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Protecting civilians must be our ‘North Star’, says French President Macron
25 September 2024
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President Emmanuel Macron of France addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session.
President Emmanuel Macron of France deplored on Wednesday what he saw as deepening divisions among the world’s nations, telling the General Assembly that effective…
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‘Hell is breaking loose in Lebanon,’ Guterres warns Security Council
25 September 2024
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The UN Security Council meets to discuss the situation in Lebanon
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Security Council on Wednesday “to work in lock-step” to end the escalating violence between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants across the Blue Line in southern Lebanon…
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Russia can’t win on the battlefield, so it’s finding other ways to torment Ukrainian civilians, Zelenskyy tells UN
25 September 2024
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy (at podium and on screens), President of Ukraine, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Russia cannot…
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What happened Wednesday at UNGA: Focus on Lebanon; deepening geopolitical divides; rising seas
25 September 2024
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A wide view of the opening and plenary segment of the High-level Plenary Meeting on Addressing Existential Threats Posed by Sea Level Rise.
Amid ongoing wars in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan – and the escalating risk of wider conflict in the Middle East – world…
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Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Commend Ukraine’s Law on Missing Persons in Special Circumstances, Ask Questions on Secret Detentions and the Forced Transfer of Children to the Russian Federation
24 September 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Ukraine, with Committee Experts commending the State on the…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
24 September 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Intellectual Property Organization, UN Women, the United Nations…
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LIVE COVERAGE: Join forces to take ‘more sustainable path’, Guterres tells world leaders
24 September 2024
UN Photo/Manuel Elías
The Secretariat building with flags of Member States in the foreground, at UN Headquarters, in New York.
The world is on an unsustainable course, the UN Secretary General told world leaders gathered for the UN general debate in New York on Tuesday – but growing…
