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UN Headquarters
Flag Lowering at UN Headquarters for Colleagues Killed in Gaza
The United Nations flag is lowered to half-mast at UN Headquarters to honour colleagues killed in Gaza.
13 November 2023
Secretary-General
Secretary-General Visits Rafah Border Crossing
Secretary-General António Guterres (not pictured) visits the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Aid trucks have been waiting at the Rafah border crossing since last Saturday.
" It is…
20 October 2023
General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly Gives Final Approval to Partition of Palestine
General view of the 128th plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly as Andrei I. Gromyko, USSR, reaffirms his country's support of the proposal of the Ad Hoc Committee for…
29 November 1947
Field Coverage
UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
Following the completion of the aerial survey, a preliminary agreement was signed in March 1953 between UNRWA and the Jordan Government earmarking $40 million of UN self-support funds until the end…
1 June 1953
Field Coverage
The Arab Refugees
Since the partition of Palestine, in 1948, more than 800,000 Arabs have taken refuge in the neighbouring countries. They are the concern of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…
1 January 1951
Field Coverage
United Nations Emergency Force in the Middle East
A German shepherd dog of the Swedish Battalion with UNEF showing its ability to sniff mines at a Mine Training Course being held at a mock-up minefield staged at Shams Camp near Cairo. Engineering…
28 February 1974
Field Coverage
The United Nations' Care for Palestine Refugees
In the early summer of 1948, the Palestine conflict caused nearly one million Arabs to leave their homes in what is now Israel to live in exile. Today, still destitute and homeless, still awaiting a…
1 May 1957
Field Coverage
The United Nations' Care for the Palestine Refugees, Middle East, May 1957
At the beginning of the year, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was still taking care of, and feeding, some 925,000 Arab refugees of the Palestine war of 1948. UNRWA has made…
1 May 1957
Field Coverage
UNRWA Background Photograph: Refugees
Under an agreement between the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the Egyptian Government, the latter offered to make available for the benefit of refugees in the Gaza strip not less…
1 January 1955
Field Coverage
UNRWA Gaza Emergency Operations
After conclusion of the recent hostilities in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) set up the UNRWA Gaza Emergency Operation to restore food distribution and medical…
1 January 1957
Special Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba
Palestinian singer Sanaa Moussa (centre facing audience), an "Ambassador of Palestinian heritage", performs during the special commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba held in the…
15 May 2023
Field Coverage
Three French Officers Killed During First and Second Truce
The coffins of three French military observers, who served with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), are carried by sailors of the French Ship Elan. On the left, the guard of…
14 September 1948