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Security and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loom

·December 20, 2024·2 min read

Leonardo Santos Simão, highlighted upcoming presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau, and the adoption of constitutional reforms amid a strained political environment in Gambia. He also commended recent successful elections in Ghana and Senegal, noting the signing of a “Peace Pact” by all presidential candidates in Ghana and the...

Reconstruction and vital repairs underway in Syria, as ‘security conditions’ permit

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·December 20, 2024·2 min read

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters at the daily briefing on Thursday that bakeries in Aleppo are at near full capacity – “but partners report that they have seen long queues and crowding.” The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reports that the rehabilitation of key facilities has begun in the northwest of Syria...

Humanity’s fate can’t be left to algorithms, UN chief tells Security Council

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·December 20, 2024·1 min read

Addressing ministers and ambassadors, António Guterres warned that rapid developments in AI are outpacing humanity’s ability to govern it, raising important questions about accountability, equality, safety and human oversight in decision-making. “Every moment of delay in establishing international guardrails increases the risk for us all,” Mr. Guterres said. “No country...

Middle East crisis: Live updates from Gaza, Syria and Security Council

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·December 17, 2024·1 min read

Senior UN officials have been meeting representatives of the new caretaker government in Damascus, following the end of the Assad regime. Later today, the Security Council in New York will hear updates from the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, and the UN’s emergency relief chief, Tom Fletcher. Meanwhile in...

Security Council hears of ongoing imperative to end violence in eastern DR Congo

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·December 10, 2024·4 min read

Bintou Keita, who also heads the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC, known as MONUSCO, reported on the instability in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, particularly operations by four armed groups: ADF, M23, CODECO and Zaïre. She applauded efforts to quell the violence there and in the wider region, highlighting...

Iraq: Security Council briefed on major milestones and ongoing challenges

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·December 6, 2024·4 min read

“As you have heard many times by now, today’s Iraq is not the same as the Iraq of 20 years ago, or even five years ago. Iraq today is more secure, stable and open, despite the many obstacles facing the country,” Mohamed Al Hassan said in his first briefing to...

Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts

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·December 4, 2024·4 min read

Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, was speaking during a debate on investing in the transformative power of intergenerational leadership on the women, peace and security agenda, where she urged ambassadors to “open doors for the next generation”. “Investments in women, peace and security agenda are not an...

United States vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution at Security Council

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·November 21, 2024·1 min read

Despite having secured 14 votes in favour, the draft resolution put forward by the 10 elected members of the Security Council (E10), failed to pass owing to the negative vote by a permanent member, the US. The text also reiterated the Council’s demand for the immediate and unconditional release of...

Middle East live updates for 20 November: US vetoes Security Council resolution on Gaza

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·November 20, 2024·1 min read

As the conflict continues in Gaza and Lebanon, the United States vetoed the latest resolution on Gaza in the UN Security Council in New York which demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire as well as the release of all hostages and full humanitarian access for civilians. Stay tuned for...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Updates on Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine

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·November 19, 2024·1 min read

The Security Council held three high-stakes high-level meetings on Monday in New York, with the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy presiding. Russia vetoed a draft resolution to protect civilians in Sudan, with ambassadors meeting next on Gaza and Lebanon, followed by another forthright debate on Ukraine. UN News app...

Middle East crisis: Live updates from Gaza, Lebanon and the Security Council as famine looms

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·November 12, 2024·1 min read

Amid the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues efforts to keep hospitals up and running and to evacuate patients requiring specialized treatment, a senior official with the UN agency said in Cairo on Monday. ...

Ukraine’s nuclear security situation ‘highly challenging’, warns UN atomic watchdog

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·November 7, 2024·2 min read

Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – which is also Europe’s biggest nuclear energy facility – has been under Russian control since shortly after it launched a full-scale military campaign in February 2022. In recent days, an IAEA expert team crossed the frontline to replace colleagues at the Zaporizhzhya plant who...