Overview

• Opening the 80th session in New York, António Guterres called the two‑state formula the only viable path to peace and pressed for a permanent Gaza ceasefire, immediate hostage releases, and unhindered humanitarian access.
• Guterres cautioned that cuts to development and relief funding are creating chaos, calling them a death sentence for many and a stolen future for others.
• Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon said the delegation will skip the high‑level Gaza meeting, calling the timing on a Jewish holiday evidence of UN hypocrisy.
• Roughly 150 leaders are in attendance, with Brazil’s Lula speaking first under UN tradition and President Donald Trump expected, according to US media and White House sources, to cast himself as a peacemaker and criticize globalist ideologies.
• Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived at UN headquarters, with her address scheduled for Wednesday, and Turkish media reported President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s microphone was cut during a preparatory Palestine conference.