Archive for May 22nd, 2025

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22/05/2025

All Eyes on Gaza as Aid Teams Retrieve First Lifesaving Relief in Months

Human Wrongs Watch

()* — UN agencies in Gaza confirmed on Thursday that desperately needed aid has finally arrived at warehouses inside the enclave after an 11-week blockade by Israeli authorities.

UN-supported bakeries throughout Gaza have closed as supplies of flour have run out.
UN News | UN-supported bakeries throughout Gaza have closed as supplies of flour have run out.
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“Today will be crucial. Truckloads of lifesaving aid finally on move again,” said top UN aid relief coordinator Tom Fletcher.
Hours earlier and in a major development, 198 trucks entered Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south of the enclave, carrying nutrition supplies, medicines and wheat flour.

Announcing the news online, top UN aid relief coordinator Tom Fletcher reported that humanitarian organizations then retrieved “about 90 truckloads of goods” in a nighttime operation to prepare them for distribution.

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22/05/2025

Agenda for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference Still Unclear

Human Wrongs Watch

By Naureen Hossain

NEW YORK, May 21 2025 (IPS)* – The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons must not be allowed to collapse under the weight of geopolitical cynicism, the preparatory committee at the UN heard.
 
The closing session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Credit: UN TV

The closing session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Credit: UN TV

This year, the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (April 28-May 9) was intended to address procedural issues related to the treaty and the upcoming conference next year.

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