United Nations
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 07:44
Egypt underwent its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in four years on November 5. Egypt’s three-hour UPR witnessed statements from Egypt and other member states, with over a hundred member states offering recommendations.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 07:41
20th Session of the Universal Periodic Review
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America
As delivered by
Ambassador Keith Harper
U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Council
Geneva,
November 5, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 06:48
The United States is considering imposing sanctions on Libya's combative factions to try to prevent a proxy conflict fueled by regional powers from erupting into full-blown civil war and force militant leaders to negotiate, U.S. officials said.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 12:35
The United States and other countries on Wednesday slammed the human rights situation in Egypt at a United Nations meeting reviewing the country's record for the first time since the 2011 ouster of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 05:36
Mali’s foreign minister urged the United Nations on Wednesday to consider creating a rapid intervention force to fight extremist groups in the African country’s troubled north, warning that the region “once again runs the risk of becoming the destination of hordes of terrorists.”
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 06:43
The United States said on Tuesday that the American-led airstrikes against the Islamic State — carried out in Syria without seeking the permission of the Syrian government or the United Nations Security Council — were legal because they were done in defense of Iraq.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 06:18
President Barack Obama will meet with Sam Kutesa, the controversial Ugandan diplomat serving as president of the United Nations General Assembly, on Wednesday in a move that is sure to frustrate rights activists who say Kutesa's support for virulently anti-gay legislation makes him unfit to lead the world's parliament.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 08:53
The UN says one of its cargo helicopters has crashed in South Sudan, with unconfirmed reports saying it was shot down.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 07:42
As Kurdish and Iraqi forces backed by American jets battled to dislodge Islamic militants from areas around Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that it was planning one of its biggest aid operations in recent years.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 07:13
UN human rights experts have condemned the increased prosecution of human rights activists in Azerbaijan and urged Baku to "reverse the trend of repression."