MKA Archive: On November 14th, 2014 a historic conference will be held by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association at 1 UN Plaza in New York City. The event will be attended by UN delegates, academics, and other officials and offer “Islamic Solutions to Muslim Youth Radicalization.” Huzoor (aba) graciously approved […]
The Development Set Excuse me, friends, I must catch my jet- I’m off to join the Development Set; My bags are packed, and I’ve had all my shots, I have travelers’ checks, and pi;;s for the trots The Development Set is bright and noble, Our thoughts are deep and our […]
GAZA CITY: The Hamas militant group says it opposes a UN reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip following a 50-day war against Israel this summer. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri on Sunday called the UN mechanism “unacceptable, inefficient.” The UN announced the plan in September, creating a system to bring […]
Daily Times: UNITED NATIONS: The increasing use of armed drones within domestic law enforcement risks depersonalizing the use of force and infringing upon the rights of individual citizens, a United […]
The UN special envoy on Ebola says he hopes that the outbreak can be brought under control within three months. David Nabarro told the BBC the number of Ebola cases was currently increasing exponentially, but greater community awareness would help contain the virus. People were becoming aware that isolating those infected was […]
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has called for peace in Libya during a surprise visit to Tripoli as part of a UN-brokered reconciliation process. On his first visit since 2011, when Col Muammar Gaddafi was ousted, he told MPs meeting at a hotel in the city there was “no […]
GENEVA: Thousands of people “will most likely be massacred” if Kobani falls to Islamic State fighters, a UN envoy said on Friday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian […]
Mr. President, At the outset, I wish to extend our sincere congratulations upon your election as President of the United Nations General Assembly this session and to express our gratitude […]
Mr. President, At the outset, I wish to extend our sincere congratulations upon your election as President of the United Nations General Assembly this session and to express our gratitude […]
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/us/2014/09/11/orig-jag-potus-on-isis.cnn By Z. Byron Wolf, CNN updated 9:46 AM EDT, Thu September 11, 2014 (CNN) — When President Obama announced his plan Wednesday night to launch air strikes in Syria against ISIS, he […]
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/us/2014/09/11/orig-jag-potus-on-isis.cnn By Z. Byron Wolf, CNN updated 9:46 AM EDT, Thu September 11, 2014 (CNN) — When President Obama announced his plan Wednesday night to launch air strikes in Syria against ISIS, he […]
Published: 08 Sep 2014 THELOCAL.CH The jihadist militants who have seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria are intent upon creating “a house of blood”, the UN’s new human rights […]
Published: 08 Sep 2014 THELOCAL.CH The jihadist militants who have seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria are intent upon creating “a house of blood”, the UN’s new human rights […]
theguardian: by Oliver Milman — In maiden speech, new high commissioner will point to a ‘chain of human rights violations’ in detention of asylum seekers Asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Photograph: Eoin Blackwell/AAP The new United Nations high commissioner for human rights will use […]
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — Simply open your mouth on Israel-Palestine, and faster than you can blink you’ll be labeled either a heartless Zionist or a Hamas terrorist. Both extreme labels are equally fruitless. If we cannot find a middle ground in dialogue, how can we expect Israel and […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Amaar Ahmad, Ph.D Electrical Engineering, Virgina Tech In this day and age, fortunately we also hear voices of reason that invite all nations towards peace. His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, has been inviting world leaders to resolve conflicts through dialogue. […]
Source: The Guardian UK By Geoffrey Robertson The security council will be vetoed, but now that Palestine is a state there’s another route to justice For three weeks, the world has […]
GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields. […]
theguardian: by Giles Fraser — For decades now the United Nations has been unable to agree a definition of terrorism. Even our own supreme court recently concluded that there is no internationally agreed definition. The stumbling block has been that western governments want states and state agents to be exempt […]
theguardian: by Julian Borger and Peter Beaumont — Netanyahu shrugs off foreign criticism after top UN human rights official warns that air strikes could violate international law The UN’s top human rights official has called for an investigation into Israeli air strikes on Gaza, on the grounds that the targeting of […]