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As António Guterres opens his final year as U.N. chief, the press corps turns the daily briefing into a test of credibility — pressing officials on Iran contacts, Gaza demolitions and internal accountability. The result is a sharper, more skeptical exchange that exposes the widening gap between diplomatic language and on-the-ground realities.

A routine U.N. briefing turned into a sharp exchange as journalists pressed officials on Gaza’s fragile ceasefire, rising violence in Iran and the politics of humanitarian funding. The questioning exposed growing skepticism toward diplomatic language and highlighted the widening gap between official optimism and realities on the ground.

The president of the U.N. General Assembly warned Wednesday that the multilateral system faces an existential moment as she fielded sharp questioning from journalists on the next secretary-general race, U.N. funding shortfalls and Israel’s restrictions on UNRWA. The sustained exchange revealed a press corps increasingly focused not on ceremony, but on whether the institution’s processes still carry real credibility.

At the Jan. 13 U.N. briefing, journalists sharply challenged officials over Iran’s protest death toll, Trump’s rhetoric, and the limits of U.N. action, turning the room into a test of credibility. Grim updates from Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza underscored the scale of global crises — and the widening gap between humanitarian need and political leverage.

Senior UN officials warned the Security Council that Ukraine’s civilian crisis is worsening as large-scale Russian strikes continue to devastate infrastructure and communities. Member states clashed sharply over responsibility, with European nations condemning Moscow, China urging negotiations without sanctions, and Russia denying civilian targeting. The divide underscored the gap between diplomatic rhetoric and the urgent humanitarian reality on the ground.

At the U.N.’s Jan. 12 briefing, grim updates on Ukraine, Iran, Gaza, Sudan and Syria collided with increasingly sharp questioning from journalists. What emerged was no longer a routine diplomatic update, but a live test of credibility, accountability and the limits of multilateralism.

Washington is no longer pursuing dramatic regime change. It is reshaping power from within. Across Venezuela, Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Iran, the pattern is clear: exiled figures are sidelined while insiders with institutional control are favored. The goal has shifted from democratic idealism to stability and manageability. This approach may bring short-term order but risks delaying deeper political reckoning.

The U.N. Secretary-General has condemned the deadly crackdown on protests in Iran, calling for restraint and the restoration of communications as reports mount of deaths, injuries, and widespread use of force against demonstrators.

By ATN News Team UNHQ, New York : The United Nations on Friday issued a series of grim warnings from conflict zones across the globe condemning new Russian strikes on Ukraine, warning of escalating violence in Syria, and marking 1,000 days of war in Sudan with some of the bleakest humanitarian figures yet.   But inside the briefing room at U.N. Headquarters, it was the exchange with journalists sharp, persistent and increasingly legalistic that revealed a deeper tension: a p

As Washington moves to withdraw from multiple U.N. bodies and withhold funding, the daily U.N. press briefing turns into a tense exchange, revealing a press corps increasingly willing to challenge the limits of multilateralism, accountability, and the Secretary-General’s authority in a rapidly fragmenting world order.