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Daily Wrap 24 September 2024

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Russia 'can only be forced into peace' says Zelenskyy 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.  Read more Peace and Security Gaza crisis reveals 'true nature' of Israeli regime, Iranian President says The President of Iran told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that the past year revealed to the world the true nature of the Israeli regime. Read more UN Affairs UN paralyzed, challenges piling up, world leaders 'going around in circles', says Brazil's Lula President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for a major overhaul of the United Nations, including a critical examination of the Organization's nearly eight decades-old Charter, blaming the incapacity of the international community to engage in sincere negotiations for the failure to find solutions to the world's problems. Read more UN Affairs Qatar will continue to mediate for peace in Gaza, Amir Al Thani tells world leaders The international community bears responsibility for its failure to stop the catastrophe in Gaza, the Amir of Qatar told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, emphasizing that after almost a year of conflict, it is no longer tenable to speak of Israel's right to defend itself without being complicit in justifying their actions. Read more UN Affairs Guterres to world leaders: Stay committed to UN development goals UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for finance, climate action and peace to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.  Read more SDGs 'We won't be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others' – South Africa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday told the UN General Assembly that his nation had benefited from a wave of international solidarity in the battle to end apartheid and usher in a new democratic era. Read more UN Affairs 'If we act together,' we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President In a powerful address to the UN General Assembly, the 193-member body's President, Philémon Yang said the annual high-level debate "remains one of the world's most inclusive, represented, representative and authoritative platforms for global reflection of collective action".  Read more UN Affairs The world is at an inflection point but 'there's always a way forward', says Biden United States President Joe Biden told leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday that with the world at a historical inflection point "our task, our test, is to make sure that the forces holding us together are stronger than those that are pulling us apart."  Read more UN Affairs Trust in UN's cornerstone ideals 'crumbling': King Abdullah II of Jordan Addressing world leaders at the UN General Assembly, King Abdullah II of Jordan warned that the United Nations is facing an unprecedented crisis, one that threatens its legitimacy and undermines global trust in its moral authority. Read more UN Affairs UN's Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a 'powder keg' 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. Read more UN Affairs Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask 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. Read more Peace and Security Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency 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. Read more Humanitarian Aid LIVE COVERAGE: Join forces to take 'more sustainable path', Guterres tells world leaders The world is on an unsustainable course, the UN Secretary General told world leaders gathered for the UN general debate in New York on Tuesday – but growing impunity, inequality and chaos must make way for accountability, justice and opportunity and a future of solutions, not endless conflict. UN News app users click here for a look back at our live coverage.   Read more UN Affairs

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