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Published
December 22, 2023

UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities

The revised text was negotiated during a week and a half of high-level diplomacy by the United States, and the United Arab Emirates on behalf of Arab nations and others.
Published
December 21, 2023

UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are starving because of war

A report from the U.N. finds that more than half a million people in Gaza are starving because of not enough food entering the territory since the outbreak of war more than 10 weeks ago.
Published
December 21, 2023

Agreement on UN resolution on critical aid for Gaza is ‘very close’ and vote expected, sponsor says

The U.S. has been struggling to change the text’s references to a cessation of hostilities in the Israel-Hamas war, but the key sticking point is the inspection of aid trucks entering Gaza to ensure they are only carrying humanitarian goods.
Published
October 27, 2023

UN General Assembly set to vote on nonbinding resolution calling for a ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza

The assembly’s emergency special session on Israeli actions, which began Wednesday, continued Friday with U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield echoing Israel’s envoy in calling the resolution to be voted on.
Published
October 18, 2023

U.S. vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war

The resolution sponsored by Brazil had wide support and would have condemned all violence against civilians, including 'the heinous terrorist attacks by Hamas' against Israel.

Published
September 20, 2023

UN chief warns of ‘gates of hell’ in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations stay silent

The only countries that touted their efforts – 'first movers and doers,' the United Nations called them – were responsible for just one-ninth of the world's annual carbon pollution.
Published
September 20, 2023

Zelensky, at Security Council, lashes out at Russia but avoids face-to-face encounter

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the council that he would not have come if he didn’t have a proposal to end the 19-month war. He stressed that the restoration of all Ukrainian territory is the key to peace.
Published
September 19, 2023

Zelensky: Russia is weaponizing food, energy and abducted children in its war against Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took to the world stage at a sensitive point in his country’s campaign to maintain international support for its fight at the U.N. General Assembly’s annual top-level meeting.
Published
September 19, 2023

Biden exhorts world leaders at the UN to stand up to Russia, warns not to let Ukraine ‘be carved up’

He implores the leaders to stand up to 'this naked aggression today to deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow.'
Published
September 18, 2023

Leaders see hope in tackling deadly climate change and public health problems together

Experts hope the sputtering global public health system and efforts to curb global warming through collaboration can combine to create a better system for handling the problem.

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