United Nations

UN in the oPt Wire

31.08.2010 - UN chief condemns killing of settlers: More

27.08.2010 - Thousands of students affected by a shortage of classrooms and restrictions to sea and land continue in Gaza: More

26.08.2010 - Chronically Ill Patient: "The checkpoint makes me sicker than I already am". Read the full story

26.08.2010 - WHO issues its monthly report of July on Referral of Patients from the Gaza Strip: More

05.08.2010 - Indicators on child well-being show corrosive trends - UNICEF publishes its monthly report of July: More

30.07.2010 - UN envoy attacks Israeli eviction of Palestinian families in Jerusalem’s Old City: More

28.07.2010 - Food and Agricultural Organisation hopes to improve food security by 29 percent among target families in Gaza:More

28.07.2010 - Imports into Gaza rise but still a fraction of pre-blockade levels: More

23.07.2010 - Gaza kids break world basket ball record:  More

22.07.2010 - GAZA KIDS HEAD FOR MORE WORLD RECORD GLORY: More

21.07.2010 - Quartet pushes for direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians:  More

20.07.2010 - UN reports largest amounts of imports into Gaza in more than a year but still only one-third of 2007 tally: More

16.07.2010 - One Palestinian killed and sixteen injured in incidents in West Bank and Gaza: More

15.07.2010 - A nine-month old child died at Erez crossing while waiting to enter Israel for medical treatment:  More

12.07.2010 - UN Convenes Open Day for the Women of Gaza: More

09.07.2010 - Barrier continues casts a lengthening shadow, six years after it was ruled illegal: More. See also World Health Organisation and OCHA report on Barrier’s affect on Palestinian health.

02.07.2010 - Office of humanitarian co-ordinator publishes Protection of Civilians report: More

02.07.2010 - FAO and GVC’s water use database goes online http://www.gvcfao-database.org 

01.07.2010 - UNRWA Summer Games 2010 A Moment of Childhood and Happiness: More

01.07.2010 - UNICEF publishes its monthly report for June: More

30.06.2010 - Ending Poverty, Building a State The Role of Development in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Article by UNDP head in This Week in Palestine. More

29.06.2010 - UNSCO publishes socio-economic report: Unemployment falls across occupied Palestinian territory while consumer price index has a slight increase. Large increases in use of bank credit and stock trading on the Palestinian Securities Exchange. More

28.06.2010 - Office of the Humanitarian Co-ordinator publishes weekly Protection of Civilians Report: More

28.06.2010 - UN refugee agency condemns second attack on its Gaza summer games: More

23.06.2010 - Ban Ki Moon says Jerusalem municiplaity’s plans to demolish more homes are against international law.

23.06.2010 - OCHA’s Humanitarian Monitor reports that Palestinian casualties increased in May in spite of an increase in settler violence and the deaths on the aid flotilla: More

23.06.2010 - Al Bireh woman wins World Refugee Day Film Competition.More. See the video

21.06.2010 -Widowed Father Re-Builds Life and Home with UNRWA: After living in squalor for eight years following the death of his wife, Hassan has built a new home for him and his two daughters, Niveen and Aseel, in Arroub refugee camp in the West Bank with the help of UNRWA.More

18.06.2010 - OCHA's Protection of Civilians report reveals that nine building were demolished and one school presented with demolition order: More

18.06.2010 - World Health Organisation raises concerns about poor state of hospital equipment in Gaza: The blockade Israel has imposed on the territory for the past three years is affecting the functioning of medical equipment threefold: firstly, spare parts and replacements cannot be imported or only with great delays. Secondly, engineers are unable to enter Gaza to service the equipment and, thirdly, the recurrent power cuts and surges damage the delicate electronic parts of many machines. More

17.06.2010 - UN to Deliver Flotilla Aid: Israel has agreed to deliver all the aid taken from the ships en route to Gaza at the end of May to the UN, according to Robert Serry, the United Nations Special Co-ordinator for the Peace Process in the Middle East. More

17.06.2010 - Netherlands and UNDP Sign a $2.8 Million Agreement In Support of the Palestinian Justice System. More

16.06.2010 - OCHA Releases West Bank Access and Movement Report. More

16.06.2010 - World Food Programme publish monthly report which reveals it distributed 17, 316 metric tonnes of food and 47,317 food vouchers to the occupied Palestinian territory.

14.06.2010 - Israel will publish a list of prohibited goods that are not allowed into Gaza, according to Quartet Representative Tony Blair. He said the change in Israeli policy should mean that every item is free to enter Gaza. More

14.06.2010 - Drogba and Zidane launch “There are no spectators, we are all Players” TV Spot - Stars call on citizens to get on the pitch and kick out poverty. More

14.06.2010 - More than one in four of applications for treatment abroad for patients in Gaza were denied or delayed by the Israeli army, according to the World Health Organisation’s Referral Abroad of Patients from Gaza Strip for May 2010. More

11.06.2010 - Six Palestinians killed and three injured in Gaza by Israeli forces while in the West Bank, 18 Palestinians were injured by Israeli security forces and a further eight injured in attacks by West Bank settlers, according to Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs report, “Protection of Civilians” 2-8 July. More

01.06.2010 - WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION CALLS FOR URGENT ACCESS FOR GAZA MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

01.06.2010 - UNICEF RECEIVES FUNDS FOR GAZA FAMILY CENTRES AND WATER TANKERS. More

31.05.2010 - UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON FLOTILLA RAID: More

31.05.2010 - EMERGENCY RELIEF CO-ORDINATOR JOHN HOLMES CONDEMNS ‘WASTE OF LIFE’: More

01.06.2010 - UNIFEM-SUPPORTED EVENT ON FEMALE PRISONERS: Addameer hosts “Support to Palestinian Female Prisoners: Between Reality and the Need for Participation. More