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Security Council holds emergency session over Lebanon; region ‘on the brink of catastrophe’

·September 23, 2024·1 min read

The Security Council met in emergency session on Friday following Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut and in the south, which have left at least a dozen dead. It comes amid an uptick in cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces – and two days of deadly wireless device...

LIVE: General Assembly resumes emergency special session on Palestine

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·September 17, 2024·1 min read

Ambassadors in the UN General Assembly again discussed on Monday the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and the critical work of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which is facing an existential threat, hearing a briefing by its Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, and holding a heated debate on the US...

UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate humanitarian ceasefire during emergency session

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·December 17, 2023·16 min read

Video of the Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly. Member States adopted a resolution, demanding an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and well as “ensuring humanitarian access”. It passed with a large majority of 153 in favour and 10 against, with 23 abstentions...

Israel-Gaza crisis dominates close of Human Rights Council session

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·October 14, 2023·3 min read

Some 22 countries and one non-governmental organization (NGO) took the floor, turning the meeting into a mini urgent debate on the crisis sparked by Hamas attacks against Israel and the capture of more than 100 Israelis who are being held hostage by militants inside the Gaza Strip. The surprise incursion...

Haiti crisis in spotlight, as top human rights body wraps marathon session

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·April 5, 2023·2 min read

An independent expert mandate on Haiti had been created by the Council in 1995 but then discontinued in 2017. The current resolution, calling for “coordinated and targeted international action”, was sponsored by Haiti itself. Country-specific abuses As a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly, the Council examines human rights...