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Thailand grants work rights to long-term refugees from Myanmar, UN welcomes resolution

·August 27, 2025·1 min read

Some 81,000 forcibly displaced people are hosted in temporary shelters along the Thai-Myanmar border where they have been living in the camps for decades. Nearly half the refugee population were born under canvas, where displaced families have largely depended on humanitarian assistance. Over a million Rohingya, a mostly-Muslim minority from...

UN highlights need for peaceful resolution, as Trump and Putin prepare to meet on Ukraine

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·August 15, 2025·1 min read

The UN is stressing that any peace effort or deal must be consistent with the principles of the UN Charter, including respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric welcomed “dialogue at the highest level” between the two permanent members of the...

UN General Assembly adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution by overwhelming majority

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·June 16, 2025·2 min read

The move followed the Security Council’s failure to pass a similar resolution last week owing to a lone veto by permanent member the United States. The resolution was backed by 149 Member States, with 12 voting against and 19 abstaining. Among those opposing the resolution were the United States and...

World News in Brief: Security Council Libya resolution, cyclone recovery in Mozambique, Marburg virus in Tanzania, counter-terrorism laws in Türkiye

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·January 20, 2025·4 min read

The resolution authored by the United Kingdom was passed by 14 votes with none against – permanent Council member Russia abstained. It introduces new provisions concerning the arms embargo and assets freeze measures imposed in 2011 following the overthrow of long-term ruler Muammar Gaddafi. It also establishes a new listing...

‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk

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·January 14, 2025·1 min read

For many workers, defending human rights is not just a job, but a calling. As he noted, many “work out of a deep sense of service to others, and a desire to make a meaningful impact.” From conflict zones to post-war societies, they provide crucial support to detainees and victims...

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 poised to vote on Gaza resolution calling for urgent, safe and unhindered flow of aid

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·December 22, 2023·2 min read

8:30 PM The US ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield emerged from the closed door meeting telling reporters that after working hard over the past week, her country was ready to vote on a draft resolution, if compromises made remained in the latest draft. 7.15 PM Ambassadors are still locked in consultations over...

Security Council continues negotiations on Gaza resolution calling for ‘urgent suspension of hostilities’

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·December 20, 2023·19 min read

3:45 PM According to the latest information from the Security Council, the revised programme indicates that an anticipated meeting due to take place at 5:00 PM to vote on a resolution from the UAE which has been under negotiation for days, has again been delayed. Draft resolution: Key points Video...

Gaza: WHO adopts resolution on access for lifesaving aid

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·December 11, 2023·3 min read

This is the first time since 7 October that a resolution on this conflict has been adopted by consensus within the UN system, the UN health agency noted. It underscores the importance of health as a universal priority, in all circumstances, and the role of healthcare and humanitarianism in building...

General Assembly resolution upholds the Olympic Truce

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·November 22, 2023·1 min read

This follows the adoption on Tuesday of a resolution that calls for a cessation of hostilities starting seven days before the opening of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and ending seven days after they conclude. The General Assembly comprises all 193 UN Member States, with 120 voting on the resolution. ...

Gaza crisis: General Assembly adopts resolution calling for ‘humanitarian truce’, civilian protection

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·October 28, 2023·1 min read

The resolution breaks the deadlock at the UN over a response to the Israel-Palestine crisis which erupted on 7 October, where Member States on the Security Council have failed to reach agreement on four draft resolutions. Click here for our coverage of the Assembly’s Emergency Special Session on the crisis....