Enshrined Impotence. Germany Joins a Dysfunctional Security Council
Germany is once again part of the UN Security Council for a two-year stint. But the council’s inability to put a stop to the violence in Syria and Yemen in […]
A welcome resolution
A welcome resolution Nov 22,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The just-adopted UN Security Council resolution on combating terrorism in Syria and Iraq came at the initiative of France, which is still reeling from last week’s multiple terrorist attacks by Daesh in its capital, Paris. The unanimously adopted resolution defined terrorism as […]
Terrorism is the greatest challenge to world peace — Crown Prince of Jordan
by Jordan Times, April 23, 2015 HRH Prince Hussein chairs a UN Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court ) AMMAN — HRH Crown […]
Pay attention to the U.N. Security Council
SuSmmary SUMMARY by Rami G. Khouri In the coming weeks, an important debate will take place at the U.N. Security Council on draft resolutions to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Second, that direct Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli negotiations have taken place almost nonstop since the early 1970s – nearly half […]
Arab League, OIC, Turkey, UAE join anti-UN chorus
Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby, Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and Turkish President Abdullah Gul rallied behind Saudi Arabia’s decision to reject a seat on the UN […]
‘Palestinian UN non-state bid this month’
RAMALLAH — The Palestinians will submit a bid to the General Assembly for non-state membership of the United Nations later this month, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday. “We’re going […]