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It reflects deep-rooted Arab fears that Israel's latest war with Hamas in Gaza could spark a new wave of permanent displacement from land where Palestinians want to build a future state. Some 700,000 Palestinians, half the Arab population of what was British-ruled Palestine, fled or were driven from their homes, many spilling into neighbouring Arab states where they or many of their descendants remain. Israel contests the assertion it drove Palestinians out, pointing out it was attacked by five Arab states the day after its creation. Palestinians and Arab states say a deal should include the right of those refugees and their descendants to return, something Israel has always rejected. After an emergency Arab League meeting on Wednesday, Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said all Arab states agreed to confront any attempt to displace Palestinians from their homeland.

Persons: Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, Vladimir Putin, Alexei Danichev, Jordan, Israel, Gazans, Jordan's King Abdullah, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Antonio Guterres, Stephane Dujarric, Gilad Erdan, Erdan, U.N, Khan Younis, Mariam al, Ayman Safadi, Maya Gebeily, Suleiman Al, Aidan Lewis, Tom Perry, Aiden Nulty, Michelle Nichols Organizations: Sputnik, REUTERS Acquire, Hamas, West Bank, Israel, Arab League, United, United Nations, Muslim, Royal United Services Institute, Jordan's, Thomson Locations: Russia, Africa, Saint Petersburg, Egypt, AMMAN, BEIRUT, Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Jordan, British, Palestine, Gaza City, United States, Farra, Sinai, Israeli, Rafah, Cairo, Khalidi, Amman

☆ Palestinians Face Israeli Deadline to Leave Northern Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than 1 million Palestinians in northern Gaza faced an Israeli deadline on Saturday to flee south, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had only just begun to retaliate for last week's Hamas rampage across southern Israel. Israel has since put the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, under a total siege and bombarded it with unprecedented air strikes. More than one million residents of northern Gaza on Friday received 24 hours notice from Israel to flee south before an expected ground offensive. While several thousand residents headed south on Friday from northern Gaza, many others said they would stay. There have also been fears of hostilities spreading, including to Israel's northern border with Lebanon, where clashes this week have already been the deadliest since 2006.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Joe Biden, Daniel Hagari, Netanyahu, Mohammad, General Antonio Guterres, Biden, U.N, Stephane Dujarric, Martin Griffiths, Mahmoud Abbas, Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin, Yoav Gallant, Austin, Gallant, Blinken, King Abdullah, Abbas, videographer Issam Abdallah, Gilad Erdan, Henriette Chacar, Dedi, Maayan Lubell, Emily Rose, James Mackenzie, Michelle Nichols, Emma Farge, Jeff Mason, Eric Beech, Humeyra Pamuk, Steve Gorman, Dan Whitcomb, Jonathan Landay, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Hamas, U.S, United Nations, Palestinian Authority, Gaza . U.S . Defence, Friday, Israeli, Bank, West Bank, Reuters Locations: JERUSALEM, Gaza, Israel, Philadelphia, Egypt, Jordan, Gaza . U.S, Qatar, U.S, Lebanon, Jerusalem, New York, Geneva, Washington, Amman, Los Angeles

☆ UN chief: Reuters journalist's death in Lebanon shows danger of Israel-Hamas conflict spillover
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to members of the media prior to a U.N. Security Council meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Acquire Licensing RightsUNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The death of Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah, who was killed while working in southern Lebanon, demonstrates the enormous risk that the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas will spill over into Lebanon, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday. Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Writing by Eric BeechOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Antonio Guterres, Brendan McDermid, Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah, General Antonio Guterres, Michelle Nichols, Eric Beech Organizations: United Nations, Security, United Nations Headquarters, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, Reuters, Palestinian, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Gaza, New York City, U.S, Lebanon, Israel

☆ More than 2 million people in Gaza are trapped in a humanitarian disaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

More than 2 million people live in the Gaza Strip, which is facing a punishing counterattack from Israel. Experts say Gaza is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, and people are running out of basic supplies. The crisis is exacerbated by the fact that Gaza has been restricted under blockade for 16 years. So far, thousands have been killed or injured in the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank and in Israel. Groups are begging for the establishment of humanitarian corridors to bring in much-needed supplies to the trapped region.

