"DIPLOMACY"

A UN top political affairs official told the Security Council that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK’s) launches “represent a serious risk to international civil aviation and maritime traffic.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that “no failure is more calamitous than the failure to prevent conflict,” and “development gains are often among the first casualties of war.” UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned the Security Council today that “the situation in the Middle East is growing more dire by the hour” and “the war in Gaza is raging and risks spiraling throughout the region.” UNIFEED

With a UN top political affairs official warning that “the stakes for preventive diplomacy and dialogue could not be higher”, the Security Council held today an open debate on the contribution of regional, sub-regional, and bilateral arrangements to the prevention and peaceful resolution of disputes. UNIFEED

(Continued) Peace through dialogue: the contribution of regional, subregional and bilateral arrangements to the prevention and peaceful resolution of disputes" under the agenda item "Maintenance of international peace and security" [S/2023/732].  

Peace through dialogue: the contribution of regional, subregional and bilateral arrangements to the prevention and peaceful resolution of disputes" under the agenda item "Maintenance of international peace and security" [S/2023/732]. 

WHO strongly condemns the attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. The hospital was operational, with patients, health and care givers, and internally displaced people sheltering there. Early reports indicate hundreds of fatalities and injuries. WHO

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “is aggravating geopolitical tensions and divisions, threatening regional stability, increasing the nuclear threat, and creating deep fissures in our increasingly multipolar world.” UNIFEED

In his address to the General Assembly’s General Debate, the President of Türkiye Recep Erdoğan said his country has been “endeavouring to keep both our Russian and Ukrainian friends around the table with a thesis that war will have no winners and peace will have no losers.” UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, opened the High-level week of the General Assembly warning that the world “is becoming unhinged” and that is happening “at a time of chaotic transition.” UNIFEED