23 August
- A 10-month-old girl paralysed by polio in Gaza has become the first confirmed case of the deadly disease to be detected in the war-ravaged enclave in 25 years (UN News)
- Lebanon: OCHA official urges more funding to meet civilian needs (UN News)
22 August
- UN aid teams have warned that vital chorine supplies that are essential for purifying water are running out and deteriorating in Gaza, while humanitarians condemned new strikes on schools sheltering people displaced by the war (UN News)
- UN Committee calls for stronger global engagement to address racial discrimination in the Palestine-Israel dispute (OHCHR)
- Mass evacuations in Gaza choke survival and severely constrain aid operations (OCHA oPt)
- The Security Council met on 22 August to hear from top officials about the situation on the ground in the Middle East, a region roiling from the ongoing war in Gaza as the conflict enters its 11th month. Council members, along with the ambassadors of Israeli and Palestine, shared their positions during another heated discussion (UN News)
- Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East (UNSCO)
19 August
- World Humanitarian Day: ‘In Gaza, we can’t imagine tomorrow’ (WFP)
- WHO confirms that a 10-month-old baby in #Gaza is now paralysed due to Polio (UNRWA)
- Remarks by UNRWA Chief of Staff, Mr. Ben Majekodunmi, at the World Humanitarian Day 2024 UN commemoration (UNRWA)
11 – 16 August
- Special Rapporteur on Torture appalled by allegation of sexual torture by Israeli soldiers and calls for accountability (OHCHR)
- Secretary-General’s press encounter – on polio in Gaza (OSSG)
- Turk pleads for end to fighting as death toll passes 40,000 (OHCHR)
- Education Cannot Wait Interviews UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini (UNRWA)
- “Parties must end all escalatory rhetoric and actions,” says USG DiCarlo (UNDPPA)
- Note to Correspondents: Attack on School in Gaza (OSSG)
- FAO delivers more than 2 400 veterinary kits to protect livestock and sustain livelihoods (FAO)
