Scores of Palestinians were killed in central Gaza on Sunday as a result of Israel intensifying its strikes in the war-torn enclave and the arrival of another convoy of 17 aid trucks at a time when the Hamas-run territory faces “catastrophic” shortages.
In a Monday press conference in New York, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the deaths that resulted from the weekend’s Hamas strikes and Israeli counterattacks. According to Margaret Besheer, a U.N. correspondent for VOA, Guterres called for a two-state solution to the crisis through negotiation and urged both sides to protect civilians and Hamas to release hostages. Guterres also urged both sides to protect civilians.
On Friday, some Haitians in New York protested against the UN Security Council’s approval of a resolution to send an international police force led by Kenya to Haiti. The police force is expected to be sent to the Caribbean country with mandates to aid in fighting against ongoing gang violence
At the Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments’ inauguration,United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks. Amina Mohammed, the deputy secretary-general, is third from the left.
Addressing the Security Council about the situation in Afghanistan is Minister Counsellor Naseer Ahmed Faiq of Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
The Co-operative Republic of Guyana’s President, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, addresses during the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-eighth session.
The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Dáz-Canel Bermdez, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-eighth session.
Reporters are briefed by Damilola Ogunbiyi, Co-Chair of UN-Energy and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Energy for All, on the annual Energy Compact progress report
United Nations Security Council meeting is briefed on threat to international peace and security by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu
The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, briefs the UN Security Council meeting about the Syrian conflict