The UN’s Inter-Agency Standing Committee, which brings together leaders of 15 UN humanitarian agencies and large international humanitarian non-governmental organizations, issued a joint statement describing the situation in North Gaza as apocalyptic, with reports of civilians being targeted while seeking safety.
The Security Council’s programme of work in November will feature three signature events, addressing the world’s three biggest conflicts, each raging in a different continent, its President for the month told reporters at a Headquarters press conference today.
The thirtieth United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East this afternoon resumed and concluded its activities, holding a session on the topic of Behind the Headlines of Gaza: Media Challenges and Perspectives.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Protection of civilians in conflicts where violations run rampant has been a top priority for the Human Rights Council, the body’s chief told the General Assembly today, as Member States called the humanitarian situation in Gaza a “disgrace” to the entire international human rights order.
The following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, in Geneva today:
Journalists, media experts, policymakers and scholars gathered for the opening of the thirtieth annual International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East today, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) concluded its general debate on international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space today with the approval of two resolutions and two decisions, appointing Latvia and Djibouti to the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
The Security Council today voted to extend by an additional year the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), emphasizing the need to reach a political solution based on compromise and the importance of aligning MINURSO’s strategic focus and UN resources toward that end.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
