United Nations
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:49
The U.S. Department of Defense has warned that the growing terrorist presence in Mali threatens U.S. citizens and interests in the region, even leaving embassies vulnerable to attack... In a few days, the newest United Nations peacekeeping mission will commence in the northern African nation with 12,640 boots on the ground. They will begin the essential process of rebuilding the Malian security sector, disarming militias, and strengthening Mali's state police, which ultimately will reduce the likelihood that attacks like these will threaten more innocent lives.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 07:48
United Nations should consider deploying surveillance drones and helicopter gunships in South Sudan because peacekeepers are struggling to protect civilians from violence and rights abuses, the U.N. special envoy to South Sudan said.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 09:16
Spokesperson Jen Psaki addresses chemical weapons usage in Syria, U.S. assistance to Egypt, Secretary Kerry's speech to the American Jewish Community, the kidnapping of Americans in Mexico, and the ongoing protests in Turkey.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 08:24
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will chair a meeting of the U.N. Security Council later this month aimed at strengthening efforts to achieve peace in Central Africa’s Great Lakes region.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - 06:50
The transfer of command will bring in soldiers from beyond Africa and eventually see the operation more than double in size.
RE: elections:
"Pressing ahead within the existing timeline could lead to a chaotic and contested vote and a new president without the legitimacy essential for the country's recovery," ICG said.
Diplomats say Western nations led by France and the U.S. are pushing for the date to be maintained as the current interim administration is unable to tackle Mali's problems.
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 14:01
The United States strongly condemns the shelling of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) interim headquarters today in Kadugli, Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state reportedly by elements of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), which killed one United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) peacekeeper from Ethiopia and wounded two others.
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 13:50
Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Zamir Akram, co-Chaired the 5th round of the US-Pakistan Security, Strategic Stability, and Nonproliferation (SSS&NP) Working Group in Washington on May 30, 2013.
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 13:33
The United States welcomes the Preliminary Agreement on Presidential Elections and Inclusive Peace Talks in Mali signed by the interim Government of Mali and northern armed groups.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 09:56
Every June, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime issues a report with the results of its efforts to monitor coca cultivation in the Andean region. The report has not been officially released yet, but some media outlets have gotten their hands on the new cultivation numbers for Colombia.
Monday, September 28, 2009 - 13:30
This post was written by WOLA intern Ursela Groat The 18th of September marked the end of a twelve day fact-finding mission to Colombia by Margaret Sekaggya, the UNHCR Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. In her statement on the 18th of September, Ms.