Persons: —, António Guterres, Akshaya Kumar, Hamas —, Antony Blinken, John Kirby, Kirby, Kumar, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Ivan Karakashian, they've, Ahmad Abuznaid, he's, Abuznaid, they're, Joe Biden, Israel, Blinken, Biden, Vox, that's Organizations: Experts, Service, Hamas, UN, World Health Organization, West Bank, Human Rights, CNN, White, Norwegian Refugee Council, US, Palestinian, State Department Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Philadelphia, Egypt, of Israel, Jerusalem, Houston, Huwara, Jenin

CNN —At least 11 United Nations employees have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since the weekend, the UN said Wednesday, even as it called for emergency funding to continue humanitarian work in the embattled Palestinian enclave. The UN staffers who were killed paid “the ultimate price,” Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a brief statement to press on Wednesday. Air strikes have so far killed 1,100 people in Gaza, according to Palestinian health authorities. In the meantime, UN staffers are working 24 hour days as dozens of UN-operated schools provide shelter for civilians fleeing the bombardment. The UN’s powerful Security Council will meet on Friday afternoon to discuss the situation in Israel and Gaza.

Persons: Antonio Guterres, Jenifer Austin, ” Guterres, Stephane Dujarric, ” Organizations: CNN, United Nations, UN, ”, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ For people in Gaza, life is about to get even worse, with Israel's siege about to 'starve the population,' NGO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel is stopping food, fuel, and medicine from entering Gaza after announcing a "complete siege." AdvertisementAdvertisementFollowing Israel's announcement of a "complete siege" of Gaza, fears are mounting over an impending humanitarian crisis in the territory. The siege will "quite literally starve the population and lead people to going hungry, thirsty, and ultimately towards dying." REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaUN Secretary General António Guterres, who condemned Hamas' attacks, said he was "deeply distressed" by Israel's siege announcement. A relative reacts next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at a hospital in Gaza City, October 11, 2023.

Persons: —, Israel, Ivan Karakashian, Gaza's, Karakashian, Abu Mustafa, General António Guterres, EUTERS, Mohammed Salem Organizations: Service, Associated Press, Norwegian Refugee Council, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, Gaza, Gaza Energy Authority Locations: Israel, Gaza, Palestinian, Jerusalem, Hamas, Khan Yunis, Egypt, Gaza City, France

☆ What is Hamas? What you need to know about the militant group that rules the Gaza Strip
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The militant Palestinian group orchestrated an unprecedented attack on Israel on Saturday, killing many hundreds of people and injuring thousands more. Israel's counteroffensive against Hamas has seen its military conduct a barrage of airstrikes across the enclosed territory of the Gaza Strip, also killing many hundreds of people. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest at Puerta del Sol square amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, in Madrid, Spain, October 9, 2023. Relief and Works Agency said that conditions in the Gaza Strip remain "difficult" as heavy airstrikes continue, with some shelters overcrowded. watch now"I am deeply distressed by today's announcement that Israel will initiate a complete siege of the Gaza Strip.

Persons: Mahmud Hams, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sameh, Ismail Haniyeh, Fatah, Juan Medina, Israel, Antonio Guterres, Basim Naim, BBC's, Naim, Israel's Netanyahu Organizations: Brigades, Afp, Getty Images Hamas, Israeli, Hamas, Nurphoto, Palestinian Health Ministry, Israeli Defense Forces, European Union, Movement, West Bank —, United Nations, Palestinian National Liberation Movement, Palestinian National Authority, West Bank, Pro, Puerta del Sol, Palestinian, Reuters, Works Agency Locations: Gaza, Mahmud, Israel, Hamas, Gaza City, U.S, Japan, Australia, Palestine, Palestinian, Madrid, Spain, Iran

☆ An Israeli man describes the moment he held his shelter door closed with his hands to stop Hamas militants on the other side from shooting his family
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Levy recalled harrowing moments holding a door closed against militants as his kids hid under a bed. The sirens and rocket attacks "aren't new," 45-year-old Levy told Insider in an interview on Tuesday. Homes across the village of Nirim were destroyed, and cars were burned to stop residents from being able to escape, Levy told Insider. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen the attackers got to the shelter, they tried to open the door, Levy said. Levy said the militants banged on the shelter door and threw different objects at it before giving up and moving to the next house.

