UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is set to convene an emergency special session on Gaza on Tuesday, said Monica Grayley, the UNGA president's spokesperson. "President of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, has just informed member states th...
UN General Assembly asks court to say what Israel needs to provide in Gaza The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution asking the U.N.’s highest court to state what Israel’s obligations are in Gaza and the West Bank to provide humanitarian assistance essential for the survival of...
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Pakistani UN ambassador Munir Akram, in his explanation of vote before the vote, said the Jordanian draft, for the purpose of moderation, does not explicitly condemn Israel for its atrocities in Gaza. The Canadian amendment would have made the resolution unbalanced and unjust. He also pointed out...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution that calls for a humanitarian truce in Gaza. The resolution calls for "an immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities." ...
Tuesday's session is a continuation of the tenth Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly that last met on Oct. 26 amid the present crisis in Gaza, during which it adopted a resolution on the crisis, calling for an "immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to ...
The resolution comes on the day before the one-year mark of the war in Ukraine. Feb 23, 2023 U.N. members vote overwhelmingly to condemn Russia's annexation in Ukraine By a 143-5 vote, the General Assembly condemned Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of four Ukrainian territories. ...
On November 29, 2012, Australia abstained from the 67th UN General Assembly vote on the resolution to give Palestine observer status in the UN. This is quite unusual considering the fact that Australia has always joined the US, Israel and a handful of other nations in voting against UN resol...
The annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) convened on Tuesday, September 24, with a slew of speeches from world leaders, who discussed several imperative topics, including ongoing conflicts and climate change. MORNING SESSION Secretary-General of the UN, His Excellency António Guterres, open...
Deputy US Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood told the General Assembly after the vote that unilateral measures at the UN and on the ground will not advance a two-state solution. "Our vote does not reflect opposition to Palestinian statehood; we have been very clear that we support it and se...