LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
2 October
- WFP warns hunger is surging in Yemen as conflict displaces thousands (WFP)
30 September
- Lebanon: One in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF (UN News)
- An Enduring Nightmare | Lebanon (UNICEF)
29 September
28 September
- Over 145k Now Displaced in Yemen, 16,000 Increase in Past Week (IOM)
- Middle East Crisis is Deepening Fiscal, Food and Energy Pressures Across Developing Countries, New UN Brief Finds (UNSDG)
- From Shock to Resilience: Protecting Development Gains Amid Compounding Crises (UNSDG)
26 September
- UNRWA in action – September (UNRWA)
25 September
- Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (UNCTAD)
- UN Human Rights updates list of companies involved in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory (OHCHR)
- UNGA81 / IRAN PRESS ENCOUNTER (UNifeed)
24 September
- Remarks to the press on missing persons in Gaza (OHCHR)
- Gaza reconstruction needs reach $71.5 billion as Palestinian economy and public finances face severe strain (UNCTAD)
- Remarks by UNRWA Commissioner-General ad interim Christian Saunders at the Ministerial Meeting on the Margins of the 81st UN General Assembly (UNRWA)
- Israeli leader at UN: ‘We’re going to win. We have no other choice’ (UN News)
23 September
“Children’s biggest dreams should not be about survival,” Deputy UN relief chief urges action for Palestinians (OCHA)
- At UN, Pezeshkian turns terrorism accusation back on Iran’s critics (UN News)
22 September
- Global growth under pressure as energy shock renews inflation risks and heightens uncertainty (DESA)
- Trump defends military action against Iran, Venezuela, and calls for rebrand of AI (UN News)
18 September
- More help urgently needed as thousands arrive in Djibouti fleeing Yemen (UNHCR)
17 September
- UK measures could mark ‘seismic shift’ and open path for joint efforts to end Israel’s crimes, say UN experts (OHCHR)
- Iran: Civilians trapped between extreme State repression and violations arising from devastating conflict with US, Israel, UN Fact-Finding Mission finds (OHCHR)
16 September
- Renewed hostilities in Yemen push over 12 million children deeper into crisis (UNICEF)
- Gaza: At least 20 killed in deadly building collapse, search for survivors continues (UN News)
- Statement by Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, on the collapse of a building in Gaza (OCHA)
15 September
- Women in the occupied West Bank fear violence and arrest, as settler attacks, military operations, and movement restrictions reach two-decade high (UN Women)
- Yemen: Escalating conflict drives new displacement and refugee arrivals in Djibouti (UNHCR)
- Gaza remains recovery points to possible war crimes, says UN rights chief (UN News)
- Media fact sheet: Women in the occupied West Bank fear violence and arrest, as settler attacks, military operations, and movement restrictions reach two-decade high (UN Women)
- Türk says recovery of remains in Gaza three years later adds to Palestinian trauma (OHCHR)
14 September
- Numbers of Displaced in Yemen Reaches Nearly 94,000 (IOM)
- Middle East – Highlighted (Confirmed) incidents (IOM)
- Iran: UN Fact-Finding Mission calls for immediate cessation of hostilities after deadly US airstrikes hit civilians (OHCHR)
- Six UN staff killed in Gaza school strike; Lebanon violations mount (UN News)
12 September
- ‘Where do we go?’: How Israel’s ‘yellow line’ is closing in on Palestinians (UN News)
9 September
- UN / STRAIT OF HORMUZ UPDATE (UNifeed)
8 September
- Women head one in four households in Gaza as war tears families apart and reshapes household structures (UN Women)
- No homes and no support: The women in Gaza trying to rebuild their lives (UN Women)
- In Focus: Supporting women and girls affected by the war on Gaza (UN Women)
- Killing of Palestinians in Gaza has been so widespread that women now head one in four households, double the pre-October 2023 rate (UN Women)
- Smaller firms, greater risks: How Strait of Hormuz disruptions could trigger an exclusion effect for small and medium-sized enterprises (UNCTAD)
- Ships and seafarers increasingly caught in the crossfire of unrelated wars (UN News)
- UN chief demands Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon amid Nabatieh escalation (UN News)
7 September
- Gaza: UN expert warns Israeli rubble-clearing could erase traces of atrocity crimes (OHCHR)
4 September
- Israeli forces expelled Palestinian refugees from three West Bank camps, in violation of international law – UN report (OHCHR)
1 September
- Funding shortfall forces the World Food Programme to cut food assistance by half in the West Bank (WFP)
31 August
- Islamic Republic of Iran: Humanitarian Update No. 07 | As of 31 July 2026 – Iran (Islamic Republic of) | ReliefWeb (OCHA)
- Jean Arnault Concludes Visit to New York (UNSCOL)
28 August
- Four children killed as separate attacks destroy humanitarian supplies and damage critical water infrastructure in Gaza (UNICEF)
- Six months of uncertainty for seafarers in Strait of Hormuz (IMO)
27 August
- Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Acting Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process – Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East (UNSCO)
- The European Union Grants UNFPA EUR 3 Million to Deliver Lifesaving Services for Women and Girls in Yemen (UNFPA/ECHO)
26 August
- Security Council LIVE: Rising tensions in Gaza, West Bank (UN News)
25 August
- Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the unauthorized entry into and interference with the UNRWA Kalandia Training Centre (OSSG)
- UNRWA Press Statement on Kalandia Training Centre in occupied East Jerusalem (UNRWA)
- Statement by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim, Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, on UNRWA (UNSCO)
24 August
- Joint Statement from the Leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada and Norway on the E1 West Bank Settlement Plan (non-UN source)
- Japan contributes USD 3.1 million to deliver lifesaving food and nutrition assistance to people in Palestine (WFP)
- Gaza: Children still at risk despite drop in acute hunger (UN News)
- New SMART survey provides updated assessment of child and maternal nutrition in accessible areas of Gaza (UNICEF)
- Secretary-General’s Press Encounter – on the United Nations’ Efforts to Uphold Navigational Rights and Freedoms (OSSG)
- Global food supply has become ‘collateral damage’ in conflicts: Secretary-General (UN News)
- UN / NAVIGATIONAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS (UNifeed)
