Source: Swiss Info By Frédéric Burnand and Andreas Gefe (illustration) Frédéric Burnand and Andreas Gefe (illustration) Is the international order capable of meeting the enormous challenges facing states and societies […]
Speech Statement by UK Minister of State for the UN and the Commonwealth, Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Freedom […]
Jan 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL When the UN Security Council met on Saturday to consider the US request for a formal meeting on the evolving situation in Venezuela and […]
Jul 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The UN General Assembly (UNGA) ended on Thursday another round of debate on how to extend protection to civilians caught in an armed conflict, whether […]
By Rita Emch in New York This content was published on January 19, 2018 Antonio Gutérres says he wants to reshape the UN’s unwieldy bureaucracy and structure(Keystone) Urgent […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL IHA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that the United Nations had “collapsed” in the face of events in Gaza where Israeli […]
We still face a very serious divide on Syria — Guterres By AFP – Apr 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (right) and Sweden’s Prime Minister […]
Jul 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The United Nations was established more than 70 years ago. Any objective assessment of its function would likely yield a poor outcome. The UN Charter was signed on June 26, 1945. The purpose of the organisation was defined in Article 1. It […]
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 […]
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 […]
AFP | Jan 21, 2013 | 22:46 Updated: Jan 21, 2013 | 22:46 THE HAGUE — Lawyers defending Muammar Qadhafi’s son Seif Al Islam at the International Criminal Court on Monday accused Libyan authorities of conducting a “Kafka-esque show trial” after he appeared in a court in his homeland for […]
EDITH M. LEDERER | ARABNEWS Tuesday 11 December 2012 UNITED NATIONS: France circulated a UN Security Council resolution Monday that would authorize the deployment of an African-led force to oust […]
Syria has presented the UN Security Council a list of 143 foreign citizens killed in Syria fighting government troops. Damascus hopes the move will force the UN to declare the […]
by Rita Emch in New York, swissinfo.ch Switzerland and four other states have submitted a draft resolution with proposals for improving the working methods of the United Nations’ most powerful organ. The aim of the reforms submitted to the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday by the “Small […]
UNITED NATIONS/ NABLUS — The Palestinian leadership on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to visit the occupied territories to see the impact of Israel’s settlement campaign. The Palestinian […]
DAMASCUS (AFP) – The Arab League threatened on Saturday to take Syria to the UN for procrastinating over its deadly crackdown on dissent, as an Iraqi mediator reported “positive” talks […]
