United Nations
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:36
Syria is charging in a letter to the United Nations that opposition groups are planning a toxic gas attack in a rebel-held area near Damascus so they can then blame it on government security forces.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:24
“It is in its interest to show that Iran is not getting a free pass,” he said, adding that the United States cannot be seen as letting up pressure on sanctions, human rights or visas before it secures a deal.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:24
American officials, while rattled, said the Palestinians appeared to be using leverage against Israel rather than trying to scuttle the negotiations.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:11
Al Jazeera's Stephanie Dekker, reporting from Jerusalem, said: "Going to the UN means the potential of going for an independent state and of turning to the International Criminal Court."
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:10
Despite Palestinian push to join UN bodies, top US diplomat says it’s ‘premature’ to write off talks; meanwhile, WH has yet to decide on Pollard release
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 07:09
Last year the UN adopted Resolution 2098, allowing its troops to attack armed groups in Congo and leading to the defeat of the vicious M23 militia. The Security Council has voted to renew the resolution, but the battle for Africa's heartland is far from over.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 07:05
Of the 379,000 people affected by conflict in the ten North Darfur localities, more than 265,000 are under 18, and about 66,000 of them are under five.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 06:43
The heads of the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Refugee agency (UNHCR) today warned that the crisis in South Sudan could endanger millions of lives in the coming months if urgent action is not taken to put an end to the conflict and support the civilians who are struggling to survive.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 07:39
Our two white UN vehicles are carefully moving down the dusty and bumpy road between Kenema and Koindu in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. We pass dozens of burnt, abandoned ruins of what were once sturdy brick and stone homes, some with hundreds of bullet holes in their walls - eerie remnants of Sierra Leone's brutal civil war that started in this very spot.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 07:35
Millions of people around the world will continue to suffer the deadly consequences of the poorly regulated global trade in weapons until many more governments take rapid steps to bring the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) into force, Amnesty International warned a year after the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted the treaty.