Middle East crisis: Live updates for 11 December

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As the crisis in the Middle East rages on, we are taking you into UN Headquarters in New York and through the region, including live coverage as the General Assembly is set to vote on a ceasefire in Gaza, the Security Council meets on the situation in Yemen and colleagues share the latest reports on Lebanon, Syria and more.

Forging Peace in Syria: Great opportunities, grave risks

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Following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime on Sunday, Syria has entered a period of profound uncertainty, and the UN will have a vital role in ensuring an orderly transition to renewed, stable institutions, continuing efforts to bring together different groups and factions which began at the outset of war in 2011.

Live: Human Rights Day around the world

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Human Rights Day, marked annually on 10 December, will focus on the theme Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now, and we will bring you to UN Headquarters in Geneva and New York and every region of the world, with dispatches from colleagues on the ground from Gaza and Georgia to Nepal and Nicaragua. UN News app users can follow our live coverage here. 

Six bold environmental leaders named 2024 Champions of the Earth

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Brazil’s first-ever Minister of Indigenous Peoples and an initiative promoting sustainable agriculture in Egypt are among the six recipients of the 2024 Champions of the Earth award, announced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday.