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

UPDATING LIVE: General Assembly meets to examine US veto of Gaza draft resolution

10:51 AM Israel: Ceasefire must have pre-conditions Gilad Menashe Erdan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN, said that it has been 150 days since Hamas committed “the most brutal and barbaric massacre since the Holocaust”. “Once again, this body [General Assembly] has convened not to condemn Hamas, no. Not to condemn their…

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UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets on Gaza as risk of famine grows by the day

UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets on Gaza as risk of famine grows by the day

4:08 PM ‘Stop fighting immediately’: UK proposes 3-step plan United Kingdom Ambassador Barbara Woodward said to address the desperate situation in Gaza, three things need to happen, beginning with a call for all parties to the conflict to stop fighting immediately. “This is crucial to get aid in and hostages out,” she said, adding that…

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UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets on widening crisis in the Middle East

UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets on widening crisis in the Middle East

Video feed of the meeting, expected to start at 3 PM. 4:48 PM We must work towards Palestinian State: France Nicolas de Rivière, Ambassador of France, which holds the Council presidency for January, spoke in his national capacity, saying efforts must focus immediately towards a lasting ceasefire, with the help of all regional and international…

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General Assembly meets over Gaza veto by US in Security Council

General Assembly meets over Gaza veto by US in Security Council

Assembly Vice President Cheikh Niang of Senegal, holding the gavel in the General Assembly Hall and deputizing for President Dennis Francis, read out a statement on his behalf. General Assembly Vice President Cheikh Niang chairs the Emergency Special Session meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Mr. Francis said he…

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UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets over Red Sea attacks amid growing threat of spillover from Gaza war

UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets over Red Sea attacks amid growing threat of spillover from Gaza war

3:41 PM Red Sea is more than just a shipping route: Algeria In his inaugural address as a Security Council member, Algeria’s ambassador, Amar Bendjama, said Algeria was committed to international peace and security. He recognized the crucial role of the Red Sea passage as of “paramount importance for the whole world.” The Permanent Representative…

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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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Security Council meets over Israel-Gaza: ‘Very real risk’ of conflict expanding warns top envoy

Security Council meets over Israel-Gaza: ‘Very real risk’ of conflict expanding warns top envoy

Mr. Wennesland told an emergency briefing of the Security Council that he “watched in horror and in real time” as reports of mass casualties emerged from Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday. “The circumstances of this catastrophe and responsibility remains and still needs to be clarified.  And we will need a fact-based, full investigation…

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Middle East crisis: UN engages parties as Security Council meets

Middle East crisis: UN engages parties as Security Council meets

As the 15-member Council prepared to meet, UN agencies were reporting that hundreds of people have been killed and thousands injured following the early Saturday morning rocket fire into Israel by Palestinian militants. The ensuing Israeli response to the Hamas attacks included airstrikes in Gaza, where the UN agency operating there, UNRWA, had reported massive…

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