SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors meeting in emergency ... - UN News
WEB12 hours ago · The Security Council is now in emergency session in New York following Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut and in the south on Friday, which have left at least a dozen dead. It comes amid an uptick in cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces and two days of deadly wireless device …
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WEB4 days ago · Amid rising regional tensions, a national humanitarian crisis and a looming environmental disaster, all stakeholders must put Yemen first, the United Nations official charged with mediating a...
‘A dangerous Pandora’s box’: U.N. Security Council members …
WEB1 day ago · Members of the United Nations Security Council called on Friday for an investigation into operations in Lebanon — widely attributed to Israel — that detonated the pagers and walkie-talkies of ...
Middle East: Regional crisis risks engulfing Syria, UN envoy warns
WEB12 hours ago · The escalating regional tensions are drawing Syria deeper into conflict, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Tuesday, citing recent Israeli airstrikes, Hezbollah rocket fire and the widespread explosions of wireless devices in Lebanon, which included some in Syria. Briefing ambassadors in the …
Afghanistan: UN warns of growing crisis under increasingly ... - UN News
WEB2 days ago · 18 September 2024 Peace and Security. Concerns for women and the overall state of humanitarian rights in Afghanistan are growing following further legal clampdowns by the Taliban, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan, Roza …
Security Council: Middle East envoy warns against escalation ... - UN News
WEB1 day ago · A question for the Council. The Council also heard a briefing from Helen Clark, a former Prime Minister of New Zealand who also once headed the UN Development Programme ().Ms. Clark is a member of the group of eminent global public figures known as The Elders, which has made resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a priority since its founding in 2007 by the late Nelson Mandela.
Lebanon: UN warns of escalating horror in Middle East as ... - UN News
WEB7 hours ago · Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, told ambassadors in the Security Council, that strikes and exchanges of fire across the Blue Line, which have been going on for nearly a year, “have expanded in scope and intensity”. In some cases, they reached much deeper into Lebanese and Israeli territory, displacing tens of thousands of people on both ...
Israel-Palestine crisis: Security Council calls for urgent ... - UN News
WEBNov 15, 2023 · The Security Council passed a resolution Wednesday calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas and for urgent and extended humanitarian corridors throughout the enclave to...
More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in ... - UN News
WEB4 days ago · Not enough progress is being made in getting desperately needed aid and commercial goods into Gaza, the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for the Strip said in a briefing to the Security Council on Monday. Sigrid Kaag updated ambassadors on the implementation of resolution 2720 ...
Security Council adopts key resolution on Gaza crisis; Russia ... - UN News
WEBDec 21, 2023 · The Security Council has adopted a resolution on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, with 13 votes in favour, and the US and Russia abstaining. The resolution, among other points, demands immediate,...
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