News Focus
- UN News Focus – Middle East: https://news.un.org/en/focus/middle-east
Peace & Security
- UNDOF – United Nations Disengagement Observer Force:
https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/undof
http://undof.unmissions.org/ - UNIFIL – United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon:
https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/unifil
https://unifil.unmissions.org/ - UNTSO – United Nations Truce Supervision Organization:
https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/untso
https://untso.unmissions.org/ - UNSCO – Office of the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
https://unsco.unmissions.org/ - United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA)
- UNSCO – Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process: https://dppa.un.org/en/mission/unsco
- Division for Palestinian Rights: https://dppa.un.org/en/palestinian-rights
- United Nations & The Question of Palestine: https://www.un.org/unispal/
Human Rights
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – Middle East and North Africa Region: https://www.ohchr.org/en/countries/middle-east-north-africa-region
- Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967: https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-palestine
Humanitarian Affairs
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA): https://www.unocha.org/middle-east-and-north-africa
- Occupied Palestinian Territory: http://www.ochaopt.org/
- ReliefWeb – Lebanon: http://reliefweb.int/country/lbn
- ReliefWeb – occupied Palestinian territory: http://reliefweb.int/country/pse
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People: https://www.undp.org/papp
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – Middle East and North Africa: https://www.unhcr.org/about-unhcr/where-we-work/middle-east-and-north-africa
- United Nations Children’s Fund – Middle East and North Africa:
https://www.unicef.org/where-we-work#middle-east-and-north-africa
https://www.unicef.org/mena/ - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA): https://www.unrwa.org/
- World Health Organization (WHO) – Office for the Eastern Mediterranean: https://www.emro.who.int/index.html
Environment
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- West Asia – Building resilience to disasters and conflicts: https://www.unep.org/regions/west-asia/regional-initiatives/building-resilience-disasters-and-conflicts
- Environmental Assessment of the Areas Disengaged by Israel in the Gaza Strip: https://www.unep.org/resources/report/environmental-assessment-areas-disengaged-israel-gaza-strip
International Law
- International Court of Justice – Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: http://www.icj-cij.org/en/case/131
- International Criminal Court (ICC) – Preliminary examination: Palestine – Focus: Alleged crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, since 13 June 2014: https://www.icc-cpi.int/palestine
Further Information
Ask Dag !
- What is the Middle East Quartet? When was it formed? How can I find Quartet statements? https://ask.un.org/faq/43700
- Where can I find information on the 10th emergency special and resumed sessions of the General Assembly concerning the Occupied East Jerusalem and Palestinian Territory? https://ask.un.org/faq/231686
August 2023
not an official document – for information only
https://unric.org/en/unric-library-backgrounder-middle-east/
