Plenary Round-up – May II 2025

Plenary round-up – May II 2025

Written by Clare Ferguson and Katarzyna Sochacka. The second May plenary session in 2025 opened with Nataša Pirc Musar, President of the Republic of Slovenia, addressing Parliament in a formal sitting. Following her call for European solidarity, Members then debated the EU’s response to the Israeli government’s plan to seize the Gaza Strip, the urgent need for humanitarian support and for all hostages to be freed. Members also debated the Hungar…

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of May, to the Security Council Briefing on the humanitarian situation in Gaza

13 May 2025 I wish to thank the USG for Humanitarian Affairs Mr. Tom Fletcher, and the Director of the FAO Office in New York, Ms. Jacome, for their briefings today. Colleagues, No humanitarian aid has reached the people of Gaza, in more than two months. Their needs cannot wait; especially the needs of the most vulnerable groups, including children, at a time when the WFP’s food stocks are depleted and community kitchens continue to shut down. C…