A lack of ventilators and hospital beds to address COVID-19 has pushed Gaza’s overstretched medical system to the brink, the expert tasked with monitoring human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, stressing that Israel’s 53‑year blockade of the area amounts to a collective punishment banned under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
Addressing threats to the global non‑proliferation regime, from halting a mounting wave of cyberattacks worldwide to totally eliminating atomic bombs, requires collective will, briefers told the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) today during a virtual informal interactive dialogue that highlighted recent cybersecurity developments alongside the Latin America and Caribbean regions’ contributions to a nuclear‑weapon‑free world.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres:
Warning that COVID-19 “feeds off instability”, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council today that intensified international facilitation to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian negotiations must urgently build upon recent efforts at rapprochement in the region.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres:
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s message on the occasion of the United Nations Barbados and Eastern Caribbean United Together: Shaping Our Future concert, in Barbados today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered, at the informal meeting of the General Assembly Observance Ceremony in Commemoration of United Nations Day, today:
The following statement was issued by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres:
Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message for the World Government Summit, in United Arab Emirates, today:
