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Commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the children and armed conflict mandate, speakers at the Security Council highlighted the stark contrast between the comprehensive child-protection mechanisms in place and their failure to prevent the historically high levels of grave violations against children, calling for stronger action and robust resources to bridge the gap.

War is growing deadlier for women and girls, who accounted for one in four of the more than 37,000 civilians killed in armed conflict last year - double their share in 2021 - according to major UN report released Monday.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at the United Nations Security Council - As delivered

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Statement by Ambassador Sarah MacIntosh, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Children and Armed Conflict.

A senior Ansarullah official has stressed that Yemen's military and intelligence capabilities exceed enemies imagination, warning that underestimating the country could lead to costly miscalculations.

Spokesman for the Yemeni military, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said that Yemeni air defense units struck the armed Wing Loong II reconnaissance drone with a surface-to-air missile while it was carrying out hostile operations.

The chairman of Yemen's Supreme Political Council condemned Saudi Arabia for reneging on its commitments and intensifying its blockade against Yemen, stressing that Riyadh's relentless aggression has created the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

Pakistan strongly condemns the Houthi ballistic missile attacks of 24 October 2026 targeting the Makkah and Madinah regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including areas in the vicinity of the Holy Sites.

Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, said on Monday that it had launched attacks on oil pumping stations of the East-West pipeline in Saudi Arabia.

Sudan is experiencing an alarming deterioration in its food security. The risk of famine in the coming months, as warned by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, needs urgent action. There is no time to lose to save lives and prevent famine.

Statement on the 26 October 2025 Atrocity in El Fasher from members of the Coalition on Atrocity Prevention and Justice for Sudan: Canada, Denmark, the European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sierra Leone, Sweden, the UK.

One year after the fall of El Fasher, the UK is bringing forward a new package of action designed to shine a spotlight on the horrific violence seen during the siege of the city.

China has consistently and strictly abided by the relevant agreements and important understandings between the two countries, conducting routine patrols and management activities in the border areas to safeguard territorial sovereignty and border stability, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday. He made these remarks in response to reports of another standoff along the China-India border, where an Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson claimed such incidents occur when Chinese troops "deviate from established patrolling patterns."

China strictly abides by the relevant agreements and common understandings reached between the two countries, and conducts normal border patrol and control activities to safeguard its territorial sovereignty and stability in the border areas, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular press conference on Monday.

"Following the 2023 war, the Government of Azerbaijan and President Ilham Aliyev demonstrated strategic foresight and political commitment by, first and foremost, initiating the signing of a peace agreement with Armenia. This was not an easy decision for the Azerbaijani people. Just put yourselves in the shoes of the Azerbaijani people, whose country remained under occupation for 30 years and whose entire cultural and religious heritage was destroyed in the occupied territories over all those years," Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, said during a special session on the theme "The Language of Peace and Combatting Disinformation" held as part of the Baku Culture and Media Dialogue Platform.

The Senior Representative for implementing the relevant resolution on the Iraq-Kuwait dossier warned the Security Council today that "more than 35 years after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, this humanitarian file remains unresolved".

Statement by Ambassador Kate Foster, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait.

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