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Iraq: Security Council briefed on major milestones and ongoing challenges

·December 6, 2024·4 min read

“As you have heard many times by now, today’s Iraq is not the same as the Iraq of 20 years ago, or even five years ago. Iraq today is more secure, stable and open, despite the many obstacles facing the country,” Mohamed Al Hassan said in his first briefing to...

Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts

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·December 4, 2024·4 min read

Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, was speaking during a debate on investing in the transformative power of intergenerational leadership on the women, peace and security agenda, where she urged ambassadors to “open doors for the next generation”. “Investments in women, peace and security agenda are not an...

United States vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution at Security Council

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·November 21, 2024·1 min read

Despite having secured 14 votes in favour, the draft resolution put forward by the 10 elected members of the Security Council (E10), failed to pass owing to the negative vote by a permanent member, the US. The text also reiterated the Council’s demand for the immediate and unconditional release of...

Middle East live updates for 20 November: US vetoes Security Council resolution on Gaza

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·November 20, 2024·1 min read

As the conflict continues in Gaza and Lebanon, the United States vetoed the latest resolution on Gaza in the UN Security Council in New York which demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire as well as the release of all hostages and full humanitarian access for civilians. Stay tuned for...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Updates on Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine

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·November 19, 2024·1 min read

The Security Council held three high-stakes high-level meetings on Monday in New York, with the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy presiding. Russia vetoed a draft resolution to protect civilians in Sudan, with ambassadors meeting next on Gaza and Lebanon, followed by another forthright debate on Ukraine. UN News app...

Middle East crisis: Live updates from Gaza, Lebanon and the Security Council as famine looms

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·November 12, 2024·1 min read

Amid the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues efforts to keep hospitals up and running and to evacuate patients requiring specialized treatment, a senior official with the UN agency said in Cairo on Monday. ...

War in Ukraine: Live updates from the Security Council and the field

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·October 31, 2024·1 min read

The UN Security Council met in emergency session on Ukraine on Wednesday amid unconfirmed reports that troops from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) – more commonly known as North Korea – are deploying to fight alongside Russia. We followed the meeting as well as developments at UN Headquarters...

Middle East crisis: Live updates from the Security Council and UN across the region

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·October 29, 2024·1 min read

We will be following the latest breaking news over the day, including from UN staff on the ground, dispatches from Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region, and the Israeli Knesset’s vote to outlaw the work of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA. We also recap the emergency Security Council meeting on...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Gangs ‘spreading terror and fear’ across Haiti

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·October 22, 2024·1 min read

The UN Security Council on Tuesday heard briefings from top officials on the Haiti crisis and although gangs continue spreading terror and fear there is a “glimmer of hope” that stability can return to the Caribbean island nation in the months ahead, said the UN Special Representative, following years of...

UN Security Council extends sanctions, arms embargo on Haiti

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·October 19, 2024·1 min read

Unanimously adopting, under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, resolution 2752 (2024) the 15-member Council determined that the situation in Haiti continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security in the region. The resolution emphasises the continuation of sanctions measures originally imposed in earlier resolutions to prevent the...

Security Council meets on north Gaza as ‘supplies for survival’ run out

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·October 16, 2024·10 min read

Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, briefed ambassadors on the situation in the north, where fighting has escalated. Hospitals are running out of fuel and critical medical supplies, and food stocks are dwindling. Patients burned alive Ms. Msuya said that since her last briefing a week ago, the people...

MIDDLE EAST: Updating live from the Security Council and across the UN

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·October 11, 2024·1 min read

As turmoil roils the Middle East, senior UN officials provided humanitarian updates on the impact of continued fighting in Lebanon and Gaza, while many ambassadors in the Security Council offered strong support for the “indispensable” role of the Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, which has come under increasing attack in the...