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Historic vote looms in Central African Republic as UN urges peaceful participation

·December 24, 2025·2 min read

Ahead of the 28 December polls, Secretary-General António Guterres called on all Central Africans to participate peacefully in the vote and urged authorities to ensure that the elections are conducted in a “peaceful, orderly, inclusive and credible manner,” according to a statement issued on Wednesday by his spokesperson. He also...

Security Council to vote on new Gaza force: Here’s what you need to know

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·November 18, 2025·3 min read

The proposal building on the 20-point US plan is intended to restore security, ensure humanitarian access and begin a sustained process of reconstruction and institutional reform for the enclave following two years of devastating conflict between Israel and Hamas. A rival draft resolution submitted by Russia is also under formal consideration, but...

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,...

World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis

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·May 19, 2025·4 min read

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, urged Member States to remain focused on shared goals even amid global instability. “We are here to serve not our own interests, but the eight billion people of our world,” he said in his keynote address at the Palais des Nations....

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...