The ticking time bomb of refugees
Mohamed Baderledin, Thursday 1 Sep 2022 Worsening conflicts throughout the world have contributed to growing numbers of refugees, as a recent UN report reveals, writes Mohamed Baderledin Afghan refugees rest […]
Gloomy 2023
Dec 28,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The New Year is certain to be dominated by destructive policies adopted in 2022 by global, regional, national and local authorities. On […]
Alcohol
9 May 2022 Key facts Overview Alcohol is a psychoactive substance with dependence-producing properties that has been widely used in many cultures for centuries. The harmful use of alcohol causes a high burden of disease and has significant social and economic consequences. The harmful use of alcohol can also result […]
UN human rights chief says UK should rethink plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
Rights and freedomHuman rights Exclusive: Volker Türk critical of scheme he considers ethically problematic and believes government must look again at how to deal with people-smuggling gangs and the treatment […]
Justice for colonial crimes and how a new UN Forum could help
International Geneva Namibian Jephta Nguherimo recently came to address the first United Nations Forum on People of African Descent. He is fighting for reparations for his Herero people, who according […]
Angelina Jolie parts ways with UN refugee agency after 2 decades
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS DEC 16, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Actress Angelina Jolie, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) special envoy, gives a statement in Goudebou, a camp that […]
How the UN is correcting a historical wrong
Dec 13,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on May 15, 2023. The decision by the […]
How far can the ICC go in seeking out Israel for its crimes in Palestine?
December 8, 2022 at 9:30 am | Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, ICC, ICJ, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US Exterior view of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands [Ant Palmer/Getty Images] Dr Mustafa […]
Celebrating human rights day — a call for civic engagement
Dec 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / By Natheer Al Awamleh and Dominik Bartsch December 10 marks Human Rights Day, commemorating the 74th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration […]
Despite Zionist-Israeli denial of their rights, Palestinians have not disappeared
Dec 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The BBC recently broadcast an hour-long programme about the struggle of US natives to secure their legal rights in the state of […]
’Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction,’ warns UN chief
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the opening ceremony of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) at Plenary Hall of the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Montreal, […]
Wrong at the top of their voices
Dec 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The brilliant and incisive Palestinian American professor, Dr Ibrahim Abu Lughod, was a mentor who taught me some invaluable lessons about […]
Climate change now too serious to be left to the activists
JEAN PISANI-FERRY AND SELMA MAHFOUZ December 04, 2022 The outcome of this year’s UN Climate Change Conference — COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt — was a true disappointment. In the […]
Morocco and UNESCO to work together to protect Sub-Saharan heritage
A bronze plaque depicting historical events in West Africa’ is seen on display in Nigeria. (File/Reuters) Short Url Updated 29 November 2022 ARAB NEWS November 29, 2022 RABAT: The UN […]
Israel’s nuclear weapons are greatest threat to Middle East
Nov 29,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud As western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many western governments […]
World must force Israel to dismantle its nuclear arsenal
RAMZY BAROUD November 28, 2022 Short Url As Western countries float the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many of these governments continue […]
Palestine has ‘natural, legal right’ to become full state member of UN, Ambassador Riyad Mansour tells Arab News
Previous EXCLUSIVE 1 / 5 Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour attending a UN Security Council meeting in 2018. (AFP file) EXCLUSIVE 2 / 5 Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour (C) attends […]
Israel has only itself to blame for its referral to the ICJ
YOSSI MEKELBERG November 19, 2022 Israeli security forces hold back a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on November 19, 2022 (AFP) It remains to be […]
How Switzerland could help restore some UN credibility
Foreign affairs Series Peacekeeping, Episode 2: Switzerland will take up a historic first seat on the UN Security Council at the beginning of next year, vowing to promote peace, security […]
Refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants: challenging the misinformation
International Geneva Discussion of migration, asylum, and refugees is often misinformed, over politicised, and very heated. When government leaders repeatedly use words like “invasion”, “crisis”, or even, as I saw […]