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Security Council LIVE: Spotlight on Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon

·November 24, 2025·1 min read

The Security Council is meeting against the backdrop of Gaza’s fragile ceasefire, with ambassadors expected to urge Israel and Hamas to stick to their commitments amid renewed violence and deepening humanitarian needs. The session is likely to focus on safeguarding the truce, easing aid access restrictions and sustaining political momentum....

Lebanon: UN peacekeeping patrol targeted by Israeli tank, IDF blames ‘misidentification’

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·November 17, 2025·1 min read

According to the UN peacekeeping mission, bursts of heavy artillery hit an area just five meters away from the UNIFIL blue helmets, who had to quickly retreat and take shelter in the terrain. Mission representatives were able to contact the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) via their communications channels and ask...

World News in Brief: 80th birthday greetings, South Sudan floods, South Lebanon update

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·October 25, 2025·2 min read

In Nairobi, home to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Executive Director Inger Andersen highlighted the city’s unique role as the only UN headquarters in the Global South – and underscored UNEP’s long-standing work on climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Youth participation was also recognised as a driving force for...

World News in Brief: Airstrikes in Lebanon, hope in CAR, a call to ban lead-based paints

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·October 18, 2025·2 min read

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents on Friday at the daily briefing this includes mortar shells and damaged rockets. Since the latest cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel in November 2024, the UN peacekeeping mission (UNIFIL) has enhanced efforts to support the Lebanese Armed Forces in addressing unauthorised weapons...

World News in Brief: ‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts, Cyberspace must ‘serve the common good’, Türk calls for lasting truce in Lebanon

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·October 2, 2025·2 min read

And because healthcare spending is also under pressure around the world, it should be a priority to develop so-called combination vaccines, the panel insisted. WHO immunisation chief Dr. Kate O’Brien, stressed that the combination MMR jab that protects against measles, mumps and rubella, is safe for children. ‘Significant risks’ “What is really...

Israeli air strikes in south Lebanon violate UN resolution

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·September 21, 2025·1 min read

The strikes come amid an ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza and continued violations of Security Council resolution 1701 by both Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants. The latest cessation of hostilities agreement between the two sides was signed last November. Since its inception, UNIFIL has played an important role in advancing...

World News in Brief: Pakistan floods, countries lag on climate reporting, concern over attack on peacekeepers in south Lebanon, cuts hit human rights investigations

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·September 4, 2025·3 min read

In a statement released by his Spokesperson, the UN chief noted that the disaster driven by severe monsoon conditions had been exacerbated by climate change, impacting around 1.5 million people. Hundreds of thousands of people need humanitarian aid while more than 3,000 homes, over 400 schools and some 40 health...

Security Council: UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon extended for a ‘final time’

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·August 29, 2025·1 min read

But the resolution stipulates it will then begin a one year “orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal of its personnel”, in close consultation with the Lebanese Government. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was established by the Security Council in 1978 to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from...

UN peacekeeping mandate in Lebanon faces scrutiny ahead of Security Council vote

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·August 27, 2025·4 min read

As members of the UN Security Council negotiate the renewal of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) ahead of a 31 August deadline, the mission’s future role and capacity are under intense debate. UNIFIL has long been a stabilising presence in southern Lebanon, working alongside the Lebanese armed forces,...

Peacekeepers find weapons trove in southern Lebanon, as drought threatens millions

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·August 17, 2025·2 min read

On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, peacekeepers with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) discovered rocket launchers, rocket shells, mortar rounds, bomb fuses and a tunnel containing munitions in separate incidents in Sectors East and West, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York. All finds were referred...

Top marks for Lebanon schools project helping marginalised kids

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·May 27, 2025·1 min read

According to UNICEF, there are an estimated 300,000 children with disabilities in Lebanon today, although data is limited. To help them access learning opportunities, the UN agency and Lebanese authorities launched a pilot project in 2018 to create inclusive schools in 30 public institutions across all governorates. Today, that number...

Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue to kill civilians, UN rights office warns

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·April 16, 2025·1 min read

At least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon since the 27 November 2024 ceasefire, according to an initial review by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Among the dead are 14 women and nine children. More than 92,000 people remain...