On 20 September 2025 Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), delivered a briefing to the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East which included the … Continue reading →
According the the New York Times (NYT), the US Constitution says Congress has the power to declare war while it makes the president the commander in chief of the military so he can take decisions about bombing once a war … Continue reading →
The following briefing was delivered by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on 13 May 2025. The full text is included below the video. Mr. President, Members of the Council, Briefing you again on this subject … Continue reading →
On 25 September the UN Secretary-General addressed the UN Security Council on the topic “Leadership for Peace”. In the face of deepening divisions and growing mistrust between nations, impunity is spreading along with “repeated violations” of international law and the … Continue reading →
After a week of wrangling over the text, the UN Security Council finally agreed a resolution on the war in Gaza. See below for the full text. Its main points were that it: reaffirmed the obligations of the parties to … Continue reading →
The video below shows the speech of Riyad Al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Observer State of Palestine, who addressed a Security Council meeting on 24 Oct 2023 which was convened to discuss the Israel-Palestine crisis. He … Continue reading →
The video below shows the speech of His Excellency Eli Cohen, Foreign Minister of the State of Israel, who addressed a Security Council discussion of the Israel-Palestine crisis. He responded angrily to the remarks made earlier by the UN Secretary-General, … Continue reading →
The video below shows the speech of António Guterres, the UN Secretary General, who addressed a Security Council meeting on 24 Oct 2023 which was convened to discuss the Israel Palestine. The remarks he made brought condemnation from Israel with … Continue reading →
On 20 September 2023 the UN Security Council held a high-level open debate on Ukraine. The meeting was entitled Upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through effective multilateralism: Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine Several heads … Continue reading →
The Security Council heard on 27 July that insecurity and violence increased rapidly in the occupied West Bank over the last month, punctuated by one of the most intensive Israeli military operations in nearly two decades. Assistant Secretary-General for Middle … Continue reading →