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Haitian leader supports creating UN-led mission to quell country’s gang violence
- UN News
Haiti is becoming more resilient, but can only fully recover with international solidarity, Edgard Leblanc Fils said on Thursday, voicing support for a UN-led peacekeeping mission to combat gang violence that has “paralyzed” the nation and left its people desperate and nearly without hope.
Exert more pressure to dry up funding for Houthi militias, Yemeni leader tells UN
- UN News
The Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen called on Thursday for increased international pressure to dry up sources of funding for Houthi militias and to curb “the flow of Iranian weapons” into his country, which was constantly working to de-escalate tension.
Abbas dismisses ‘Israeli lies’, tells world leaders entire generations being wiped out in Gaza
- UN News
Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addressed world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, stressing that the Palestinian people will not leave their homeland – the land of their ancestors.
The UN Needs a Summit for the Present
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 25 (IPS) - The Summit of the Future has now ended, but the real and present world is still on fire.
As the General Assembly, an annual ritual where dozens of heads of state descend on New York, kicks off, key questions about the role and future of the United Nations, a body that was created to maintain international peace and security almost 80 years ago, remain unanswered.
UN Charter: the Final Hurdle for Reform of the Security Council
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - When the founding fathers — regrettably, no mothers — created the United Nations 79 years ago, one of the biggest anomalies was bestowing the power of the veto to the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council (UNSC): the US, UK, France, Russia and the Republic of China (later the People's Republic of China).
What happened on Wednesday at UN: Focus on Lebanon; deepening geopolitical divides; rising seas
- UN News
Amid ongoing wars in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan – and the escalating risk of wider conflict in the Middle East – world leaders and senior UN officials at the General Assembly’s annual debate warned that deep geopolitical divisions are hindering progress on critical global challenges – from securing peace to climate change and UN reform. Many stressed however, that a better future for all lay in decisive and united multilateral action and commitment to the ideals of the UN Chater.
Island nations unite at UN: ‘Empty pledges’ will not save future generations
- UN News
As wars and crises dominate global headlines, leaders from small island developing States used the UN General Assembly platform to sound the alarm on climate change – their most pressing existential threat – warning that it is obliterating economies and livelihoods.
Protecting civilians must be our ‘North Star’, says French President Macron
- UN News
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 multilateralism has never been more necessary to rebuild trust and tackle crises.
Russia can’t win on the battlefield, so it’s finding other ways to torment Ukrainian civilians, Zelenskyy tells UN
- UN News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Russia cannot defeat his people on the battlefield, so it is looking for other ways to break the Ukrainian spirit, deplorably by targeting its vital energy infrastructure as winter approaches.
Gaza crisis reveals ‘true nature’ of Israeli regime, Iranian President says
- UN News
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.
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