The Palestinian people do not need a peace plan, “what we need is a justice plan”, Mosab Abu Toha, poet, founder of the Edward Said Library and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, told the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
The Security Council today decided to again extend its authorizations concerning the arms embargo on Libya for a further six months.
With human trafficking rapidly expanding and growing more technologically sophisticated, the General Assembly today adopted a sweeping Political Declaration reaffirming global resolve to end what top UN officials call “one of humanity’s gravest crimes”.
The Security Council met today to consider pathways for advancing to the second phase of implementing the “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict”, also known as the 20-point plan, announced by United States President Donald Trump in late September.
Nearly four years into the war in Ukraine, attacks continue to escalate and casualties keep rising — with figures from January to October 2025 already surpassing the total for all of last year — a senior UN official told the Security Council today, calling for intensified diplomatic efforts towards a just and lasting peace.
While a recent initiative triggering a General Assembly meeting each time a Security Council veto is cast has yielded more scrutiny and given non-members a stronger voice, fresher and even more radical changes — including reform of the Council itself — are now critical, delegates stressed today, as the 193-member Assembly considered the application of that highly controversial tool.
As Syria seeks to rebuild its economy and establish inclusive politics, the international community must support its efforts, lift all remaining sanctions and protect its sovereignty, the Security Council heard today from senior UN officials as well as concerned Member States.
The Security Council was briefed today by the heads of three of its subsidiary bodies — which relate to Da’esh, Al-Qaida, UN counter-terrorism efforts and measures to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to non-State actors — hearing that the threat posed by terrorism continues to evolve, especially in Africa, as malign actors exploit new technologies to pursue dangerous ends.
Sport gives people the courage to see an opponent “not as an enemy, but as a partner in a shared endeavour”, the General Assembly heard today, as its President urged Member States to uphold the Olympic Truce — a “living metaphor” for peace at a time of escalating global tensions.
The United Nations has a slim window of opportunity to earn back public trust and burnish its global image — which is too often tarnished by the paralysis of its 15-member Security Council — the General Assembly heard today, as delegates warned that the Organization is widely judged by that most-headlined organ’s failure to end wars, prevent atrocity crimes and keep up with today’s emerging challenges.
