Gaza: News, Stories & Official Statements

What you need to know about the United Nations response to the conflict in the Middle East.

29 February

  • UN chief appalled by ‘tragic human toll’ of Gaza war. (UN News)
  • ‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council (UN News)
  • Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Gaza (UNSG)
  • Joint NGO statement on the devastating impacts of funding cuts to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). (For information only. Non-UN source.)

28 February

27 February

  • Security Council hears Gaza famine ‘almost inevitable’ unless aid is massively scaled up (UN News)

26 February

  • Aid delivery to Gaza falls by half since January: UNRWA (UN News)
  • Note on the Impacts of the Conflict in the Middle East on the Palestinian Economy, February 2024 (World Bank)

25 February

  • UNRWA – Code of Ethics [EN/AR] – occupied Palestinian territory (UNRWA)

23 February

  • Letter from the Commissioner-General to the President of the UN General Assembly (UNRWA)

22 February

  • UNRWA at ‘breaking point’ warns agency chief (UN News)

21 February

  • Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC): Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on (IASC)
  • Over 4,000 Palestinians displaced in the West Bank in 2023 (OCHA)
  • Voices from Gaza: Safa’s perseverance through pregnancy and displacement (UN Women)

20 February

  • US vetoes Algerian resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza (UN News)
  • UN Food Agency pauses deliveries to the North of Gaza (WFP)
  • WHO transfers critical patients out of Nasser Medical Complex, fears for safety of remaining patients (WHO)
  • Olive harvest 2023: hindered access afflicts Palestinian farmers in the West Bank (OCHA)

19 February

  • Children’s lives threatened by rising malnutrition in the Gaza Strip (UNICEF)

16 February

  • Lifesaving medical care collapsing under assault in Gaza: WHO (UN News)

The UN Charter remains humanity’s best hope for peace.

Amid geopolitical divisions, member countries must uphold it & ensure that the UN lives up to what it was meant to be:

A forum for solutions.

A guardian of international law.

And a force for peace and security.

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations (27 May 2026)

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