United Nations officials convened an emergency session on Tuesday to debate and vote on a non-binding cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Hamas militant group. This comes after the United States, a U.N. Security Council member, vetoed an initial resolution seeking a humanitarian cease-fire in the ongoing conflict on Friday. VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA UN Correspondent Margaret Besheer for the latest on the vote.
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA, is condemning the attacks by rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group in an area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people over the weekend. For reaction from the United Nations’ officials on the Sudanese conflict, VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA United Nations correspondent Margaret Besheer live from the agency's headquarters in New York.
UN chief calls for sustained aid operation to meet scale of Gaza’s 2 million residents
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressed reporters in New York Monday, and condemned the resulting casualties from the weekend attacks by Hamas and counterattacks by Israel. VOA U.N. correspondent Margaret Besheer tells Africa 54 host Hayde Adams that Guterres called for a negotiated two-state solution to the conflict and urged both sides to protect civilians and Hamas to release hostages.
Volker Perthes had harsh words for both sides in the conflict at his final UN briefing
UNITED NATIONS — A senior United Nations official said Tuesday that the humanitarian situation has severely deteriorated in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 8 million people need assistance in three provinces and sexual violence has become endemic.
Antonio Guterres says he sent Russia ‘concrete proposals’ for reviving the deal that Moscow pulled out of last month
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Thursday that his office is investigating reports that at least 87 people were found in a mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur state.
U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sudan Volker Perthes on Monday briefed the Security Council on the conflict in the northeastern African country, citing concerns that fighting could turn into an ethnic-driven conflict if the warring parties do not respect and extend a cease-fire that was supposed to begin Monday. For more on the international reaction to the Sudanese conflict, VOA's Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA U.N. Correspondent Margaret Besheer in New York City.
As the 72 hour cease-fire in Sudan is set to expire tomorrow, many countries are continuing to evacuate their citizens and offer mediation efforts to help reach peace in the nation. For more on the international reaction to the Sudanese conflict, VOA's Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to VOA U.N. Correspondent Margaret Besheer in New York City.
Authorities of the U.N.’s International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia Friday delivered a press conference focused on the war in Tigray where officials told VOA’s Margaret Besheer that Ethiopian federal forces are using Turkish drones to attack the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Ukrainian authorities Thursday thanked their Western partners and other nations that showed solidarity for Kyiv after a U.N. General Assembly vote on Wednesday largely condemned Russia for its annexation of four Ukrainian regions.
This year's gathering of leaders at the U.N. General Assembly is taking place in the shadow of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and as the war in Ukraine heads into a possibly decisive period. VOA United Nations correspondent Margaret Besheer has more.
UN seeking humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine
Sudan's prime minister had said transitional government was ready to cooperate with court, but four suspects have yet to be transferred
Security Council renewed an arms embargo on South Sudan for another year, but African council members abstained on the vote
UN's South Sudan envoy says overall violence is down, but implementation of Revitalized Peace Agreement is behind schedule
Senior US diplomat says Washington evaluating impact of President Omar al-Bashir’s announcement and calls for an end to violent repression of peaceful protests
Fighting, ethnic tensions and displacements could be exacerbated if elections not credible
UN officials say humanitarian aid deliveries to South Sudan were blocked 100 times in June
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