United Nations

NEW YORK - The UN Security Council will on October 30 debate the UN secretary general's new semi-annual report on the work of UNMIK, the UN mission in the Serbian Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija.

The UNSC session in New York, scheduled for the afternoon hours CET, has been called by Switzerland, the current UNSC president, the UNSC website says.

BELGRADE - The participation of Serbian delegations and President Aleksandar Vucic in international forums and UN sessions has demonstrated that Serbia looks to the future and that it is one of the few countries maintaining active dialogue with both the West and the East, says Serbian FM Marko Djuric.

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will meet for dinner in New York on October 15, a UN spokesman says.

"The date is October 15. And, obviously, we will share more information more information with you when we get it," Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told reporters.

Türkiye's top security council has urged international actors to take immediate action to halt Israel's ongoing military operations.

A 21-year-old Yazidi woman, who was kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq more than a decade ago, has been freed from Gaza in a coordinated operation involving the United States, Iraq, Israel, and Jordan. The woman, named Fauzia Sido, is from the Yazidi religious minority, which has faced brutal attacks from ISIS.

The European Union's foreign policy chief voiced support on Wednesday for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' efforts to secure peace, particularly in the Middle East, and condemned the "unjustified attacks" against him.

The tripartite meeting with the U.N. chief will not entertain the idea of a federation, said the top diplomat of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Wednesday.

"The secretary-general invited the two leaders to a dinner," Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu told reporters in Washington, D.C. "They will meet at a three-way dinner in New York on Oct. 15."

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has identified the United Nations and certain European nations as the fundamental cause of issues in West Asia, according to the Iranian news agency IRNA.

Prominent journalists and scholars discussed current events in the Middle East during the "The Middle East Powder Keg" session at the 12th Athens Democracy Forum on Tuesday.

Israel has declared UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres persona non grata, effectively barring him from visiting the country, according to AFP. The decision comes after Guterres did not issue a condemnation of the Iranian missile attack on Israel.