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  • In a statement aired on television on Thursday, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem condemned the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, stating that "as long as the occupation exists, the resistance will continue."
  • There has been "no tangible progress" in talks to put an end to the Middle East conflict, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday.
  • During a meeting with Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah of Kuwait, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed support for the Gulf country.
  • On Thursday, the United States imposed new economic penalties on members of the Castro family, the president of Cuba, and some of his close relatives.
  • John Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, agreed to plead a guilty plea to one count of retaining national security information.

Tag: United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

September 8, 2021

UN Secretary-General Meets with Yemen’s Special...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Hans Grundberg, the Secretary-Special General’s Envoy for Yemen, Meet

September 3, 2021

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu briefs United Nations Security Council on the situation in the Middle East (Syria)

September 2, 2021

President of the UN Security Council...

Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of September, Geraldine Byrne Nason, briefs reporters on the Security Council’s work agenda

August 30, 2021

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

The United Natiins Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, particularly the Palestinian conflict, is chaired by Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s Foreign Secretary and President of the Security Council for the month of August

August 25, 2021

UN Secretary-General Hosts a Town...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (not shown) hosts a Town Hall meeting with UN personnel in Afghanistan on August 25,2021.In the picture, Amina Mohammed (left),Deputy Secretary-General, speaks with Atul Khare, the Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, on the right

August 24, 2021

UN Security Council Discusses Middle East...

The Syrian Arab Republic’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mounzer Mounzer, speaks at a Security Council meeting about the Middle East issue (Syria)

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Mohamed Khaled Khiari, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific, updates the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen)

August 21, 2021

“Surviving Terrorism: The Power of Connections,”...

Surviving Terrorism: The Power of Connections,”: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at a high-level event commemorating the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism

August 20, 2021

Following UN Security Council Meeting on...

After the Security Council meeting, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s Minister for External Affairs and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of August, briefs reporters on terrorist threats to international peace and security

August 19, 2021

Solemn Ceremony Prior to the Security...

A view of a solemn ceremony held prior of the Security Council’s High-Level Open Debate on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Technology and Peacekeeping

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