‘Shocking, unsustainable and desperate’ situation in Gaza, warns UN Special Coordinator

adminFebruary 22, 2024September 18, 202404 mins

Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, told ambassadors that “there is still no end in sight” as the war approaches its 140-day mark. “No end to the trauma of those impacted by the horrors unleashed on 7 October. No end to the suffering and desperation the people in Gaza. No…

Status quo on Korean Peninsula ‘alarming and unsustainable’, Security Council hears

adminJuly 13, 2023September 14, 202405 mins

Khaled Khiari was briefing the Council just a day after DPRK conducted the second launch of its Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a system which he said can now “reach most points on Earth.” It represented “potentially” Pyongyang’s longest ever ballistic missile flight, lasting around 74 minutes and travelling over 1,000 kilometres before crashing into…