UPDATING LIVE: UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate humanitarian ceasefire during emergency session

UPDATING LIVE: UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate humanitarian ceasefire during emergency session

Video feed of the Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly. 4:26 PM Resolution adopted The vote on the main resolution is as follows: For: 153 Against: 10 Abstaining: 23 The resolution has passed by a large majority, securing the needed two-thirds of members. Widespread applause rings out around the General Assembly Hall. 4:24 PM…

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World must not look away from humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN chief tells Security Council

UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets as Gazans stare ‘into the abyss’, says Guterres

Live broadcast of the meeting, which starts at 10 AM New York time. 10:25 AM Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine to the UN, outlined the impact of the strikes by Israel, saying the bombardment “placed every possible impediment on humanitarian aid and access.” “And we are all supposed to pretend…

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UPDATING LIVE: Security Council passes resolution calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses in Gaza

UPDATING LIVE: Security Council passes resolution calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses in Gaza

4:20 PM Pause ‘cannot replace’ a ceasefire: Russia Russian Ambassador Nebenzia said getting aid and humanitarian assistance into Gaza is essential, especially given the deteriorating situation on the ground, with dwindling fuel supplies and the Israeli operations that are shelling schools and storming the Al-Shifa Hospital. “Humanitarian pauses cannot replace a ceasefire or truce,” he…

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UPDATING LIVE: Security Council due to meet again on Israel-Palestine crisis

UPDATING LIVE: Security Council due to meet again on Israel-Palestine crisis

3:26 PM Palestine Red Crescent Society: ‘Health sector is under attack’ Marwan Jilani, Director General of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, provided an overview of recent events, noting that he had to rewrite his statement several times as the situation is “changing by the minute”. People are getting shot at “as we speak”, with 20…

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UPDATING LIVE: UN General Assembly debates US embargo against Cuba

UPDATING LIVE: UN General Assembly debates US embargo against Cuba

10:14 AM Chile Paula Narváez Ojeda, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Chile, reaffirmed her country’s conviction that the implementation of unliteral coercive measures runs counter to international law “Chile does not agree with the imposition of unilateral sanctions of any kind, the only legitimate sanctions are those adopted by the Security Council in the exercise…

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