As ceasefire sits on the brink of collapse, MPs’ report paints a damning picture of Britain’s bombing campaign Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The Government is failing to implement its policy of making war on Isis in Syria which it was supposed to have launched nine months ago after rancorous debate. A […]
The Russian Defence Ministry has denied its air force targeted humanitarian workers and said drone footage from the incident shows a rebel vehicle carrying a heavy mortar was travelling alongside the convoy Bethan McKernan Beirut Food, medical supplies and winter clothes for 78,000 people en route to Urum al-Kubra, near Aleppo, were […]
Sep 20 2016 / 11:47 am If Obama really wanted to pressure Netanyahu, he would have used the aid agreement as leverage. By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth The announcement last week by the United States of the largest military aid package in its history – to Israel – was a […]
TERROR Published September 19, 2016 Associated Press FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2016, file photo, British lawyer Amal Clooney attends a press conference with former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed in London. Clooney is pushing for the United Nations to investigate and prosecute Islamic State commanders for genocide. Clooney wants […]
REPORT Michael Ignatieff, Juliette Keeley, Betsy Ribble, and Keith McCammon Monday, September 12, 2016he full report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On September 20 at the United Nations in New York, President Obama convenes a Leaders’ Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis. This follows the Secretary-General’s High-Level Summit on Refugees and Migrants the […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP NICOSIA PublishedSeptember 14, 2016 Anastasiades (L), Akıncı (R) and Eide (C) arrive to give a press conference following a meeting on the ongoing peace talks on Sept. 14, 2016 at the now defunct Nicosia airport in the UN-controlled buffer zone. (AFP Photo) Cypriot leaders will […]
SOURCE: Swiss Info By Duc-Quang Nguyen With nearly 30% of the population born outside of its borders, Switzerland is one of the European countries with the highest proportion of foreigners. Globally, the Gulf countries host the most migrants. Still, contrary to popular belief, these rates have remained relatively stable over […]
Sep 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – KEVIN RUDD As the existing international order becomes more fragmented, strong global-governance institutions are crucial for addressing the world’s strategic, economic and sustainability challenges. And yet, rarely have our existing institutions — including, above all, the United Nations — been frailer. The UN is […]
Sep 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jeffrey D. Sachs Syria’s civil war is the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet. Since early 2011, hundreds of thousands have died; around 10 million Syrians have been displaced; Europe has been convulsed with Daesh terror and the political fallout of refugees; and […]
Rising infant mortality rate in Gaza ‘shocking indicator of grim situation’ By AFP – Sep 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian boy sits in the living room of his family house following Israeli artillery shelling in town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday (AP photo) GENEVA […]
August 30, 2016 Ediotr’s Note; We found this analysis of why Western powers got involved in the Syrian war in EcoWatch. We then asked Tikkun contributing editor Stephen Zunes for his response. Both are printed below. One thing stands out for us: though Obama assured me when he met with me […]
Aug 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Syrian air strikes against Al Waer, near Homs, should have been expected. Al Waer, a large built-up district, is the last under insurgent control in Homs province and remains a potential threat to the government-held city of Homs. Insurgent holdouts from Al […]
The ban on burkinis in France is not only ‘‘a grave and illegal breach of fundamental freedoms’‘ but a ‘‘stupid reaction’‘ to recent terror attacks, the UN human rights office has said. Demanding its immediate end, a spokesperson for the rights agency insisted the suspension had only succeeded in increasing […]
Source: Politico By SAMUEL OAKFORD The United Nations has long been bullied by its most powerful members, and U.N. secretaries-general have usually been forced to grit their teeth and take […]
Source. Balkan Insight Among all criteria which may be of interest for the UN members, there is a strong international movement to elect for the first time a woman Secretary-General. That element in the complex election puzzle should not be ignored. The global trend in this aspect will have its […]
Elizabeth Wilmshurst By acting in defiance of the UN charter, as I warned when I was a Foreign Office lawyer in 2003, we put our reputation at risk. So it has proved ‘Lord Goldsmith, who as attorney general constitutionally had the last word, had given a provisional view that a […]
By AFP – Jul 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES UNITED NATIONS — A much-awaited report by the Middle East quartet demands that Israel take urgent steps to halt the expansion of settlements in Palestinian territories, the UN envoy said Thursday. Nickolay Mladenov told the Security Council that ongoing Israeli construction […]
Quartet report on the frozen peace process is expected to be released this week, as the UN secretary general marks his last year in office. Barak Ravid Jun 28, 2016 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a joint press conference […]
By Anna Behrend AFP A slum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (archive photo) The UN is celebrating: Hunger and poverty around the world are in decline according to data from the global body. But that success is not nearly as great if you scrutinize the numbers. The stink is unbearable, garbage […]
Rohingya families get their share of the food aid the Organization of Islamic Cooperation distributed through the group HUMANiTi Malaysia recently. (OIC photo via Arab News) JEDDAH: More than 1,100 Rohingya families displaced from their homes in Myanmar received food aid from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) during […]