The UN Security Council met in emergency session over the strikes and counterstrikes that are ratcheting up between Iran and Israel on Friday, while on Gaza, it was the larger but nominally less powerful General Assembly which took centre stage on Thursday. Just 12 countries, including Israel and the US, voted against a wide-ranging resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, hostage returns, and resumption of lifesaving aid to the two million Gazans, many of whom are on the brink of starvation. We covered it all live, bringing you full details of the debate in the face of stalemate on the council. Beyond multilateralism in crisis mode, UN News was on the ground – and on the water – in the French Riviera city of Nice for the ocean conference, bringing you a raft of fascinating feature stories alongside our unparalleled coverage of the sweeping political decisions being made on the floor. We had some notable interviews on the page this week, from the latest on Syria's returnees and the trafficking of persons with disabilities, to why 'decent work' will help end child labour. We had the latest on Yemen's long running conflict, Iraq's efforts to boost democracy, Sudan's intense and brutal war between rival militaries – and the rise in famine conditions across impoverished and war-ravaged South Sudan. This editor's favourite story of the week featured the extraordinary tale of Jean-Yves Carval, who's convinced that lowly plankton which underpins all live at sea and on land, could hold to key to Earth's very survival. If their decline can be arrested in a warming world - so can humankind's. |
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