Posts Tagged: UN General Assembly
VP Harris to Announce $10 Billion Global Fund to Prepare for Future Pandemics
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday will call on countries and companies around the world to create a $10 billion global health fund to...
Biden Says Two-State Solution Is ‘The Only Way’ to End Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
i24 News – US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that a sovereign and democratic Palestinian state is the "best way" to ensure Israel's future. "We must...
Hundreds of Lawmakers Urge UN to Stamp Out ‘Systematic’ Discrimination Against Israel
Legislators and parliamentarians from Europe and North America are calling upon EU member countries and global democracies to help end the “systematic” discrimination against Israel...
Israeli Ambassador Storms Out of Special UN Session After Palestinian Foreign Minister Says Jewish State Has No Right to Defend Itself
Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki went on an anti-Israel rant during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, saying that...
UN General Assembly to Meet Over Mideast Violence on Thursday
The UN General Assembly will meet on Thursday over fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants, General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir said on Monday as the...
Biden Administration Moves to Rejoin UN Human Rights Council
US President Joe Biden's administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after former President Donald Trump withdrew over what his...
Iran Loses Voting Rights in UN General Assembly for Non-Payment of Dues
Iran has lost voting rights in the United Nations General Assembly for failing to meet its financial obligations to the organization. The UN has released a...
At UN, Trump Demands Action Against China Over Coronavirus
US President Donald Trump used the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to attack China's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it must be held accountable for having...
On UN Video Call, Prominent US Rabbi Urges Global Unity in Coronavirus Fight
A prominent US rabbi issued a call for global unity amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in a United Nations General Assembly video conference that took...
Holocaust Survivor Tells UN: ‘It Is Our Duty to Condemn and Prevent Any Intolerance’
“It is our duty to condemn and prevent any intolerance against people based on ethnic origin or religion,” a Holocaust survivor told a special session...
Seeking Deals Not Sanctions, Turkey’s Erdogan Attends Trump Reception
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met President Donald Trump at a reception in New York on Wednesday, the last day of a trip to attend...
Israel Blasts Turkey’s Erdogan for Comments at UN Libeling Jewish State
Top Israeli officials slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday for a series of comments he made libeling the Jewish state. A report from Turkey’s...
Trump: ‘I’d Give Visas to Iranian Leaders to Attend UN’
JNS.org - US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would give visas to Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, and foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif,...
Amid Political Turmoil at Home, Netanyahu Nixes Planned UN General Assembly Trip
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled his planned trip next week to New York where he was to address the UN General Assembly. Netanyahu had...
