UN humanitarian chief calls for immediate freeze on cluster munitions use
UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland called Tuesday for a freeze on the use of controversial cluster munitions at the outset of the Third Review Conference in...
Israel rights groups condemns June bombing of Gaza power plant as 'war crime'
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem issued a report Wednesday concluding that the June 28 bombing by Israeli forces of a power plant in the Gaza Strip during the early stages of the 34-day Middle East conflict...
Congo needs to prosecute 'out of control' army sex abuse: UN humanitarian chief
UN humanitarian coordinator Jan Egeland told the UN Security Council on Friday that sexual abuse of women and girls by soldiers in the strife-torn Democratic Republic of Congo "has become a cancer in Congolese...
UN humanitarian chief wants Uganda LRA rebels tried for crimes at ICC
UN humanitarian coordinator Jan Egeland said on a visit to a refugee camp in northern Uganda Saturday that indicted leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) should be brought before the...
UN humanitarian chief accuses Israel of 'immoral' use of cluster bombs
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland condemned Israel Wednesday for its "immoral" use of cluster bombs in the most recent Middle East conflict [JURIST news...
Egeland condemns Israeli, Palestinian violations of humanitarian law in Gaza
United Nations relief coordinator Jan Egeland said Tuesday that Israel had used "disproportionate" force in its military offensive against the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip , but he added that...
Israel rejects Egeland claim that airstrikes violated international law
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said Monday that weekend statements by visiting United Nations relief coordinator Jan Egeland that damage caused by Israeli airstrikes in Beirut was excessive and in...
UN humanitarian chief touring Beirut says excessive force violates international law
Touring south Beirut Sunday, United Nations relief coordinator Jan Egeland said the damage to civilian areas caused by Israeli airstrikes was worse than he had anticipated and reemphasized that attacking civilians...
Israel assailed for international law breaches at UN Mideast crisis meeting
Israel found itself on the defensive with the United States as its most vocal ally in a Friday UN Security Council open meeting in which ambassadors from the Arab world and beyond condemned it for breaching international...
UN leaders condemn illegal targeting of civilians in escalating Middle East conflict
Top UN officials Friday condemned Israel, the Palestinians and Lebanese Hezbollah militants for intentionally inflicting civilian casualties on one another contrary to international humanitarian law as violence continued to escalate in the Middle East, with Israel stepping...
