Meetings Coverage

The General Assembly today adopted four resolutions on governance of the world’s oceans, with delegations starkly divided on whether to include references to sustainable development conferences in its annual omnibus resolution.

As Ukrainian civilians begin to feel the bite of their fourth winter under siege, speakers in the Security Council today stressed that ongoing negotiations must yield results and that the organ must play its part to alleviate the suffering.

By waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, the Russian Federation has breached every Principle set out in the Helsinki Final Act 50 years ago — the document that laid the foundation for today’s Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), its Chairperson-in-Office told the Security Council today.

The General Assembly today underscored the vital role of oceans in global connectivity, sustainability and climate action, as it was presented several resolutions on the matter, with the 193-member body’s President highlighting that nearly all international internet traffic relies on undersea cables.

The General Assembly today adopted a total of 40 texts — half of them taking recorded votes — recommended by its Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), addressing the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories and assistance to Palestinian refugees, among other topics.

In a sharply divided vote today, the 193-member General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding an end to the Russian Federation’s forced relocation of Ukrainian children, as it resumed its eleventh Emergency Special Session for the first time since February.

The General Assembly today adopted two resolutions, one concerning the occupied Syrian Golan and the other the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The United Nations mission in Iraq will close its doors this month after more than two decades, its senior leader told the Security Council today, as delegates hailed its work and orderly exit amid complex regional conditions.

Gaza is “the deadliest conflict” for journalists, speaker after speaker underscored today at a UN seminar on journalism in Palestine, featuring reporters from there and abroad, as well as press freedom experts.

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, rapid advances in weapons technologies, and the erosion of key arms-control agreements, the General Assembly today adopted more than 60 resolutions and decisions put forward by its First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), including a new text addressing the risks of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the command, control and communications systems of nuclear weapons.