News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 56
Security Council: US votes against resolution on Gaza ceasefire
- UN News
The United States once again vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, following a vote in the Security Council on Thursday.
Sudan: UN relief chief welcomes progress towards three-month truce
- UN News
The UN relief chief Tom Fletcher has highlighted recent diplomatic progress made towards a three-month pause to the brutal fighting in Sudan between rival militaries.
Fragile progress in Syria, at risk from exclusion and foreign interference, UN warns
- UN News
Syria’s tentative steps towards recovery could quickly unravel without inclusive politics, sustained aid and respect for national sovereignty, top UN officials cautioned the Security Council on Thursday.
UN Independent Commission Finds That Israeli Forces Have Committed Genocide in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, September 17 (IPS) - On September 16, the Israeli military began its ground offensive in Gaza City, accompanied by intensified bombardment of residential areas and a surge in civilian displacement. Concurrently, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, issued a report in which it found that Israel is responsible for committing genocide in Gaza, citing deliberate efforts to destroy Palestinian life, carried out with near-total impunity.
‘The Authoritarian Regime Uses Collective Punishment to Discourage Any Challenge to Its Authority’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses the deaths of Indigenous activists in custody in Tajikistan with Khursand Khurramov, an independent journalist and political analyst.
Struggle For Water Continues Following Israeli Attacks on Lebanon
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, September 17 (IPS) - Just under a year into a fragile ceasefire, 150,000 people in southern Lebanon continue to deal with the potentially lethal aftermath of Israeli bombing, highlighting the devastating long-term effects of conflict.
UN hails Colombia’s first convictions under transitional justice measures as ‘crucial milestone’
- UN News
The UN has welcomed Colombia’s first convictions under its transitional justice tribunal, calling sentences handed down to former rebel commanders “a crucial milestone on the path to accountability,” in the words of human rights chief Volker Türk.
Afghanistan faces ‘perfect storm’ of crises, UN warns
- UN News
Afghanistan is confronting “a perfect storm” of overlapping crises, the UN’s outgoing envoy warned the Security Council on Wednesday, as an Afghan women’s rights advocate told the body that Taliban policies amount to “gender apartheid” which are suffocating a whole generation of girls.
The Cruel Deceptions of Peace in Palestine
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, USA, September 16 (IPS) - In a long past due move, the UN General Assembly voted 142-10 to approve a plan called “The New York Declaration” that hopes to revive the long dead Two State Solution for Palestinian Independence.
Ahead of high-stakes General Assembly week, Guterres urges world leaders to ‘get serious – and deliver’
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged world leaders to “get serious – and deliver” as they begin arriving in New York for the high-level week of the 80th General Assembly.
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