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‘Hell is breaking loose in Lebanon’, Guterres warns Security Council
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Security Council on Wednesday “to work in lock-step” to end the escalating violence between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants across the Blue Line in Southern Lebanon.
Security Council ‘must spare no effort’ to unite and push for peace
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In a world where peace is “never automatic”, leadership is essential on the part of the UN Security Council which must find better ways to unite in the face of gridlock, the UN chief said on Wednesday.
Lebanon escalation: UN boosts support at border with Syria
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The serious escalation in hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel has forced “tens of thousands” of people to flee their homes in Lebanon, including Syrian refugees, leaving border routes to Syria choked with vehicles trying to get through, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Wednesday.
Sudan crisis: Top ministers meet in New York in call for concerted action
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With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis it has created, UN agencies and Member States meeting at the General Assembly in New York on Wednesday prepared to issue a renewed call for urgent action to protect the country’s people.
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Russia ‘can only be forced into peace’ says Zelenskyy
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The UN Security Council is meeting for a high level briefing on the Ukraine war. The UN Secretary-General told foreign ministers and ambassadors that Russia's invasion of Ukraine since 2014, when Moscow took Crimea, was a clear violation of the UN Charter." We'll have full coverage as it happens, and UN News app users can follow here.
UN’s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’
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The world is locked in a “purgatory of polarity” with a growing number of governments and others feeling entitled to a “get out of jail free card”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly, which opened its annual high-level meeting on Tuesday.
Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask
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As Lebanon mourns the victims of a wave of Israeli airstrikes believed to have left hundreds dead, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday against a return to the “dark days of 2006” when full-scale war broke out, calling for an urgent de-escalation and the protection of civilians.
Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency
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Ongoing heavy fighting in Sudan has continued to kill and uproot the country’s people who global leaders should remember as they gather in New York on Tuesday, UN humanitarians have said.
Torture ‘a common and acceptable practice’ in Ukraine war, UN investigators say
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Russian authorities are using torture “with a sense of impunity” in the ongoing war in Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva heard on Monday.
Middle East crisis: Dramatic uptick in violence in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon
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Tensions continued to ratchet up in the Middle East on Monday with reports of hundreds of retaliatory Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and strikes in Gaza including on a refugee camp, UN humanitarians said.
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