United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has renewed his demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and said that international law was being violated in the war between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas. Israel has bombarded the besieged Gaza Strip relentlessly since October 7, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on southern Israel, killling at least 1,400 people according to Israeli authorities. Speaking before the 15-member UN Security Council on Tuesday, Guterres pleaded for civilians to be protected and warned that the fighting risked a wider conflagration in the region. Guterres also criticised Israel without naming it, saying, “protecting civilians does not mean ordering more than one million people to […]
The United States has finalised its United Nations Security Council resolution. It calls for all measures necessary such as ‘humanitarian pauses’ and allows for ‘humanitarian access to Gaza’. A key sticking point has been the call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas – which does not appear in the US resolution. It is not yet clear when the Security Council will vote on the resolution although it is understood that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend the UN meeting on Wednesday. This is the third draft resolution issued since the conflict began. Previous ones by Russia and Brazil were vetoed. Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo joins us live […]
The United Nations Security Council has authorised the deployment of a multi-national security force to Haiti. It’s designed to help the Haitian police battle heavily armed gangs that have become increasingly powerful there. But it’s not clear when the force will arrive, or who, other than Kenya, will contribute to it. Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from the UN headquarters in New York. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #AlJazeeraEnglish #News #Haiti #HaitiGangViolence #HaitiUnrest #ArielHenry #UN #UNSC #UnitedNations #UnitedNationsSecurityCouncil
United Nations Security Council reform and introducing a common currency – those were two of the proposals discussed at a meeting of the BRICS economic bloc. Foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and hosts South Africa, are holding talks in Cape Town. BRICS nations often position themselves as an alternative to Western geopolitical dominance. The group is also looking to expand. Officials from countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran attended the meeting. Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports from Cape Town. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #aljazeeraenglish #BRICS #SouthAfrica #Russia […]
Representatives from the United States and the UK were among four diplomats to walk out of a UN Security Council meeting called by Russia on Wednesday. Moscow is the rotating President of the Security Council. It initiated the informal meeting to discuss what it calls the transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia. The West says they were abducted. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from the UN headquarters in New York. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #UNSC #UnitedNations #Russia #UkraineWar #UkrainianChildren #MariaLyoyaBelova
Russia takes the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council this April as President Vladimir Putin faces an arrest warrant from the international court for war crimes in Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Diplomatic Editor James Bays reports from the UN headquarters in New York, the United States. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #UNSecurityCouncil #UNSC #UnitedNations #Russia #UnitedStates
The United Nations Security Council has held an emergency meeting on the recent developments at the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied east Jerusalem. On Tuesday, Israel’s new security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the mosque compound, an intrusion that was widely condemned. Al Jazeera Diplomatic Editor James Bays reports from UN headquarters in New York City, the US. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Palestine #Jerusalem #UnitedNations #UN #SecurityCouncil #BenGvir #Israel #AlAqsa
The United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine. Russia vetoed the vote that would have confirmed the sovereignty of Ukraine and demanded that Russia immediately withdraw its forces. Al Jazeera’s @Shihab Rattansi reports from the United Nations. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Ukraine #Russia #China #UNSC
Fighters opposed to the military government seized a police station in the eastern town of Mobye on Sunday. It was set on fire, and at least 13 security personnel were captured or killed. And after facing nearly four months of a violent crackdown – a growing number of young, anti-military protesters are joining ethnic rebel groups for training. Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler has the story. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Myanmar
Palestine’s ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour says the international community has an “immediate responsibility” to bring about a ceasefire with Israel. The United States, a close ally of Israel, has for the third time this week reportedly blocked the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) statements condemning Israel’s actions and calls for a ceasefire. The latest UNSC meeting ended without reaching any consensus. The Security Council has met four times in the last eight days, with Norway, Tunisia and China warning that the violence must not continue. Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from the UN headquarters in New York, the US. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us […]
