United Nations

A meeting of the UN Security Council. Photo: AFP

Malta once again punches above its weight

All 15 members of the Security Council voted in favour of the resolution

August 2, 2024| Ian Borg|4
Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya who was detained by Israeli forces since November, is welcomed by relatives after his release alongside other detainees, at Nasser hopsital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip July 1, 2024. Photo: AFP

UN slams 'unacceptable' treatment of Palestinian detainees

United Nations has long raised concern about conditions for detainees in Israeli prisons

July 3, 2024| AFP |12
Malta has one of the largest maritime flags in the world.

Malta to sign up to international maritime convention 

Verdala Castle to host UN convention focused on global shipping deal

June 18, 2024| James Cummings |4
Children wait for food being distributed at a camp for internally displaced people where they live due to the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on June 11. Photo: AFP

Child victims of war spiked in 2023 amid Gaza, Sudan crises: UN report

30,705 violations were committed against children last year, including 5,301 killings

June 12, 2024| AFP |4
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Photo: AFP

Blinken in Israel to push ceasefire plan for Gaza

The comes after the UN Security Council voted to adopt a 6-week ceasefire plan

June 11, 2024| AFP |8
The UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend UNAMI until the end of 2025 and then end it. Photo: UN

UN mission in Iraq to end after two decades

UN Security Council decides to end 700-person UNAMI mission at Baghdad's request

June 1, 2024| AFP |4
Through international cooperation and technology transfer, IP can play a pivotal role in building a more inclusive and sustainable future. Photo: Shutterstock.com

IP and the SDGs: building our common future with innovation and creativity

Intellectual property is a powerful enabler of progress towards the UN’s sustainable development goals, driving innovation, economic growth and social development

May 30, 2024| Simon Mangion|0
Nikki Haley writing on the shell. Photo: Twitter/Danny Danon

'Finish them': Nikki Haley writes on Israeli shell, MP says

Former US presidential hopeful met Danny Danon a former ambassador to the UN at border with Lebanon

May 29, 2024| AFP |94
Juliana Scerri Ferrante is the first Maltese to be elected to the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child. Photo: Foreign Affairs Ministry

Juliana Scerri Ferrante first Maltese elected to UN's children' rights committee

Scerri Ferrante will start the four-year term on March 1 2025

May 24, 2024| Times of Malta |11
Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip from a position in southern Israel on May 12, 2024, amid ongoing fighting in the Palestinian territory. Photo: AFP

UN chief calls for 'immediate' Gaza ceasefire, hostage release

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed more than 34,971 people in Gaza

May 12, 2024| AFP |6
A Palestinian child checks the rubble of a house hit by overnight Israeli bombing in Rafah yesterday. Photo: AFP Inset, top: Vanessa Frazier at the UN headquarters. Photo: UN/Mark Garten. Inset, bottom: Ian Borg: “We musn’t lose heart.”

Watch: Malta’s UN envoy, minister on risk of war spreading and sleepless nights

Ian Borg, Vanessa Frazier express disappointment in UN vetoes

April 22, 2024| Mark Laurence Zammit |34
Palestine's ambassador to Malta Fadi Hanania said he appreciated Malta putting the Palestinian question on the agenda at the UN. Photo: DOI.

Palestine ambassador 'appreciates' Malta's efforts at UN

US veto “unethical, unfair and unjust", ambassador says

April 20, 2024| James Cummings |21
Ian Borg addressed the Council hours after an apparent strike by Isreal on Iran. Photo: UN Photo/Manuel Elías

Don't despair or lose heart, Malta tells UN amid rising tensions in Middle East

Ian Borg addressed UN Security Council in New York as chair of the world's largest regional security body

April 19, 2024| Mark Laurence Zammit |11
The moment the US vetoed the resolution. Photo: AFP

US veto spoils Palestine's chance to join the United Nations

UN Security Council chair Malta voted in favour; UK and Switzerland abstained

April 19, 2024| AFP, Mark Laurence Zammit |133
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan warned the UN Security Council against voting to admit the Palestinians as UN members.. Photos: AFP, MFET

Israeli, Palestinian ambassadors face off at tense Security Council meeting

Maltese foreign minister calls for immediate de-escalation and restraint

April 18, 2024| AFP, Mark Laurence Zammit |35
Malta will be chairing an hours-long, open debate at the UN headquarters in New York City on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Palestinian bid for UN membership appears doomed as US veto looms

The UN Security Council, chaired by Malta, is expected to vote on Thursday or Friday

April 18, 2024| Mark Laurence Zammit, AFP |13
General view of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at UN headquarters in New York on April 17, 2024.

