On 20 May Tom Fletcher was interviewed by Anna Foster during the BBC Today Programme. He is the Under-Secretary General in the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). He stated during that interview that “There are 14,000 … Continue reading →
Article by Philip Brown, Secretary of United Nations Association Coventry Branch. This is his own personal point of view and does not represent the views of the United Nations Association-UK. 18 May 2025 Last night I could not sleep. I, … Continue reading →
Independent human rights experts have been reporting on Israel’s many flagrant breaches of international humanitarian law since at least 2024. These breaches include crimes against humanity including murder, torture, sexual violence, and repeated forced displacement amounting to forcible transfer, war crimes encompassing indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian objects, including objects indispensable to … Continue reading →
The following briefing was delivered by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on 13 May 2025. The full text is included below the video. Mr. President, Members of the Council, Briefing you again on this subject … Continue reading →
Israel has not allowed any aid to be delivered to Gaza since 2 March 2025 and no electricity shortly after. Food, water and medicine are running out, leaving thousands of Palestinians without basic necessities. The United Nations says people face … Continue reading →
On 30 March UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher wrote on X: 15 emergency & aid workers in Gaza – from @PalestineRCS, Palestinian Civil Defense and UN – were found buried by their wrecked & well-marked vehicles. Our condolences to … Continue reading →
The following interview was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 28 January 2025, the day before an Israeli law came into force banning UNRWA, the UN relief agency, from operating in Gaza, a Palestinian territory which Israel illegally occupies. Evan … Continue reading →
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) on January 27 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the largest Nazi concentration camp complex at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Russian troops. Around a million people were killed there as the Nazis tried to exterminate … Continue reading →
Palestine and the UN have been inextricably linked since the organization was founded. UN departments have been criticizing Israel’s actions for over a year. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese even wrote two reports documenting the genocide in Gaza. Despite that, … Continue reading →
The number of Israeli settlers in the West Bank is now growing at a rate faster than Israel’s overall population, despite the fact that settlements are considered illegal under international law. Israel is also expanding its military operations beyond the … Continue reading →