[10 August 2006] - The UN's top humanitarian official has criticised Israel and Hezbollah for hindering access to southern Lebanon, calling this a "disgrace". Jan Egeland said both sides could give aid agencies access in a "heartbeat...
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights presents its compliments to all Permanent Missions in Geneva, United Nations departments and bodies, specialised agencies, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations and...
EILAT, 5 Aug 2006 (IRIN) - "I feel like a refugee," said Israeli Genia Ben Noon, as her three young children ran noisily at her feet in the crowded school building that has become the family’s home.Like the 400 other Israelis...
Summary: It is 28 days since Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers, prompting a ground and air assault on Lebanon by the Israeli army. In that time, 932 people have been killed in Lebanon, with 75 missing, presumed dead. [8 August 2006] - 29...
La siguiente declaración fue emitida hoy por el Comité de los Derechos del Niño de Naciones Unidas:"El Comité de los Derechos del Niño de Naciones Unidas está extremadamente preocupado por la matanza de niños...
The following statement was issued on Thursday by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child: "The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child is extremely concerned at the killing of children and other...
[BEIRUT, 3 August 2006] - Israeli forces have systematically failed to distinguish between combatants and civilians in their military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said in report released today. The pattern of attacks in...
Summary: Les bombardements de Cana du dimanche 30 juillet sont les plus meurtriers perpétrés par l'armée israélienne depuis le début de son offensive au Liban. Pour la presse arabe, ce massacre n'aboutit qu'à l'émergence d'une union nationale autour...
[BRUXELLES, 31 juillet 2006] - L’attaque dévastatrice sur Cana fait apparaître clairement qu’un cessez-le-feu total et immédiat est nécessaire de toute urgence. Les mesures prises par Israël pour suspendre...
Summary: The UN Security Council has expressed its "shock and distress" at an Israeli attack in which 54 Lebanese civilians, many of them children, were killed. A statement agreed by all 15 members of the Security Council said the Council "...