Amid the catastrophic conflict engulfing the Middle East, hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Lebanon face an agonizing choice: remain under the threat of Israeli bombardment or return to their homeland, risking persecution, a human rights expert told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, on 4 and 5 November will co-host in Seoul the twenty-third Republic of Korea—United Nations Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues.
The Security Council today unanimously adopted a presidential statement on the Central African region, introduced by the representative of the United Kingdom, President for November, expressing deep concern about the challenging security situation in the subregion.
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.
