Press briefing – General Affairs Council of 22 September 2026
Press briefing ahead of the upcoming General Affairs Council will take place on Friday, 18 September 2026 at 15.00
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World News in Brief: Shipping alert from IMO, democracy vanishing in Nicaragua, alert over political ‘denialism’
An official update from UN News concerning world. PRESS01 provides a direct route to the originating publication and its complete supporting context.
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World News in Brief: Shipping alert from IMO, democracy vanishing in Nicaragua, alert over political ‘denialism’
Amid a rising number of attacks on shipping in key waterways in the Middle East linked to the US-Iran war, the head…
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Repression continues in Venezuela in the face of ‘appalling’ human rights violations
In Venezuela’s El Rodeo maximum security prison, some of those detained for political reasons are subject to forced intubation – and prolonged…
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AI, climate and conflicts top Guterres’s agenda ahead of General Assembly
Ahead of the UN General Assembly’s high-level week, Secretary-General António Guterres said the world had entered “an era of deep uncertainty” and…
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Report warns of reprisals against those who engage with the UN on human rights
An official update from UN News concerning world. PRESS01 provides a direct route to the originating publication and its complete supporting context.
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Report warns of reprisals against those who engage with the UN on human rights
Activists, lawyers and others who cooperate with the United Nations on human rights continue to face intimidation and reprisals, according to a…
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The world comes to New York: What’s at stake at UN General Assembly high-level week
Each September, New York becomes the centre of global diplomacy as presidents, prime ministers, ministers and diplomats from around the world gather…
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ETS: Council agrees targeted measure to protect energy-intensive sectors from carbon leakage
An official update from Council of the European Union — Press Releases concerning politics. PRESS01 links readers directly to the originating publication…
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ETS: Council agrees targeted measure to protect energy-intensive sectors from carbon leakage
Today the Council set its position on a revised law to increase, from 2026 to 2030, free carbon allowances for the sectors…
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Press remarks by the Eurogroup President after his meeting with Lars Klingbeil, Vice Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Finance
An official update from Council of the European Union — Press Releases concerning politics. PRESS01 links readers directly to the originating publication…
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Press remarks by the Eurogroup President after his meeting with Lars Klingbeil, Vice Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Finance
Press remarks by the Eurogroup President after his meeting with Lars Klingbeil, Vice Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Finance on…
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