India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar warned on Saturday that violent conflicts continue to undermine international peace and security, while countries far removed from the battlefield are being forced to pay a heavy price.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister warned on Saturday that escalating threats across the Middle East risked international peace, energy security and global trade, calling for stronger international cooperation to protect Gulf States and vital shipping routes.

Cuba’s Foreign Minister warned the UN General Assembly on Saturday that escalating military and economic pressure in Latin America and the Caribbean was threatening international law, while accusing the United States of intensifying a decades-long campaign to isolate and weaken his country.

Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, accused Western countries of destabilising the world through “force and double standards” in his address to the UN General Assembly on Saturday, vowing that Moscow's “special military operation” in Ukraine would be “carried through to the end.”

China's Vice President, Han Zheng, urged the world to defend the postwar international order on Saturday, telling the UN General Assembly that geopolitical conflicts, widening development gaps and mounting global challenges make multilateralism more urgent than ever.

De la cybercriminalité à la fraude, en passant par de nouvelles formes de violence, les États réunis au 15e Congrès des Nations Unies pour la prévention du crime et la justice pénale ont adopté samedi la Déclaration d’Abou Dhabi. Approuvé par acclamation à l’ouverture de la rencontre, le texte appelle à renforcer la coopération internationale face à une criminalité qui évolue rapidement, notamment sous l’effet des nouvelles technologies.

Countries adopted on Saturday a new global blueprint for tackling rapidly evolving forms of crime, as the UN’s largest gathering on crime prevention and criminal justice opened in Abu Dhabi with a call for stronger international cooperation.

Cinquième jour du débat général de l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies au siège de l'organisation à New York. Pendant une semaine, les dirigeants et hauts représentants des 193 États prennent la parole depuis la tribune de marbre vert de l’Assemblée. La couverture en direct du débat est assurée par l'équipe de la Section de la Couverture des réunions des Nations Unies.

From the Caribbean to the Pacific, leaders from small island States demanded climate justice, ocean protection and greater solidarity at the UN General Assembly on Friday.  They warned that rising seas are already redrawing national boundaries, while the ripple effects of faraway wars are being felt on their shores. This edition of The Takeaway summarizes key points made during the fourth day of the annual high-level debate.

Haiti is at a “watershed moment” in its struggle against gang violence and needs sustained international support alongside stronger national security institutions, Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé told the UN General Assembly on Friday.

Haiti is at a “watershed moment” in its struggle against gang violence and needs sustained international support alongside stronger national security institutions, Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé told the UN General Assembly on Friday.

Climate change remains the greatest existential threat to Tuvalu, Prime Minister Feleti Teo told the UN General Assembly on Friday, warning that the pace and scale of international action are still falling far short of what vulnerable island nations need.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told the UN General Assembly on Friday that any attempt by India to stop, impede or divert Pakistan’s share of the Indus River waters “will be treated as an act of war”. 

Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah brought a stark warning from the Himalayas to the UN General Assembly on Thursday, saying catastrophic floods that killed at least 1,400 people in his country laid bare the human cost of climate change, and the failure of the international system to protect those least responsible for it.

Alors que le gangs étendent leur emprise au-delà de Port-au-Prince, le premier ministre haïtien a défendu vendredi une stratégie de reconquête fondée sur le renforcement des forces nationales, l’appui international et le retour aux urnes. Avec un mot d’ordre : sortir Haïti de la dépendance sans abandonner le soutien extérieur dont le pays a encore cruellement besoin.

The UN said on Friday it remains gravely concerned by the continued deterioration of the security situation across northern Ethiopia, as fighting spreads across multiple fronts and increasingly disrupts humanitarian operations.

Climate change remains the greatest existential threat to Tuvalu, Prime Minister Feleti Teo told the UN General Assembly on Friday, warning that the pace and scale of international action are still falling far short of what vulnerable island nations need.

Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme a publié vendredi une nouvelle mise à jour de sa base de données recensant les entreprises impliquées dans certaines activités liées aux colonies israéliennes dans le territoire palestinien occupé. Au total, 214 entreprises issues de 11 pays figurent désormais sur cette liste.

The situation in the occupied West Bank continues to deteriorate, the UN human rights office has said, pointing to the “mass destruction” of Palestinian villages and forcible transfer of residents in Msafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills.

Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, has stressed that decisions over war and peace, and control of weapons, must rest solely with the State and its constitutional institutions.