East Archives - Career Meaning

Security Council renews DR Congo peacekeeping mission amid renewed M23 offensives in the east

·December 20, 2025·2 min read

Resolution 2808 (2025) extends the mandate of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) until 20 December 2026, maintaining an authorized troop ceiling of 11,500 military personnel, 600 military observers and staff officers, 443 police personnel and 1,270 formed police unit personnel. Under the resolution, MONUSCO’s core area...

UN strongly condemns Israel’s unauthorised entry of UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem

Uncategorized

·December 8, 2025·1 min read

Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the facility, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote on the social media platform X. Police motorcycles, trucks and forklifts were brought in and all communications were cut, he said, while furniture, IT equipment and other property were seized. The UN flag was pulled down and replaced with an Israeli flag. Israel urged to recognise UN immunity UN Secretary-General António...

UN hails DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal amid ongoing hostilities in the east

Uncategorized

·December 7, 2025·1 min read

The Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity were officially signed the day before in Washington DC, facilitated by the United States. ‘Important milestone’ In a statement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commended US President Donald Trump for his efforts and congratulated Presidents Félix Tshisekedi of DR Congo and Paul Kagame...

Security Council LIVE: Gaza ceasefire, aid crisis dominates agenda as ambassadors meet on the Middle East

Uncategorized

·October 23, 2025·1 min read

The UN Security Council is meeting in New York to debate the Middle East. The session comes amid faltering progress on the fragile Gaza ceasefire and mounting humanitarian needs after two years of war, with famine still looming in parts of the territory. Ambassadors will likely discuss yesterday’s ICJ advisory...

Middle East LIVE: Israel-Hamas deal paves way for ceasefire, hostage release

Uncategorized

·October 10, 2025·1 min read

As people celebrated across Gaza and Israel at the news of an agreement that could hasten the end of the two-year war, UN aid teams on Thursday insisted that they were ready to deliver humanitarian relief supplies into the shattered enclave at scale. We’ll be covering all news developments across...

DR Congo: UN envoy urges people eager for peace in the east ‘not to lose hope’

Uncategorized

·October 5, 2025·3 min read

Bintou Keita issued the message in an exclusive interview with UN News just a few days after briefing the Security Council on the situation in eastern DRC, expressing “compassion and empathy” for the long-suffering population. “We know that it is very difficult, and it is a daily difficulty,” she said,...

LIVE: Middle East updates; Gaza war ‘morally, politically, and legally intolerable,’ says Guterres

Uncategorized

·September 16, 2025·1 min read

Amid reports of intensifying bombardment in Gaza City overnight, the Middle East crisis took centre stage at the UN on Tuesday, starting at the global body’s Geneva headquarters, where Israel rejected allegations of genocide by an international panel of independent human rights investigators. The development came ahead of an urgent...

MIDDLE EAST LIVE: Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha ‘potentially opens a new and perilous chapter’

Uncategorized

·September 12, 2025·1 min read

The UN Secretary-General has condemned an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Tuesday, while highlighting the “very positive role” played by the country in achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and securing the release of hostages....

DR Congo: Rising insecurity in the east impedes diplomatic progress, Security Council hears

Uncategorized

·August 23, 2025·1 min read

Despite diplomatic progress in recent months, with the United States brokering a peace agreement between the DRC and Rwanda, and Qatar facilitating a Declaration of Principles between the Congolese Government and M23 rebels, tensions remain high in the eastern DRC – where multiple armed groups operate. The Security Council...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Debate on the situation in the Middle East

Uncategorized

·July 23, 2025·1 min read

The Security Council meets today for its quarterly open debate on the situation in the Middle East, with a focus on the worsening crisis in Gaza. UN Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari is expected to brief on the situation in the war-ravaged enclave where food entry and distribution remain severely restricted,...

Children’s lives ‘turned upside down’ by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF

Uncategorized

·July 7, 2025·1 min read

Alarmingly, 110 million children in the region live in countries affected by war, with homes, schools and health facilities damaged or destroyed in fighting. “A child’s life is being turned upside down the equivalent of every five seconds due to the conflicts in the region,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Regional...

DR Congo: Despite efforts towards a political solution, violence still rages in the east

Uncategorized

·June 28, 2025·1 min read

Since January, the region has seen a new escalation of violence as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launched an offensive in North and South Kivu provinces. While tensions persist in the DRC, both frontlines and negotiation positions are shifting, paving the way for peace, the Security Council heard this Friday. The path to lasting...