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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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SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Russia ‘can only be forced into peace’ says Zelenskyy
24 September 2024
The UN Security Council is meeting for a high level briefing on the Ukraine war. The UN Secretary-General told foreign ministers and ambassadors that Russia's invasion of Ukraine since 2014, when Moscow took Crimea, was "a clear violation of the UN Charter.” We'll have full coverage as it happens, and UN News app users can follow here.…
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‘If we act together,’ we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President
24 September 2024
In a powerful address to the UN General Assembly, the 193-member body’s President, Philémon Yang said the annual high-level debate “remains one of the world’s most inclusive, represented, representative and authoritative platforms for global reflection of collective action”.…
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Gaza crisis reveals ‘true nature’ of Israeli regime, Iranian President says
24 September 2024
The President of Iran told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that the past year revealed to the world the true nature of the Israeli regime.
Addressing the general debate at the Assembly’s 79th session, Masoud Pezeshkian, who assumed office in July, also expressed…
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UN paralyzed, crises piling up, world leaders ‘going around in circles’, says Brazil’s Lula
24 September 2024
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for a major overhaul of the United Nations, including a critical examination of the Organization's nearly eight decades-old Charter, blaming the incapacity of the international community to engage in sincere negotiations for the failure to find solutions to the world's problems…
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Qatar will continue to mediate for peace in Gaza, Amir Al Thani tells world leaders
24 September 2024
The international community bears responsibility for its failure to stop the catastrophe in Gaza, the Amir of Qatar told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, emphasizing that after almost a year of conflict, it is no longer tenable to speak of Israel’s right to defend itself without being complicit in justifying their actions…
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Guterres to world leaders: Stay committed to UN development goals
24 September 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for finance, climate action and peace to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.
“Let’s keep the SDG commitment alive,” he said in remarks to a high-level event at UN Headquarters aimed at shining a…
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‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa
24 September 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday told the UN General Assembly that his nation had benefited from a wave of international solidarity in the battle to end apartheid and usher in a new democratic era.
In his address to Assembly's annual high-level debate, he said…
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Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency
24 September 2024
Ongoing heavy fighting in Sudan has continued to kill and uproot the country’s people who global leaders should remember as they gather in New York on Tuesday, UN humanitarians have said.
In an appeal for greater global solidarity with the people of Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP…
