“Lives are being ripped apart, childhoods extinguished, and basic human dignity discarded, amidst the cruelty and degradations of war,” Mr. Guterres said in a message for the Day. “All they want is peace.” He stressed that conflict today is not confined to battlefields, with its impacts rippling across borders, fuelling...
Representatives from all 193 UN Member States – along with two Observer delegations – will take the floor during the Organization’s general debate, held in the iconic General Assembly Hall. Meanwhile around the UN campus, a series of high-level meetings will tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity....
With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis it has created, UN agencies and Member States meeting at the General Assembly in New York on Wednesday prepared to issue a renewed call for urgent action to protect the country’s people....