Persons: Shai Levy's, Levy, —, Shai Levy, who's, Shai Levy Levy's, General Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Gerald R, Alisa Shodiyev Kaff Organizations: Service, IDF's Paratroopers Brigade, Hamas, Sunday, Israel, UN, Palestinian Health Ministry, Ford Carrier Strike Locations: Gaza, Israel's, Israel, Nirim, Eilat

☆ Palestinian UN envoy accuses Israel of 'genocidal' campaign against Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Hamas militants carried out their deadliest attack in Israel's history on Saturday, when gunmen rampaged through Israeli towns, killing more than 1,000 people and taking scores of hostages to Gaza. Israel has retaliated with air strikes on Gaza that have razed entire districts as it prepares for a possible ground offensive. Ambassador Gilad Erdan on Sunday accused Hamas of war crimes and said it was time to "obliterate Hamas terror infrastructure," as the 15-member U.N. Security Council met behind closed-doors on the conflict. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said he was "deeply distressed" by Israel's announcement of a complete siege on Gaza. "The humanitarian situation in Gaza was extremely dire before these hostilities; now it will only deteriorate exponentially," Guterres said.

Persons: H, Mansour, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Israel, Riyad Mansour, Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gilad Erdan, U.N, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Michelle Nichols, Grant McCool Organizations: Observer, United Nations, . Security, Council, UNITED NATIONS, Gaza, Hamas, Israel's, Reuters, Washington, Israeli, Security, Thomson Locations: Palestine, U.N, New York City , New York, U.S, Gaza, Israel

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes on the seaport of Gaza City, in Gaza on Tuesday. Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux Palestinians walk amid the rubble following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 10. Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times/Redux Children run for cover as bombs fall near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 9. Erik Marmor/AP Six-month-old Sama Alwadia is rescued from the rubble in Gaza City on October 9. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 8.

Persons: Nadine Abdul Latif, Israel, ”, Nihad, Mohammed Salem, –, Yoav Gallant, ” Gallant, Tariq Al Hillu, Eden Guez, Violeta Santos Moura, CNN Sergey Ponomarev, Tamir Kalifa, Fatima Shbair, Ohad, Mohammed Soboh, Said, Belal Khaled, Samar Abu, Amir Cohen, Ilai Bar Sade, Erik Marmor, Ali Jadallah, Mohammed Abed, Oren Ziv, Mohammed Saber, Ronen Zvulun, Majdi, Ilia Yefimovich, Ramez Mahmoud, Mahmud Hams, Roi Levy, Alleruzzo, Tali Touito, Khan, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Jalaa Marey, Oded, Khan Younis, Ahmad Hasballah, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Tsafrir, Ahmad Gharabli, Baz Ratner, Mustafa Hassona, Ilan Rosenberg, Eyad Baba, Itai Ron, Hadas Parush, General Antonio Guterres, ” Omar Shakir, HRW, Gallant, ” Shakir, Said Khatib, Khan Yunis, Shalom, Nadine Organizations: CNN, Israeli, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Nova Festival, Reuters, New York Times, Ben Gurion, AP, Anadolu Agency, Shifa, Getty, West Bank, Rockets, Israel's, United Nations, Palestinian, Reuters Police, Reuters Rockets, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Rights Watch, Islamic, Getty Images Israel, Palestinian Interior Ministry Locations: Gaza, Israel, Al Rimal, Gaza City, Israeli, Al Sudaniya, Ashkelon, Kfar Azza, Kfar Aza, Tel Aviv, Samar, Samar Abu Elouf, Jerusalem, Yassin, AFP, Palestinian, Beitar Ilit, Mount Herzl, Sderot, Ramat Gan, Khan Younis, Kiryat Shmona, Itai, Beit Hanun, Rishon Lezion, Israel’s, Erez, Egypt, Rafah

What Is the Gaza Strip? It is backed by Iran and has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday that he is “deeply distressed” by Israel’s announcement of the siege on the Gaza Strip. The surprise Hamas attack killed more than 900 Israelis. The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said Monday that more than 680 people have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory strikes after the unprecedented Hamas attack.

