"HUMANITARIAN RELIEF"

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said, “what we've seen unfold over the last 26 days in Israel and in the occupied territories is nothing short of what I think I would call a blight on our collective conscience.” UNIFEED

Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Item 5). Continuation of the debate on the item.

The High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said that the 114 million refugees and displaced people worldwide are a tangible “but sometimes neglected symptom of the world’s current extreme disorder.” UNIFEED

Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.

A UN spokesperson said that the UN peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is concerned about clashes between members of the M23 militia, the Congolese armed forces, and coalitions of armed groups that have been occurring daily since the beginning of October in the province of North Kivu. UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Speaking to reporters Sunday in Kathmandu, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his appeal for “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the delivery of a sustained humanitarian relief at a scale that meets the needs of the people of Gaza.” UN NEPAL

The following comment on last night’s bombardment and ground operations in Gaza by Israeli forces was made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Saturday, 28 October in Geneva, Switzerland. OHCHR