In a rare moment of cautious optimism, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher addressed the Security Council on the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza on Thursday, emphasizing the plight of children who have borne the brunt of the conflict.

The UN’s leading humanitarian official, Tom Fletcher, has urged US President Donald Trump to remain engaged in the world. The UN's Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator,

“We need to look five to ten years ahead, no matter how long it takes Ukraine to rebuild,” said UN Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher, appointed in November to be responsible for humanitarian support. He assures that his organization will not leave Ukraine and will help as long as necessary.

NEW YORK, January 24, 2025 (WAFA) – The United Nations Security Council convened last night under Algeria’s rotating presidency to discuss the ongoing situation in the Middle East, with a special focus on the plight of children in Gaza, now 15 months into the Israeli offensive.

Asharq Al Awsat The war in Gaza has seen children killed, starved, frozen to death, orphaned and separated from their families, the UN humanitarian chief says. “A generation has been traumatized,” Tom Fletcher told a UN Security Council meeting called by Russia on Thursday about the war's impact on Gaza's youngest residents.

In a rare moment of cautious optimism, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher addressed the Security Council on the dire humanitarian situation

Christiane Amanpour speaks with Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, about a ceasefire in Gaza and his visit to Ukraine.

Unrwa's Gaza director says rebuilding homes, infrastructure and people's lives will "take an awful lot of time".

The United Nations will not stop providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the event of a pause in the war. Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-Ge

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced after meeting with a United Nations delegation that the UN will allocate US$3.3 billion in humanitarian aid to Ukraine this year. Source: Zelenskyy on Х (Twitter) Details: Zelenskyy met with a UN delegation led by Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher and UN High Commissioner for Refugees

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed Thursday in Kyiv to the international community to maintain its support for Ukrainians affected by the war and called to mobilize 3.32 billion dollars (about 3.

Noting that an estimated 150,000 pregnant women and new mothers are "in desperate need of health services," UN relief chief said some of the babies in Gaza "died before their first breath - perishing with their mothers in childbirth" due to Israel's relentless attacks.