Russia leads terrorism session as UN world gathering resumes

Wednesday September 30, 2015

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, of Russia, addresses the 2015 Sustainable Development Summit, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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UNITED NATIONS — Russia's foreign minister is hosting a U.N. Security Council meeting on fighting terrorism, reinforcing a theme dominating much of this week's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.

Conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Africa have sparked a mass exodus of people to Europe. Migration will be the subject of a high-level session Wednesday on the sidelines of the General Assembly's annual ministerial meeting.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will also be on agenda, with the so-called Quartet of Mideast mediators — the United Nations, the United States, the European Union and Russia — meeting alone first and then with key Mideast nations to discuss reviving long-stalled peace negotiations.

The Palestinians also plan a ceremony where President Mahmoud Abbas will raise their flag at the U.N. for the first time.

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