Headlines
  • According to US President Donald Trump, the United States is extending the cease-fire with Iran until Iran submits a proposal and talks conclude.
  • It has been decided to postpone Vice President JD Vance's trip to Islamabad for talks.
  • Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, hailed US President Donald Trump for accepting his country's request to extend the ceasefire.
  • US President Donald Trump said Iranian ports would remain blocked until Tehran presents a "unified proposal."
  • For the first time since a 10-day truce went into effect on Friday, the Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed to have fired rockets and drones at Israeli forces on Tuesday "in response to the blatant and documented violations" by Israel.

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August 23, 2019

Member of UN Fact-Finding Mission on...

Press Briefing by Radhika Coomaraswamy, Member of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar

August 21, 2019

UN Security Council Considers Situation in...

Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia

August 19, 2019

Wreath-laying Ceremony to Honour Fallen Peacekeepers

ceremony to honour the memory of UN staff killed in the 2003 attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. The day of the attack, 19 August, is now observed annually as World Humanitarian Day

August 14, 2019

President of UN Security Council Briefs...

Jacek Czaputowicz, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of August, briefs the media following a Security Council meeting on the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions

July 29, 2019

UN Security Council Considers Situation in...

Gustavo Meza-Cuadra Velásquez, Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya

July 26, 2019

UN Security Council Considers Situation in...

Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, United Nations, briefs the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan and her recent visit to the country together with the Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed

July 24, 2019

UN Security Council Considers Situation in...

A wide view of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Leila Zerrougui (on screen), Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, briefs the Council

July 22, 2019

UN Secretary-General Meets Foreign Minister of...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Nabeela F. Tunis, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone

July 18, 2019

UN General Assembly Observes Nelson Mandela...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the informal meeting of the General Assembly to observe the annual Nelson Mandela International Day

July 17, 2019

Press Briefing by IFRC on Cities...

Julie Arrighi, Climate Advisor at the Red Cross and Red Crescent Climate Centre, briefs press on the new Red Cross guidelines to help cities prepare for heatwaves and extreme weather events that are now among the world’s deadliest types of natural hazard

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