United Nations

U.N. Pursues Bid to Stifle Rebels in Iraq
Friday, August 15, 2014 - 08:07
Galvanized by the brutality of Islamist militants marauding through Iraq, the United Nations Security Council appeared set to approve a resolution on Friday aimed at severely weakening them by choking their sources of money, weapons and foreign recruits.
Saudi Arabia gives $100 million to U.N. Counterterrorism Center
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:54
Saudi Arabia donated $100 million Wednesday to a U.N. body established to coordinate and assist international counter­terrorism efforts and called on other nations to match its support.
East Africa seeks help to stem surge in heroin smuggling: U.N.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 07:00
East African states worried by a surge in heroin smuggling via their Indian Ocean ports want to boost intelligence sharing and possibly try suspected traffickers in local courts, an official at the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (ODC) said on Monday.
WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement about the situation in Iraq: "The President's decision to use force in Iraq was appropriate given the circumstances. We must all understand that ISI
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 08:00
The newly inaugurated Libyan parliament has threatened to act against warring militias who don't abide by its call for an immediate cease-fire, which it says will be supervised by the United Nations.
UN Chief Urges End To Violence In Nagorno-Karabakh
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 06:59
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Azerbaijani and Armenian forces to abstain from violence and adhere to their cease-fire agreement after days of deadly skirmishes in the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
U.N. Says ‘Evidence’ Points to Israel in Gaza School Attack
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 06:58
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that “all available evidence” suggested that Israeli artillery had hit a United Nations school in Gaza full of civilians who thought they were in a safe zone.
South Sudan’s Machar welcomes newly appointed UNMISS chief
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 07:18
Former vice-president Riek Machar, who leads a rebel faction of the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement in Opposition has welcomed Ellen Margrethe Loj, the newly appointed head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and pledged to fully cooperate with her.
U.N. accuses Islamic State of executions, rape, child abuse in Iraq
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 08:37
At least 5,576 Iraqi civilians have been killed this year in violence, the U.N. said in the most detailed account yet of the impact of months of unrest culminating in advances by Sunni militants led by the al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State, formerly known as ISIL, across the north.
United Nations Being Sued for Haitian Cholera Outbreak
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 07:49
Forensic studies have determined that the cholera outbreak was caused by an Asian strain of the Vibrio cholera bacteria, which was brought to Haiti by Nepalese members of the United Nations’ peacekeeping forces. Due to lack of proper oversight and management by the U.N. engineer-in-charge, an inadequate sanitation system left Haitians vulnerable to the disease.
U.N. Council, in Unanimous Vote, Backs Aid Delivery to Syrians in Rebel Areas
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 07:54
Despite objections by Syria’s government, the United Nations Security Council voted 15 to 0 on Monday to authorize cross-border convoys of emergency aid for millions of deprived Syrian civilians in rebel-held areas, without prior approval by the Syrian authorities.

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