Persons: Yoav Gallant, Israel, Hamas ”, Harakat, Muqawama, António Guterres, ”, “, Joe Biden, ” Biden Organizations: Hamas, Gunmen, West Bank, Democratic Party, Reuters, European Union, Islamic Resistance Movement, United Nations, Health Ministry, United Locations: Gaza, Israel, Egypt, Aqsa, Jerusalem, U.S, Iran, Hamas, Palestinian, United States

☆ Herat, Afghanistan earthquake: Aid group warns devastation 'worse than we imagined'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Saturday 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Herat city in the western Herat province – the third largest in Afghanistan. The world must not look away now.”A badly destroyed house, one of thousands across Herat province in western Afghanistan. UNICEF teams on the ground are calling for more urgent action and aid for families devastated by the latest earthquake. UNICEF“We will make every effort to bring quick relief to those affected,” said Fran Equiza, its representative in Afghanistan. International aid groups have said their ability to respond to calls during major disasters was heavily hampered by the Taliban’s takeover and called for more urgent global aid but only a handful of countries have publicly offered support.

Persons: ”, Thamindri de Silva, de Silva, ” “, ” de Silva, Mark Calder, “, MUHAMMAD BALABULUKI, Stéphane Dujarric, ” Dujarric, António Guterres, UNICEF “, Fran Equiza, Zabihullah Mujahid Organizations: CNN — International, World, CNN, Getty Images UN, UN, UNICEF, Sunday, Bank Locations: Afghanistan, Herat, Herat province –, Kabul, ”, AFP, Washington, Khost, Pakistan, Neighboring China

Witnesses said several Hamas security headquarters and ministries were hit, and the strikes destroyed some roads and houses. He said Hamas would execute an Israeli captive for every Israeli bombing of a civilian house without warning. There was no immediate response from the Israeli military to that threat. [1/5]Flames and smoke billow during Israeli strikes in Gaza, October 9, 2023. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan called on Hamas and Israel to immediately end violence and protect civilians, the Egyptian presidency said.

Persons: Fighting, Witnesses, Abu Ubaida, Eli Cohen, Daniel Hagari, James, Joe Biden, Biden, Mohammed Salem, Israel, Yoav Gallant, Omar Shakir, Khan Younis, Antonio Guterres, Abdel Fattah al, Tayyip Erdogan, Emily Rose, Maayan Lubell, Ari Rabinovitch, Nidal, Ammar Anwar, Henriette Chacar, Dan Williams, Ali Sawafta, Steven Scheer, Patricia Zengerle, Howard Goller Organizations: Israel, Gaza's Health, Palestinian Telecommunication Co, Israeli, BBC, United, REUTERS, Palestine, Human Rights, Reuters, U.S, Thomson Locations: JERUSALEM, GAZA, Israel, Gaza, Israeli, Jihad, Italy, Thailand, Ukraine, Washington, United States, Beit Lahia, Khan, U.S, Lebanon, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Sderot, Ramallah, Modiin

☆ UN rights team to investigate Hroza attack, Kyiv says death toll 52
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"Fifty-two people died as a result of this missile attack. One person died in a medical facility," Oleh Synehubov, governor of the Kharkiv region, told Ukrainian television. A three-day mourning period was announced in the wider Kharkiv region as villagers cleared grave sites for their relatives and rescuers continued their work at the scene, looking for body parts among piles of bricks, wood and metal. The Kremlin reiterated on Friday that it does not attack civilian targets, distancing itself from a strike that resulted in one of the biggest civilian death tolls of the more than 19-month-old war. [1/5]People lay flowers paying tribute to the victims at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 6, 2023.

