Meetings Coverage

“Lebanon is exhausted by other people’s wars”, the Security Council heard today during a briefing on the country, as Iran and Israel were urged to stop fighting their war in its territory.

After hearing an address by the President of the Philippines, the General Assembly today adopted three draft resolutions concerning an upcoming high-level meeting on global road safety, as well as two international observances — all of which were opposed by the United States.

Ministers gathering at the Commission on the Status of Women today urged States to remove discriminatory laws and structural barriers so women can denounce crimes without fear and receive protection, support and redress.

Syria’s past chemical-weapons programme came under further scrutiny today as the Security Council examined new findings indicating that, in addition to the 26 declared sites, more than 100 other locations may have been involved in the previous Government’s chemical-weapons-related activities.

The General Assembly hall filled with feminists from around the world as the Commission on the Status of Women began its annual two-week gathering with a contentious recorded vote to adopt its outcome document.

The Taliban’s good-faith engagement with the international community, coupled with the prompt lifting of deeply harmful restrictions on women and girls, are crucial for Afghanistan to succeed as a country and society, the UN’s Deputy Head of Mission there told the Security Council today.

Critical minerals now underpin the technologies powering the digital economy and the energy transition, the Security Council heard today, as speakers said soaring demand for such resources creates opportunity for development but also geopolitical competition that could lead to conflict if not governed responsibly.

Digital education, when designed with robust safeguards, can ensure children can access learning even when conflict shuts down schools, the Security Council heard today at its first March meeting under the United States presidency of that body.

Military strikes on Iran by Israel and the United States, and Iran’s counter attacks on United States army bases in Gulf countries, threatened to ignite a wider war in the Middle East, delegates told an emergency meeting of the Security Council today, as the parties traded claims of unjustified action.

While buoyed by the holding of combined presidential, legislative, regional and municipal elections on 28 December 2025, gains made in the Central African Republic in recent years are fragile and require international support to consolidate, the Security Council heard today.