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The World Health Organization is working closely with Armenian authorities, supplying burn kits, setting up burn management services, and coordinating the deployment of Emergency Medical Teams. WHO

Addressing the Security Council, Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said that Israel currently holds 1,264 Palestinians in administrative detention, “the highest number in over a decade.” UNIFEED

Addressing the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “we must not give the Palestinians a veto over new peace treaties with Arab states.” UNIFEED

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

In his address to the General Assembly high-level debate, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas called for the holding of an international peace conference for achieving peace in the Middle East. UNIFEED

Speakers: UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Jordan, H.E. Ayman Safadi

Najib Mikati, President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon said that the vacancy of the presidency of the Republic, and the inability to elect a new president led to “an institutional and political instability” in his country. UNIFEED

World leaders gathered at UN Headquarters for the General Assembly’s annual General Debate. UNIFEED

The World Health Organization welcomed today’s “historic” commitment shown by global leaders, at the UN General Assembly, when they approved a political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. UNIFEED

Addressing the participants of a high-level event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN LGBTI Core Group, Hanke Bruins Slot, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “in far too many places around the world we are seeing a targeted hate campaign against LGBTIQ people simply for being who they are and loving who they love.” UNIFEED