Meetings Coverage

Gaza Is ‘Deadliest Conflict’ for Journalists, Speakers Tell Seminar on Middle East Peace, Pointing to Western Media Bias, Impact of ‘Killing of the Messenger’

Gaza is "the deadliest conflict" for journalists, speaker after speaker underscored today at a UN seminar on journalism in Palestine, featuring reporters from there and abroad, as well as press freedom experts.

General Assembly Adopts More Than 60 Resolutions, Decisions of Its First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, rapid advances in weapons technologies, and the erosion of key arms-control agreements, the General Assembly today adopted more than 60 resolutions and decisions put forward by its First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), including a new text addressing the risks of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the command, control and communications systems of nuclear weapons.

General Assembly Proclaims 5 September as International Day of World’s Indigenous Women and Girls, Adopts Resolution on UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review

The General Assembly today adopted two resolutions, the first marking 5 September as an international day for Indigenous women and girls and the second — considered concurrently with a similar text in the Security Council — concerning the annual review of United Nations peacebuilding.

Security Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution 2805 (2025), Reaffirming Mandate of Peacebuilding Commission, Acting in Concert with General Assembly

The Security Council today unanimously adopted resolution 2805 (2025) (to be issued as document S/RES/2805(2025)), reaffirming the mandate of the Peacebuilding Commission, acting in parallel with the General Assembly, which adopted an identical text.

Arrest of Khaled el Hishri Signals Brighter Future for Justice in Libya, Delegates Stress, as International Criminal Court Official Briefs Security Council

The recent arrest by German authorities of the alleged Libyan war criminal Khaled el Hishri — and his expected imminent handover to the International Criminal Court — mark a major step forward in long-delayed efforts to bring accountability for crimes committed in the North African nation, the Security Council stressed today, following a briefing by the Court’s Deputy Prosecutor.

Adopting resolution 2804 (2025), Security Council Renews Permission to Inspect Vessels Off Libya

The Security Council today decided to again extend its authorizations concerning the arms embargo on Libya for a further six months.

Palestinians Need ‘Justice Plan’, Not More Peace Processes, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer Tells Palestine Rights Committee on International Solidarity Day

The Palestinian people do not need a peace plan, "what we need is a justice plan", Mosab Abu Toha, poet, founder of the Edward Said Library and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, told the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

Amid New Hope in Gaza, Security Council Must Seize ‘Fragile’ Moment to Advance 20-Point Peace Plan, Chart Better Future for Israelis, Palestinians

The Security Council met today to consider pathways for advancing to the second phase of implementing the "Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict", also known as the 20-point plan, announced by United States President Donald Trump in late September.

General Assembly Adopts Political Declaration Reaffirming Global Resolve to End Human Trafficking, ‘One of Humanity’s Gravest Crimes’

With human trafficking rapidly expanding and growing more technologically sophisticated, the General Assembly today adopted a sweeping Political Declaration reaffirming global resolve to end what top UN officials call "one of humanity’s gravest crimes".

Ukrainian Civilians Under Siege amid Strikes, Winter Bite, Security Council Told

Nearly four years into the war in Ukraine, attacks continue to escalate and casualties keep rising — with figures from January to October 2025 already surpassing the total for all of last year — a senior UN official told the Security Council today, calling for intensified diplomatic efforts towards a just and lasting peace.