Welcome to this first ever guest-edited UN News live page. We’re reporting from the opening day of the 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the game-changing Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Our blogger-in-chief this morning is Nick Herd, an activist, actor and talk show host with Down syndrome…
That’s happening on the opening day of the 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the game-changing Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, taking place from 11 to 13 June 2024. From being a delegate at COSP16 to taking over UN News’s live blog at COSP17, the activist with Down…
Welcome to our live coverage of one of the most important speeches on climate change that António Guterres has made since becoming Secretary-General. We’re reporting live from the event in Manhattan, providing all the background information you need on the speech itself – and reaction to it inside the hall and around the world. PNP…
09:45 AM Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Brown was the last speaker in the cultural segment, in a video clip from the UN General Assembly, appealing for more support for SIDS in the light of corrosive climate change. 09:35 AM Now it’s a performance of pure joy, showcasing some of the great attractions of…
09:55 AM Aid operations have come to a standstill since the start of the military’s ground operation in Rafah, with an estimated 100,000 Palestinians displaced once again, in a highly fluid situation, according to humanitarians. The Assembly is also expected to vote on a draft resolution, co-sponsored by a group of countries, concerning the status…
Pakistan’s first satellite mission to the moon took off from China today, with a team of Pakistani experts present at the space center when it was sent into space from the Hainan Space Launch Site. Pakistan’s first satellite mission “iCube Qamar” was launched to the moon. This historic moment was launched from China’s Hainan Space…
3:15 PM ‘Insidious campaign’ to end UNRWA aid operation in Gaza: Lazzarini UNRWA is the backbone of the aid effort to stop Gaza slipping into famine, Mr. Lazzarini told ambassadors, and beyond that it has championed Palestinian development for decades. “Today an insidious campaign to end UNRWA’s operations is underway, with serious implications for international…
09:26 AM Alternative resolution fails to support diplomatic talks: US Russia has put politics over progress in vetoing the resolution, throwing stones when it lives in a glass house, said the US Ambassador. She said Russia and China were doing nothing meaningful to advance peace. She said the new text fails to support sensitive diplomacy…
Latest graphic findings from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine – created by the Human Rights Council two years ago – highlight the ongoing grave impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. “I lost any hope and the will to live,” one Ukrainian soldier and former prisoner of war…
4:02 PM Mozambique: Intervention urgently needed Domingos Estêvão Fernandes, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the UN, said that the relentless violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank, coupled with the bombardment in the Gaza Strip demanded the “immediate intervention” of the Security Council. “All parties must fully respect international humanitarian…
