lacking food and afghan refugees lacking food and housing. welcome to world news america. in the united nations security council vote, is getting under way at un headquarters in new york. we will bring you some pictures of the security council chamber voting on the proposal to grant palestine full un member status. the proposal to grant palestine full un memberstatus. it the proposal to grant palestine full un member status. it has had non member status since 2012 but cannot vote in proceedings. we will come back to the story with updates as soon as we get there. we will move onto top story today. polish authorities have arrested a man on suspicion of preparing to help the russian military in an alleged assassination plot against ukrainian president, president zelensky. polish prosecutors say authorities launched an investigation after being tipped off by ukrainian intelligence. they claim they have
The UN Security Council will vote on a new draft resolution Tuesday calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, despite threat of a third US veto on such a text.While that text does include the word "ceasefire" which the United States has previously avoided, vetoing two drafts in October and December which used the term it does not call for the end of hostilities to happen immediately.
UN Secretary General António Guterres has said the world is not yet prepared for a possible new pandemic. "We need to do more," the UN Secretary General said on occasion of the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on December 27. "We must renounce the moral and medical disaster of rich countries hoarding and controlling pandemic health-care supplies, and ensure everyone has access to diagnostics, treatments and vaccines," the UN chief said reflecting on the lessons learnt from the Covid-19