Headlines
  • After speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, US President Donald Trump announced the beginning of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
  • The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been welcomed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who expressed optimism that it will lay the groundwork for long-term stability in the Middle East.
  • As part of an earlier two-week ceasefire agreement between Tehran and the United States to pause the conflict in the Middle East, Iran's Foreign Ministry praised the ceasefire reached by Israel and Lebanon.
  • At midnight local time on Friday, gunfire broke out in the southern suburbs of Beirut as a ceasefire with Israel came into effect.
  • The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health estimates that since March 2, Israeli forces have killed at least 2,196 civilians and injured another 7,185.
  • The Lebanese government urges people not return back to their homes in southern Lebanon, despite Israel and Lebanon have reached a 10-day ceasefire.
  • The United States is "very close" to a deal with Iran, President Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House.

Tag: United Nations Security Council

May 13, 2021

Yemen is the Focus of a...

Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs Security Council members on the Middle East during a videoconference (Yemen)

May 12, 2021

In connection with UNAMI, the Security...

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq is briefed by Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq

May 11, 2021

In connection with UNITAD, the Security...

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad speaks during a videoconference with members of the United Nations Security Council about the Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD)

May 8, 2021

Permanent Representative of Lithuania Pays a...

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations, Audra Plepyt (left), pays Secretary-General António Guterres a farewell call

May 7, 2021

The General Assembly Holds Informal Discussion...

Mr. Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives, the nominee for the position of President of the General Assembly for the seventy-sixth session, conducts an informal interactive dialogue with the General Assembly

May 5, 2021

For May, UN Secretary-General Meets...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Zhang Jun, China’s Permanent Representative to the UN and the Security Council’s President

May 4, 2021

Information as a Public Good ...

UNESCO’s Deputy Director-General, Xing Qu, speaks at the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) commemoration of World Press Freedom Day 2021. The year’s theme is “Information as a Public Good,” which serves as a reminder to value information as a public good and to investigate what can be done in the creation

May 1, 2021

Intelligence in the Age of Globalization...

The globalization era has changed the narrative of defense intelligence, with the emergence of a highly interconnected global economy, reshaping international alliances and the incorporation of new technologies. This interconnectivity offers new opportunities, and has also led to new security challenges, such as; regional instability, resulting from jihadist tendencies, migration, and resource capture, which requires new ‘grand strategy’

April 30, 2021

High-Level Interactive Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance...

Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, speaks at the high-level collaborative discussion on antimicrobial resistance held by the United Nations General Assembly (AMR)

April 29, 2021

UN General Assembly Meets on Impact...

Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the General Assembly meeting on the impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets

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