ISTANBUL (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for Israel’s suspension from the UN General Assembly. “I call for suspending Israel’s membership in the General Assembly until it fulfills its obligations and the conditions for accepting its membership and implements all the resolutions of the UN and its bodies,” he said in ...
NEW YORK (AA) – Assassination attempts targeting US presidential candidate Donald Trump, alongwith ongoing conflicts in various parts of the world, have prompted US officials to heighten security measures for the UN General Assembly. Following two assassination attempts on Trump, all eyes are turned to the US Secret Service. As in previo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The soaring tensions in the Middle East will be an “important theme” in President Joe Biden’s meetings during this week’s UN General Assembly, says a senior administration official. Biden and his senior officials “will be convening to talk about various aspects of the crisis, and what we ca...
Palestine has hailed a “historic” UN General Assembly resolution demanding Israel’s withdrawal from occupied territories within 12 months. It marks a significant moment as it is the first submitted by Palestine since gaining additional rights at the UN in May. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas praised the resolution, which ...
Palestinians took a seat at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. It is a new right accorded to the Palestinian Authority’s delegation despite it not being a full member of the body. In May, an overwhelming majority of the General Assembly asserted that Palestinians deserved full membership. The General Assembly granted the delegation certain n...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – President of UN General Assembly Dennis Francis renewed his call for a cease-fire in Gaza, where Israeli bombardment since October 7 has killed more than 24,000 people, left the territory in ruins, and caused a humanitarian catastrophe. Addressing the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kampala, the capital o...
United Nations, United States – AFP The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a non-binding resolution Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza — a call the paralyzed Security Council has so far failed to make, piling pressure on Israel and the United States. The body, which includes all 193 UN member natio...
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza. It also demands “continuous, sufficient and unhindered” provision of lifesaving supplies and services for civilians trapped inside the enclave, as news repor...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis, while denouncing attacks by Hamas on Israel, has condemned the “indiscriminate” attacks by Israel against Palestinians. Francis said Hamas’ attacks were “shocking” and “has no place in our world,” in opening remarks to the Assembly’s...