Persons: Synehubov, Valeriy Kozyr, Valentyna Kozienko, Thomas Peter Acquire, Antonio Guterres, Elizabeth Throssell, Volker Turk, OCHR, Throssell, Dmitry Peskov, Olena Harmash, Timothy Heritage, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Kyiv, Police, REUTERS, United Nations, Human Rights, UN, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Kharkiv region HROZA, Ukraine, Hroza, Kharkiv, Russian, Kharkiv region, Russia, Odesa

CNN —The United Nations Security Council has greenlit the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation wrestles with rampant gang violence and political paralysis. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the United States have also strongly urged the international community to back such a mission. Though approved by the powerful UN Security Council, the force would not formally be under UN control. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 22, Prime Minister Henry told fellow nations that it was “urgent” that the Security Council approve a military mission to reestablish order. The Security Council has found itself in repeated deadlock in recent years amid deepening geopolitical rivalries.

Persons: Ariel Henry, General Antonio Guterres, Henry, Jean, Junior Joseph, –, Antony Blinken, Washington, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Zhang Jun, Vassily Nebenzia, Jovenel Moise, Maria Isabel Salvador, ” Organizations: CNN, United Nations Security Council, Haitian, United Nations, UN Security Council, UN, Haitian National Police, United Nations General Assembly, Security Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, United States, Russia, China, Kenya, Antigua, Barbuda, Bahamas, Jamaica, Port, New York, UN

☆ UN Authorizes Haiti Security Mission to Fight Gangs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday authorized a foreign security mission to Haiti, a year after the Caribbean country asked for help to fight violent gangs that have largely overrun its capital Port-au-Prince. The council adopted a resolution, drafted by the U.S. and Ecuador, that authorizes the so-called Multinational Security Support mission "to take all necessary measures" - code for use of force. The response to Haiti's request for help was delayed due to a struggle to find a country willing to lead a security assistance mission. The security assistance mission, while approved by the U.N. Security Council, is not a United Nations operation. The council resolution adopted on Monday asks the countries taking part in the security mission "to adopt appropriate wastewater management and other environmental controls to guard against the introduction and spread of water-borne diseases."

Persons: Michelle Nichols UNITED, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Antony Blinken, Ariel Henry, Jean, Bertrand Aristide, Michelle Nichols, Sarah Morland, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Reuters, United Nations Security, U.S, Diplomats, Security Council, . Security, United, Peacekeeping, Monday Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, Port, United States, Ecuador, China, Russia, Kenya, Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda, Americas, United Nations

☆ UN vote on foreign police mission to Haiti set for Monday
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Monday to approve the deployment of foreign police to Haiti and authorize the use of force to help the Caribbean country fight violent gangs that have largely overrun the capital Port-au-Prince. China wanted the resolution to state that Haiti had to notify the Security Council of the countries taking part in the mission before U.N. authorization would take effect. A Security Council resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes to be adopted. The response to Haiti's request for help was delayed due to a struggle to find a country willing to lead a security assistance mission. The security assistance mission, while approved by the U.N. Security Council, would not be a United Nations operation.

Persons: Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Ariel Henry, Jean, Bertrand Aristide, Michelle Nichols, Sarah Morland, Richard Chang Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, United Nations Security, Reuters, Diplomats, . Security, United, Peacekeeping, Thomson Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, U.S, China, United States, Russia, France, Britain, Kenya, Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda, Americas, United Nations

☆ The next United Nations Secretary General? This Caribbean climate leader makes diplomats 'jump' with excitement
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Stephanie Fillion | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

United Nations CNN —Asked last week if she will run to become the United Nations’ next Secretary General, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados gave a thumbs up, smiled, and walked away. Fighting for a woman at the helmThe UN’s next Secretary General would take office in January 2027. “There’s always lots of men that want to run,” said Ben Donaldson, head of campaigns at the United Nations Association of the United Kingdom. “It’s not so much about talking about a Julie or Anne, or Mary, it is more about talking about a Madame Secretary General as a general proposition, and then making sure that we pave the way to get there,” she said. “I believe that men should run next time around as I believe women should run in their numbers,” he said.

