Latest Security Council News

Gaza: Critical aid supplies to keep children alive blocked as Israel takes over final land crossing – Save the Children
UN General Assembly – Tenth Emergency Special Session: Illegal Israeli Actions In Occupied East Jerusalem and the Rest of the Occupied Palestinian…
UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session Explanation of Vote
ACFID statement on United Nations General assembly vote on Friday 10th May: Granting United Nations Member status to Palestine
Shaping Better Way Forward
Gaza: Military offensive on Rafah a ‘cruel and heart-breaking blow’
Statement on unsafe and unprofessional interaction with PLA-Air Force
Intensified military operations will bring increased death and despair for Rafah’s 700,000 women and girls
Impunity for attacks on medical facilities and health workers must end, says UN expert
Women and girls bear the brunt of crisis ravaging Haiti, say UN experts
Unsafe and unprofessional interaction with PLA-Air Force
Nationwide events: Australia joins global day of action to end arms transfers to Israel
NZ started discussing AUKUS ‘Tier 2’ involvement in 2021, newly released details reveal
UN expert: Testimonies from the Occupied Palestinian Territory show new depths of Israel’s atrocities
Gender equality is a marker of peace and security
UN Human Rights Chief deplores harrowing killings of children and women in Rafah
Brooks School Tech Policy Institute focuses on intersection of national security and tech policy
Hidden Wars – The end of war for whom?
In Dialogue with Honduras, Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise Bill on Reparation for Victims of Human Rights Violations, Ask about…
Sudan’s year of war: One in two children in the line of fire
Israel and Iran must de-escalate conflict to protect human rights, warn UN experts
Have New Zealanders really been ‘misled’ about AUKUS, or is involvement now a foregone conclusion?
Australian Prime Minister Radio interview – ABC Radio National
USA Defence Mission To Increase AUKUS Benefits For WA
As conflict enters its second year, UN Fact-Finding Mission says warring parties must halt fighting, protect civilians, allow free flow of aid: Sudan
More than 250 humanitarian and human rights organisations call to stop arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups
Time is running out for international action to protect civilians and prevent atrocity crimes in Rafah, as UN Security Council resolution is ignored
World must act to halt Gaza catastrophe – Peters
Gazan doctors forced to choose which children to save
Six months on, elderly and children trapped sick and hungry in death zone
ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop appointed UN special envoy            
Human Rights Council Adopts Five Resolutions, including a Text Calling for an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza, Urging States to Prevent the Continued…
Human Rights Council Adopts Seven Resolutions, Extends Mandates on the Human Rights of Persons with Albinism, Iran and Myanmar
Defence continues 2024 Regional Presence Deployments
People in northern Gaza forced to survive on 245 calories a day, less than a can of beans – Oxfam
People in northern Gaza forced to survive on 245 calories a day, less than a can of beans
Netanyahu promises Albanese a full investigation into Australian aid worker’s death, as Israel accepts responsibility
Australian Prime Minister Transcript – Press Conference
Regional environment behind recent terror attacks will likely support extreme groups
The UN Security Council has finally called for a ceasefire in Gaza. But will it have any effect?
Denying food aid to starving families at risk of famine in northern Gaza will send more children to their graves
UN experts condemn terrorist attack on Russian concert hall
Australian aid peak acknowledges shifting US position on Gaza, urges permanent ceasefire to scale up humanitarian response
ACFID calls for a May budget which recognises development as a key tool of statecraft
Halt the war now to save children from dying of imminent famine, UN Committee warns: Gaza
World Water Day
Shaping the agenda: Youth engagement and empowerment at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Rampant abuse of counter-terrorism laws threaten human rights globally, warns UN expert