Uncertainty surrounds UN Palestinian membership vote

Malta's diplomatic mission, which holds the presidency of the Security Council, has yet to confirm a schedule

April 18, 2024| AFP |3
Ian Borg is the president of the UN Security Council for the month of April. Photo: MFET

Ian Borg wants UN's most powerful body to include youth in decision-making

Malta chairs UN Security Council meeting in New York

April 17, 2024| Mark Laurence Zammit, AFP |20
AFP file photo of Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of February Ambassador Vanessa Frazier speaking during a UN Security Council meeting.

Security Council to vote Thursday on Palestinian state UN membership

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed over 33,000 people in Gaza

April 17, 2024| AFP |6
AFP file photo of Maltese Ambassador Vanessa Frazier who confirmed the council will discuss Palestinians' request this month.

Palestine's bid for UN membership to be decided during Malta's presidency

Security Council reviews Palestinian bid for full UN membership

April 10, 2024| AFP, Times of Malta |11
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. After more than five mont

Palestinians relaunch bid to become UN member state

Security Council president Malta says talks to be held 'on a way forward'

April 3, 2024| AFP |15
The UN Security Council on Monday voting in favour of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Photo: AFP

Foreign minister calls on Israel to respect resolution

Malta will chair the UN Security Council during April

March 29, 2024| Daniel Ellul |37
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes abstain during a vote on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. Photo: AFP

US disappointed by cancellation of Israeli visit: White House

Israel said US abstention in UN Security vote 'hurt Israel's fight against Hamas'

March 25, 2024| AFP |20
Youths watch from afar as people search the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Asra residential compound, northwest of Nuseirat in the Gaza Strip, on March 25, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict. Photo: AFP

UN Security Council for first time demands 'immediate' Gaza ceasefire

The US abstained

March 25, 2024| AFP, Times of Malta |6
A Palestinian girl wearing a pink dress stands amidst the ruins of the Al-Faruq Mosque that was destroyed during Israeli bombardment, in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip on March 22, 2024. Photo: AFP

UN chief Guterres to visit Gaza border on Saturday

Around 1.5 million people are crowded into Rafah

March 23, 2024| AFP |1
Palestinian children play with a toy car on a street damaged by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 22, 2024. Photo: AFP

Russia, China veto US Security Council bid on Gaza 'ceasefire'

US vetoed similar ceasefire resolutions three times

March 22, 2024| AFP, Times of Malta |14
Smoke billowing in the Gaza strip. Photo: AFP

UN Security Council to vote on Gaza ceasefire with uncertain outcome

The United States is under strong international pressure to soften its support for key ally Israel

March 22, 2024| AFP |6
A displaced Palestinian woman feeds her child before the fast breaking meal on the second day of Ramadan. Photo: AFP

EU's Josep Borrell says hunger being used as 'war arm' in Gaza

'A manmade humanitarian crisis'

March 12, 2024| AFP |14
Farrugia will remain based in Malta but will frequently commute to the IMO's London headquarters. Photo: DOI - Jason Borg

Aaron Farrugia approved as International Maritime Organisation ambassador

Farrugia will be based in Malta and will keep his seat as Labour MP

March 11, 2024| Mark Laurence Zammit |33
Aid parcels are airdropped over the northern Gaza Strip on March 8, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict. The US military said it carried out a fresh aid airdrop of aid into Gaza - its third in less than a week. Photo: AFP

US proposal to build aid port off Gaza 'cynical': UN expert

30,878 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Gaza since October

March 8, 2024| AFP |28