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Daily Wrap 23 September 2025

United Nations LIVE: Beyond the podium World leaders are gathering this week at United Nations Headquarters in New York at a time of global upheaval. Wars, poverty, human rights abuses and climate change are all issues that the 193 Member States will address with the UN at the centre of those discussions. UN News app users can follow here. Read more UN Affairs Guterres warns against loss of 'fragile' diplomatic momentum over Ukraine Speaking at a high-level briefing on Ukraine on Tuesday, the UN Secretary General António Guterres told the Security Council that the international community cannot afford to lose "fragile" diplomatic momentum over ending the war with Russia. Read more Peace and Security Haiti's security crisis 'is like the Sword of Damocles above us': Foreign Minister Foreign Ministers from across the Americas met on the margins of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to rally for greater support for Haiti.  Read more Peace and Security Failure to end Gaza war undermining world's credibility, UN chief warns UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday that the crisis in Gaza has become "one of the darkest chapters of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," with worsening suffering and deepening regional instability. Read more Peace and Security US President Trump criticizes UN, NATO and climate 'hoax' United States President Donald Trump told world leaders gathered at the UN on Tuesday that during a seven-month period he had ended "seven unendable" wars, but said the global body had offered little help. Read more UN Affairs SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Fragile diplomatic momentum on Ukraine must continue, Guterres urges The UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Tuesday it's important not to lose the "fragile diplomatic momentum" between Ukraine and Russia – and international mediators – over ending the war. He was briefing ambassadors in back-to-back meetings where calling for ceasefire in Gaza, he said the "day after" war ends there, must be anchored in international law, rejecting any "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians. Our live meetings coverage is below; UN News app users can click here.   Read more Peace and Security 'Our democracy is non-negotiable', President Lula of Brazil tells General Assembly The UN symbolises the highest expression of the aspiration for peace and prosperity but the ideals that inspired its founding 80 years ago are under threat as never before, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva told the General Assembly on Tuesday.  Read more Peace and Security World News in Brief: Gaza and Nicaragua human rights update, WHO hypertension alert and alarm over US autism claim The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has confirmed that between 11 and 16 September, 12 of its premises in Gaza City were hit directly or indirectly, amid intensifying Israeli military activity there. Read more Human Rights Uphold founding principles and 'be better together': General Assembly President As the UN marks its 80th anniversary, Member States must show the people of the world why the organization matters and uphold its founding principles in the decades ahead, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday.  Read more UN Affairs UN's Guterres to world leaders: Choose peace and cooperation over chaos The UN Secretary-General opened the General Assembly high-level debate with a stark message: the world is awash with overlapping crises – from wars and humanitarian emergencies to climate breakdown – and leaders must decide now "what kind of world we choose to build together." Read more UN Affairs GENERAL DEBATE LIVE: Nations must find the resolve 'to be better together': Baerbock Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Tuesday that "impunity is the mother of chaos" as world leaders gathered to mark its 80th anniversary and open the General Debate. The UN chief said cooperation is "a practical strategy for survival, not an act of naiveté," but cautioned that the principles of peace and progress are being eroded by war, inequality and climate chaos. Debate got underway with contrasting visions from presidents Lula and Trump. Follow our live meetings coverage below – UN News app users can click here. Read more UN Affairs Sudan war: Lifesaving cholera vaccination campaign begins in Darfur Amid the devastating war in Sudan, UN aid teams are overcoming major obstacles to curb a cholera outbreak claiming lives across the country, with young children particularly at risk. Read more Humanitarian Aid

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