Persons: United Nations CNN —, Mia Mottley, Mottley, Juan Manuel Santos –, –, Santos, Rafael Grossi, António Guterres, Alicia Bárcena, Rebeca, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, “, Ralph Gonsalves, Saint Vincent, ”, Guterres, Obama, Richard Gowan, ” Elina Valtonen, ” Valtonen, it’s, Ben Donaldson, “ I’m, Susana Malcorra, It’s, Julie, Anne, Mary, Dennis Francis, doesn’t, ” Julia Maciel Organizations: United Nations CNN, United Nations ’, UN, United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, Assembly, CNN, International Monetary Fund, General, Chevron, European Union, Bridgetown Initiative, IMF, World Bank, Crisis, UN Security Council, Security Council, Security, United Nations Association of, Global, Madame Locations: Barbados, America, Caribbean, New York, Colombian, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Grenadines, Venezuela, Bridgetown, COP28, New York City, UN, Portuguese, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Paraguay

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The foreign minister of Belarus, which has a strategic partnership with Russia, says he cannot envision a situation where his country would enter the war in Ukraine alongside Russian forces. Sergei Aleinik said in an interview with The Associated Press that he also can’t imagine a situation where Russia would order his country to use the tactical nuclear weapons it recently deployed in Belarus. The foreign minister disputed the assertions by some opponents that Belarus’ ties to Russia were isolating the country. “It’s clear that by increasing weapons deliveries to this country, the West is determined to continue the war down to the last Ukrainian.”Could he see a situation where Belarus could support the war in Ukraine alongside Russia? The Viasna Human Rights Center recorded 1,496 political prisoners in Belarus at the end of August, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.

Persons: Sergei Aleinik, “, ”, Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko, Aleinik, Antonio Guterres, Lukashenko’s, didn’t, ” Aleinik, Ales Bialiatski, Edith M, Lederer Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, Russian, Associated Press, NATO, Belarus, General Assembly, U.N, European Union, Belarus ’, Moscow, General, AP, United Nations, “, Human Rights, The Associated Press Locations: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Soviet, BELARUS, RUSSIA, New York, America, China, Lithuania, “ Lithuania, Baltic, Soviet Union, Minsk, Moscow, Western, West, Ukrainian, Russian

NEW YORK (AP) — If another pandemic happens, the world will again be unprepared. That’s the bleak assessment of former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, who co-chaired the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, after the U.N. General Assembly held a high-level summit aimed at heading off another pandemic. Other pandemic experts who tracked months of negotiations on the 13-page declaration adopted by the assembly’s 193 member nations were disappointed, too. “I think it’s fair to say that the declaration is a missed opportunity,” Clark said in an interview with The Associated Press on the sidelines of the General Assembly's high-level leaders' meeting. Clark also ticked off the catastrophic economic impacts of the pandemic: a $25 trillion loss to the global economy, and debt and default enveloping many developing countries.

Persons: Helen Clark, ” Clark, Nelson Mandela, Clark, “, Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wasn't, Antonio Guterres, ” Guterres, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ”, “ We’ve, Edith M, Lederer Organizations: New, Pandemic Preparedness, General Assembly, Associated Press, Health Organization, Pandemic, Liberian, General, The Associated Press Locations: New Zealand

China, the world's biggest fossil fuel consumer, is among those signalling that it intends to keep using them for decades. By inserting "unabated" before fossil fuels, the pledge targeted only fuels burned without emissions-capturing technology. "We cannot use it to green-light fossil fuel expansion," the countries said in a joint statement. We can't say we want to avoid 1.5 C ... and not say anything about phasing out fossil fuels," Cox said. The Alliance of Small Island States, whose members face climate-fuelled storms and land loss to rising seas, wants a fossil fuel phase-out and an end to the $7 trillion governments spend annually on subsidising fossil fuels.

Persons: Eduardo Munoz, General Antonio Guterres, Sultan Al Jaber, John Kerry, Teresa Ribera, Eamon Ryan, Ryan, Peter Cox, Cox, Fatih Birol, Valerie Volcovici, Kate Abnett, Katy Daigle, Emelia Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, United Nations General Assembly, United Arab Emirates, United, European Union, Reuters, Ireland's, American Petroleum Institute, University of Exeter, International Energy Agency, Rockefeller Foundation, Organization of, Petroleum, Small, States, United Nations, D.C, Thomson Locations: New York, New York City , New York, U.S, Dubai, China, United States, Saudi Arabia, Russia, France, Kenya, Chile, Colombia, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Japan, Union, Washington, Brussels

