Diplomats trying to prevent escalation in Israel-Hezbollah conflict amid bombing campaign in LebanonThe 79th United Nations general assembly is to open on Tuesday morning amid a massive bombing campaign in southern Lebanon that has brought Israel and the Shia militant group Hezbollah closer than ever to all-out war, despite fevered diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the conflict.On Monday, diplomats huddled behind the scenes at the United Nations headquarters and midtown Manhattan hotels for bilateral and ministerial meetings on issues from Atlantic Ocean ecology to Ukraine’s energy supply, ahead of what the UN bills as its own “Super Bowl of global diplomacy”. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/23/un-general-assembly-to-open-amid-fears-of-all-out-war-in-the-middle-east
Author : Andrew Roth in New York
Publish date : 2024-09-23 20:28:19
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