The UN and the crisis in the Middle East: What you need to know

22 April

• Statement by IMO Secretary-General on the recent attacks on ships in the Middle East (IMO)
• Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the death of a peacekeeper in Lebanon (OSSG)
• UNIFIL: Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the death of a peacekeeper in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
• UNIFIL: Telegram: View @UNIFIL_Lebanon (UNIFIL)
• News – Bridging humanitarian gaps and restoring health services in Gaza and the West Bank (UNOPS)

21 April

• Note to correspondents: in answer to questions on the ceasefire extension (OSSG)
• Strait of Hormuz: With hunger looming, life-saving fertilizer shipments cannot wait, head of UN task force says (UN News)
• Economic collapse pushes highly educated Gazans into the ‘survival economy’ (UN News)

20 April

• Note to Correspondents: on Personal Envoy’s visit to Egypt (OSSG)
• Conflict in the Near East region adds pressure on fragile agrifood systems, FAO Director-General warns (FAO)
• How the Mideast crisis is deepening hunger far beyond the front lines (WFP)
• DSC/RC/HC Alakbarov’s Remarks to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee Ministerial Meeting (UNSCO)
• Press Release – Final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (UN, EU, WB)
• Press Release – UN experts call for immediate suspension of EU-Israel trade agreement as ‘minimum requirement’ under international law (OHCHR)
• Feature Story – Starting over in the Gaza Strip, Cash assistance and veterinary kits help herders restart their livelihoods (FAO)
• Feature Story – Who are the women and girls behind Gaza war’s horrific casualty toll? (UN Women)
• Japan and UNFPA Launch New Project to Deliver Health and Protection Services for Women and Girls in Palestine (UNFPA)
• Gaza: Human development set back 77 years as recovery costs rise to $71 billion (UN News)

19 April

• UNIFIL head leads tribute to peacekeeper fallen in the service of peace (UNIFIL)

18 April

• UN chief strongly condemns killing of another peacekeeper in southern Lebanon (UN News)
• UNIFIL statement (18 April 2026) | UNIFIL (UNIFIL)
• Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the death of a peacekeeper in an incident in Lebanon (OSSG)
• Statement by the Humanitarian Country Team in the OPT (OCHA)

17 April

• More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025 (UN Women)
• UNESCO grants ‘enhanced protection’ to cultural heritage sites in the Middle East (UN News)
• Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Strait of Hormuz (OSSG)
• France-UK: Summit on Freedom of Navigation in the Strait of Hormuz (IMO)
• UN / STRAIT OF HORMUZ OPEN REAX | UNifeed (UNifeed)
• Press Release – More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025 (UN Women)
• Remarks by Sofia Calltorp, UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action at the Palais Press Briefing, “Where is the humanity, when more than 38,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed?” (UN Women)
• Statement by UNICEF on the killing of two water truck drivers in the Gaza Strip (UNICEF)

16 April

• Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Lebanon and Israel (OSSG)
• IOM Spokesperson Statement on Announced Ceasefire in Lebanon | International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Middle East Escalation of Conflict, Global external situation report #4 – 16 April 2026 (WHO)

15 April

• UNHCR’s Salih urges civilian protection and sustained support as escalation in Lebanon continues (UNHCR)
• Lebanon: Displacement, disruption, and the power of learning (UNESCO)
• Note to Correspondents: on Jean Arnault’s travels (OSSG)

14 April

• Secretary-General’s Press Encounter – on the Middle East (OSSG)
• Note to Correspondents: On Jean Arnault’s travels (OSSG)
• Middle East military escalation could cost Asia-Pacific up to US$299 billion (UNDP)
• GENEVA / MIDDLE EAST UPDATE (UNifeed)