On November 11, the UN Security Council conducted open debates on the Protection of civilians in armed conflicts, which are dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the first introduction of this important issue in the Security Council. The Foreign Minister of Austria, Michael Spindelegger arrived to New York to preside over this momentous event. Azerbaijan and Armenia debated exchanging views on the role of the authorities in protecting civilians during armed conflicts.

A number of media outlets report that the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations organized a panel discussion on the “Situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan”.

The president of Venezuela just spoke at the UN conference this afternoon and just finished his speech with a song and a testimony to Christ's Kindom and the future of the world.

According to Fox News the government of Libya has rented a property in New York from Donald Trump to pitch a tent for its president Muammar Qaddafi, where he will stay and entertain guests during his visit to United Nations conference. Apparently Donald Trump did not know about it.

The United Nations is appealing for more than $500 million to assist nearly 2 million Pakistanis displaced by fighting between army troops and Taliban militants in Swat Valley. The United Nations says the scale and speed of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Pakistan is extraordinary.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has been named a special envoy to the Caribbean nation of Haiti on behalf of the United Nations.

(Westminster, UK) The influential British parliamentarian, Lee Scott, MP for Ilford North, 'stood up for autism' and urged others to do so on the United Nations World Autism Awareness Day on Thursday 2nd April 2009.

It is hard to imagine how much worse the situation could get, but the confrontation in Gaza could see a dangerous escalation in the coming days as Iran threatens to break the Israeli blockade and deliver urgently needed medical supplies and other aid to the coastal strip.

Susan Rice has been nominated as future U.N. Ambassador by President-elect Barack Obama.

Seven years ago, a group of mostly Saudi terrorists hijacked airliners and flew them into New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Now, Saudi King Abdullah has flown to New York to urge world leaders at the UN to find ways of bridging the divide between Islam and the West.

In 2006 North Korea conducted a nuclear test, albeit almost comically small. Since then a series of negotiations had produced a Feb. 2007 disarmament-for-aid agreement which resulted in the dismantling of the Yongbyon nuclear plant. However, on Wednesday North Korea backed away from the agreement, expelling U.N. inspectors and vowing the restart the plant, which can make weapons-grade plutonium.