Foreign Minister Penny Wong will use a United Nations summit to push for a new declaration for the protection of humanitarian personnel, galvanised by the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom in Gaza earlier this year. The Australian was one of seven aid workers killed in the attack, which the Israeli military described as a "mistake that followed a …
India, along with 12 other UN Security Council members, abstained on a resolution by Russia on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Permanent and veto-wielding Council member Russia had called for a vote in the 15-nation Security Council on its draft resolution that “demands that civilians, including humanitarian personnel and persons in vulnerable situations, including women and children are fully protected, …
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to demand that Russia stop its offensive and immediately withdraw all troops, with world powers and tiny island states alike condemning Moscow. Here’s the full text: Aggression against Ukraine The General Assembly, Reaffirming the paramount importance of the Charter of the United Nations in the promotion of the rule of law among nations, …
