HISTORICAL FACTS: 21 | History Defined

UN Security Council To Consider Urging Gaza Ceasefire

The UN Security Council meets on Gaza Friday under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire after weeks of ruinous war.

International Business Times · Dec 8, 2023

Israel Pursues Hamas In And Around Gaza's Biggest Cities

Israel pressed on with its offensive in and around Gaza's main cities on Friday, more than two months after Hamas's deadly attack sparked a war that has claimed thousands of lives and left the Palestinian territory in ruins.

International Business Times · Dec 8, 2023

The UN secretary-general invoked 'Article 99' to push for a Gaza ceasefire. What exactly is it?

It’s called “Article 99.”

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023

UN chief uses rare power to warn Security Council of impending 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Gaza

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has used a rarely exercised power to warn the Security Council of an impending “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and urged its members to demand an immediate cease-fire

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023

UN secretary-general invokes Article 99 on Gaza

Antonio Guterres warned of a deepening ‘catastrophe’ as he called on the Security Council to act.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2023

UN Security Council terminates its mission in war-hit Sudan

At the request of Sudanese authorities, the UN Security Council has ended the world body's political mission in the African country ravaged by more than seven months of fighting between two rival generals.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 2, 2023

UN Security Council Puts End To Mission In Sudan

At the request of Sudanese authorities, the UN Security Council on Friday ended the world body's political mission in the African country ravaged by more than seven months of fighting between two rival generals.

International Business Times · Dec 1, 2023

Blinken keen for truce to ‘continue to move forward’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Nov 30, 2023

India votes in favour of UNGA resolution that expresses deep concern over Israel not withdrawing from Syrian Golan

India has voted in favour of a draft resolution in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that expressed deep concern over Israel not withdrawing from the Syrian Golan. The Syrian Golan is a region in southwest Syria that was occupied by Israeli forces on June 5, 1967.

The Hindu · Nov 29, 2023

Tensions Rise As US And North Korean Ambassadors Spar At UN Security Council Meeting

US and North Korean Ambassadors Clash at UN in Rare Verbal Exchange Amid Escalating Tensions

Zenger · Nov 28, 2023