Gaza genocide: ICC chief prosecutor puts his office back on collision course with America
Just months after being appointed to a nine-year term in The Hague, Khan shifted the ICC’s investigation in Afghanistan away from US forces to focus on the alleged crimes of the Taliban and local ISIS militants. The move drew criticism from human rights organisations and was seen by some as an attempt to win over Washington.
Explainer: Why ICC prosecutor’s office is zeroing in on Israeli PM Netanyahu and Hamas leaders
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said in October last year the court had jurisdiction over any potential war crimes carried out by Hamas fighters in Israel and by Israelis in the Gaza Strip.
Somalia’s letter to Security Council calls for termination of UN political mission in Mogadishu
The current mandate of the mission, known as UNSOM, expires October 31 and Fiqi asked for “the swift conclusion of the necessary procedures for the termination of the mission by the end of the mandate.”
UN assembly approves resolution that grants Palestine new rights, revives its UN membership bid
It also demonstrated growing support for the Palestinians. A General Assembly resolution on October 27 calling for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza was approved 120-14 with 45 abstentions. That was just weeks after Israel launched its military offensive in response to Hamas’ October 7 attack in southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people.
Meaningful participation: First UN civil society held in Africa heralds ‘inclusive’ Summit of the Future
Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, in a video message to the event, began by expressing deep condolences to the victims of the devasting floods in Kenya and reiterating the United Nation’s continued commitment to supporting the Kenyan Government during this challenging time.
South Sudan bows to pressure, waives new taxes that led to suspension of UN food airdrops
An estimated nine million people out of 12.5 million people in South Sudan need protection and humanitarian assistance, according to the UN. The country has also seen an increase in the number of people fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan between the rival military and paramilitary forces, further complicating humanitarian assistance to those affected by the internal conflict.
UN humanitarian agency estimates 10,000 people are buried under rubble in Gaza
Nearly all of the 600,000 children now sheltering in the southern border city of Rafah are “injured, sick or malnourished”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief said in a video post on X on Wednesday.
UN peacekeeping mission drawdown in eastern Congo on course as it ends South Kivu operations
Bintou Keita, MONUSCO Head and Special Representative of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, repeated what she said at the recent departures of Chinese and Pakistani contingents, saying the South Kivu exit was not “synonymous with the departure of the UN from the DRC”.
US warns countries supplying weapons to Sudan it is ‘on the precipice of a large-scale massacre’
US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters after an emergency closed meeting of the UN Security Council that El Fasher, the only capital in Darfur not held by paramilitary forces, is “on the precipice of a large-scale massacre.”
UN demands South Sudan removes new taxes that led to a pause in food airdrops for 135,000 people
UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said in New York that the taxes and charges are also impacting the nearly 20,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, “which is reviewing all of its activities, including patrols, the construction of police stations, schools and health care centres, as well as educational support.”
