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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...
A total of 120 states, members of the UN General Assembly, voted in favor of the resolution on providing international protection to the Palestinians in the Palestinian territories, mainly in the Gaza Strip. Eight members, including Israel and the United States, voted against the resolution and 4...
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...
The council was initially going to vote on the draft resolution on Monday, but it has now been pushed back to Wednesday amid talks aimed at getting Joe Biden's administration to abstain or vote in favour of the resolution.
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." ...
Irish officials expect vote on full Palestinian UN membership at General Assembly to be carried by significant margin, says Micheál Martin ByJack Horgan-JonesWed May 08 2024 - 22:07 Gaza: Israel seizes control of Rafah border crossing, shutting down vital aid route ...
Earlier Thursday, 141 UN General Assembly members voted to demand Russia immediately withdraw its military forces. China was among the 35 countries to abstain. China's ambassador to the United Nations noted that the draft resolution submitted to this emergency special session for vote...
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