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Just a few years ago, artificial intelligence got barely a mention at the U.N. General Assembly's convocation of world leaders. Presidents, premiers, monarchs and cabinet ministers convened as governments at various levels are mulling or have already passed AI regulation. And many eyes are on the United Nations as perhaps the only place to tackle the issue at scale. LOTS OF PEOPLE TALKING, BUT PERHAPS A SLOW PROCESSBut if the United Nations has advantages, it also has the challenges of a big-tent, consensus-seeking ethos that often moves slowly. Ideas differ about what a potential global AI body should be: perhaps an expert assessment and fact-establishing panel, akin to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or a watchdog like the International Atomic Energy Agency?

Persons: Assembly's, it's, Amandeep Gill, António Guterres, Sam Matekane, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Thórdís Kolbrún, Joe Biden, Washington, —, ” Omar Al, “ What’s, James Manyika, ”, Ian Bremmer, Gill, ” “ It’s, it’s, There's, OpenAI, Olatunbosun Tijani, “, Minister Aisén Etcheverry, ” Etcheverry, Rose, Nakasi Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, diplomacy's, Industry, Outsiders, United Nations, Safety, Israel, Assembly, United Arab Emirates, Tech, Google, Eurasia Group, European Union, International Atomic Energy Agency, . Security, New York Public Library, Chilean, Minister, General, Makerere, General Assembly Locations: Namibia, North Macedonia, Argentina, East Timor, ”, Spain, New York, Nigeria, who's, India, Ugandan

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. He noted that France’s military presence in Niger was in response to a request from Niger’s government at the time. The military cooperation between France and Niger had been suspended since the coup. The junta leaders claimed that Bazoum's government wasn’t doing enough to protect the country from the insurgency. After the deadline expired without France recalling him, the coup leaders then revoked his diplomatic immunity.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Mohamed Bazoum, ”, Sylvain Itte, U.N, Antonio Guterres Organizations: PARIS, “, African Locations: France, Niger, Africa, Mali, Burkina Faso, French, “ France, New York

Many of the formal speeches delivered before the green stone in the General Assembly could have been performed straight to camera, with few other people in the room (and in 2020, they were). The General Assembly, she said, actually “overshadows what the U.N. does well." In-person relations are as important, if not more so, for non-governmental organizations with stakes in the outcomes, attendees said. Many at the General Assembly, and those observing it closely from afar, declined to discuss the substance of negotiations that may never ultimately come to fruition. But the General Assembly week “provides a critical mass that allows you to do all the things that you would prefer to do in person,” Rathke said.

Persons: Volodomyr Zelenskyy, weren't, ’, Katie Laatikainen, that's, that’s, ”, Kathryn Mengerink, Scott Hamilton, Joe Biden, —, “ We’re, Stéphane Dujarric, António Guterres, we’re, “, ” Laatikainen, Jeff Rathke, ” Rathke, ” Hamilton, Michael Weissenstein Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, General, Council, Adelphi University, Assembly, General Assembly, Waitt, State Department, United Nations Security, United Nations, “ Technology, - German Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Associated Press Locations: East, Jolla , California, midtown Manhattan, Cuba, China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, Europe, New York, Britain, Mexico

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2023. Lavrov added that Moscow left the Black Sea grain initiative because promises made to Russia - including on removing sanctions on a Russian bank and reconnecting it to the global SWIFT system - had not been met. Asked if Russia would send more peace-keepers to Nagorno-Karabakh, a separatist Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan, Lavrov said that would be decided on the ground. Lavrov accused the West of a neo-colonial mindset in its overtures to the Global South to win backing for Ukraine in the war. Instead, Lavrov spoke of a "global majority" that was being duped by the West, which he described as an "empire of lies".

Persons: Sergei Lavrov, Eduardo Munoz, Lavrov, Antonio Guterres, They're, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Gabriela Baczynska, Alistair Bell, Josie Kao Organizations: Russia's, General Assembly, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, Saturday, West, Kyiv, . Security, Moscow, North, Ukraine, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Moscow, U.N, New York, Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Turkey, Nagorno, Karabakh, Armenian, Azerbaijan, Pyongyang

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