UN

Hamas: UNHRC’s blacklisting of Israel important step

Sunday-24-September-2017

Hamas Movement on Sunday praised the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for including Israel in its blacklist of the countries violating human rights and attacking human rights activists.

Israel appears on UNHRC blacklist of states punishing rights activists

Thursday-21-September-2017

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) added on Wednesday evening Israel to a list of states which have been committing human rights abuses against activists.

UN representative lauds Hamas national reconciliation initiative

Sunday-17-September-2017

The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov welcomed on Sunday a decision by Hamas to disband the Administrative Committee in the blockaded Gaza Strip so as to boost national reconciliation.

Mladenov arrives in blockaded Gaza

Wednesday-13-September-2017

UN Special Coordinator for the settlement process in the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov arrived in Gaza on Wednesday morning via the Beit Hanun (Erez) border crossing.

Khudari asks UN to establish Gaza emergency fund

Friday-25-August-2017

MP Jamal al-Khudari head of the Popular Committee against the Siege asked the UN to launch Gaza emergency fund in order to overcome the deterioration of the humanitarian conditions in the blockaded Gaza Strip due to the decade-long Israeli siege on the coastal enclave and the aggravating crises.

Senior UN official warns against Israeli amendments to Basic Law

Wednesday-23-August-2017

A senior United Nations (UN) political affairs official Tuesday evening voiced concerns over recent developments that “undermine efforts to end the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict including Israel's move to amend a law to cement its control over East Jerusalem.”

UN to release blacklist of firms operating in Israeli settlements

Tuesday-22-August-2017

The Trump administration is urging the United Nations not to publish a blacklist of international firms that do business in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land the Washington Post reported on Monday.

Rights group al-Haq addresses UN Rapporteur over PA’s cyber law

Sunday-13-August-2017

Al-Haq Center called attention to Palestine’s draft law on cyber crimes in a letter sent to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye.

Mladenov: Jerusalem events could turn into a regional religious strife

Wednesday-26-July-2017

UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Nickolay Mladenov has warned that there is a grave risk that the recent developments in the Old City of Jerusalem could become a religious strife engulfing the entire region.

PRC hands over urgent memo to UNHRC over Israeli aggression at Aqsa

Tuesday-18-July-2017

An urgent complaint was presented by the London-based Palestinian Return Center (PRC) to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday calling for urgent intervention on Israel’s closure of holy al-Aqsa Mosque and violations of the freedom of worship.