Headlines- Iran is "desperate" to meet and discuss, according to US President Donald Trump, who also threatens to launch a "very heavy" attack on the purported new Iranian nuclear site.
- Iran's state media claimed on Tuesday that Iran's top joint military command declared that if the US hit Iranian nuclear sites, it would target the interests of the US and its allies.
- US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States will permit direct flights to Lebanon, more than 40 years after direct flights between the two countries were halted in 1985, during the administration of US President Ronald Reagan, after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
- Iranian drone strikes are being intercepted by Kuwait's air defenses, according to the army.
- On Capitol Hill, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth informed lawmakers that the United States had already spent $37.5 billion on the war in Iran.
Tag: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
UN General Assembly Holds Informal Meeting...
The United Nations General Assembly holds an informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the UN Secretary-General on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, including developments on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2254 (2015), on the humanitarian situation and on human rights
UN Secretary-General and Prime Ministers of...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters together with Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, and Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, on the meeting on “Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond”
UN General Assembly Discusses Equitable Global...
The United Nations General Assembly holds an informal meeting of the plenary on the “Political Declaration on Equitable Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines”
Press Conference on Financing for Sustainable...
United Nations Deputy-Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed briefs the press on financing for the Sustainable Development Report
United Nations Security Council Holds Videoconference...
Ján Kubiš, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Libya and Head of of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs Members of the Council at the videoconference in connection with the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)
UN Security Council Holds Videoconference in...
Shaharzad Akbar, Chairperson for Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, briefs the videoconference with United Nations Security Council members in connection with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
CSW65 Side Event on Women Delivering...
Iman Al Zahwani Hoemel, Minister of Women, Children and the Elderly of Tunisia, addresses the event “Women Delivering Justice: Achieving Gender Parity in the Justice Sector”, on the side of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women on March 18,2021
UN Security Council Holds Arria Formula...
Anastasia Gridchina, Head of the Ukrainian Community of Crimea, addresses the United Nations Security Council Arria Formula meeting on the situation in Crimea on March 17,2021
UN Security Council Holds Videoconference in...
Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs the videoconference with Security Council members in connection with the Middle East (Yemen)
Opening of Sixty-fifth Session of Commission...
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director, addresses the opening of the sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65) on March 15