervention in the proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute (ICJ)
27 May
- The scenes coming out of Rafah last night are harrowing (UNRWA)
- Reports of more casualties continue to come in following an Israeli airstrike on a heavily populated area northwest of Rafah.
24 May
ICJ: “Israel must immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah”
Additional links:
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – Request for the modification of the Order of 28 March 2024 – The Court reaffirms its previous provisional measures and indicates new measures (ICJ)
Statement on Rafah by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (UN OCHA)
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