Holocaust survivor Marianne Miller addresses UN General Assembly “I demand the world remember what happened only 80 years ago,” she said. JNS Staff Jan. 27, 2025
WATCH: Herzog addresses UN General Assembly on Holocaust Remembrance Day This year’s commemoration marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Jan. 27, 2025
‘Moral failure,’ Israeli mission in New York says of votes in United Nations The United Nations is "voting itself into utter irrelevance," human rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky told JNS. Akiva Van Koningsveld Dec. 12, 2024
UN calls for conference to advance Palestinian state The resolution also demands Israel cease all new "settlement" activities and evacuate all “settlers.” JNS Staff Dec. 4, 2024
Senators warn of impending action if UN halts Israel’s participation in General Assembly The legislators wrote that the Palestinian plan to destroy the Jewish state is “both obscene and antithetical to American national security interests.” Nov. 5, 2024
Israel stands alone with US against UNGA resolution on Cuba embargo Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Sattar Hashemi is set to visit Havana next week. Nov. 1, 2024
After UNRWA closure, Norway to request ICJ opinion on Israel’s ‘humanitarian obligations’ Oslo will submit a resolution to the U.N. General Assembly that will request the court to give an advisory opinion. Oct. 29, 2024
Jewish agencies hold blitz of diplomatic meetings on sidelines of UN General Assembly “The most important part of this is really speaking truth to power. It’s the opportunity in one week to engage not only with Israel’s friends but also its harshest critics,” said Daniel Mariaschin, CEO of B’nai B’rith International. Mike Wagenheim Sept. 30, 2024
US envoy, UN mission ‘leaders’ apparently no-shows for Netanyahu speech When a camera panned across Washington’s section during the Israeli prime minister’s United Nations General Assembly address, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Robert Wood and other U.S. diplomats were nowhere to be seen. Mike Wagenheim Sept. 27, 2024