The situation in the Middle East provided for a “ray of light and a glimmer of hope”, Terje Roed-Larsen, Special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, said this afternoon at Headquarters as he answered correspondents’ questions about his briefing to the Security Council yesterday. Read more about Recent developments give 'glimmer of hope' to Middle East peace process - UN envoy
The main United Nations agency providing assistance to Palestine refugees today protested that a complete closure of the Gaza Strip imposed by Israel on UN international staff had crippled its operations there. Read more about UN agency protests Israeli closure of Gaza Strip
A new report by international donors, which includes the United Nations, has found that a separation barrier Israel is building in the West Bank could cut off 12,000 Palestinians from their land, work and essential social services. Read more about International report examines effect of West Bank 'wall' on Palestinians
Immediate implementation of a political solution leading to two states is the only way to resurrect the devastated Palestinian economy and protect Israel from “murderous attacks,” a senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, said today. Read more about Only political solution can resurrect devastated Palestinian economy - UN
After a 12-year-old Palestinian girl was shot in the head while sitting at her desk in a UNRWA school in the Palestinian territory, a top UN relief official in the region has expressed dismay at the Israeli military’s indiscriminate use of force in civilian areas. Read more about UN dismayed by indiscriminate shooting of schoolgirl by Israeli forces
The suffering of Palestinians and Israelis - the deaths and injuries, the economic devastation, the profound insecurity - can end only through a political solution, a top United Nations envoy in the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, said today at a meeting in London. Read more about Suffering of Palestinians, Israelis can end only through political solution, UN envoy says
A draft resolution which would have had the Security Council condemn recent Israeli acts, including the killing of several United Nations aid workers, was defeated today by the United States, which in casting a no vote effectively vetoed the text. Read more about US vetoes Security Council draft resolution condemning recent Israeli acts
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has asked Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz for a thorough probe of the circumstances surrounding the death of British aid worker Iain Hook, who was fatally wounded by an Israeli soldier in the Jenin refugee camp last month. Read more about Annan asks Israeli Defence Minister for report on killing of British aid worker
Reacting to Israel’s deadly raid in Gaza today which left ten people dead, including two United Nations aid workers, Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged that country’s Government to restrain its military and act in accord with international humanitarian law. Read more about Two UN staff members killed in Israeli raid on Gaza
The United Nations has refuted Israeli claims that a slain aid worker managing a UN project in the West Bank was killed amid gunfire. Read more about UN refutes Israel's claims
