Headlines- In response to what it terms a "deteriorating" humanitarian crisis, the UN has more than doubled its aid request for Lebanon.
- After a series of evacuation warnings, Israel's air force has continued to strike southern Lebanon.
- Iran's World Cup football squad members granted US visas, making it possible for them to enter the US.
- Iran has launched multiple drones for one-way attacks in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iranian leaders are "strong" and "proud," but in the end, he said, "they've got no choice" but to reach an agreement US president Donald Trump stated on Friday that Iranian leaders have not yet reached a deal with the U.S. to stop the ongoing war.
Tag: United Nations Secretary-General
UN General Assembly Meets on Prevention...
Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, addresses the United Nations General Assembly meeting
Opening of UN Permanent Forum on...
Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the opening of 20th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
UN Secretary-General Holds Climate Conversation with...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres holds a virtual climate conversation with youth activists Paloma Costa from Brazil (left on screen) and Marie Christina Kolo from Madagascar
Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Briefs Press
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, briefs reporters on April 15,2021- UN Photo by Evan Schneider
UN Security Council Holds Open Debate...
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, addresses the open debate with Security Council members in connection with women and peace and security and sexual violence
2021 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for...
Munir Akram, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, chairs the 2021 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development
Co-chairs of Group of Friends on...
Margo Dieye, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Nauru to the UN, brief reporters on Climate and Security
Commemoration of International Day of Reflection...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
President of UN Security Council Briefs...
Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of April, briefs reporters on the programme of work of the Security Council
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