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 […]
Israel should be demoted from full UN membership
Sep 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES . Michael Jansen The Palestinian Authority has once again called for the admission of Palestine to full United Nations membership and has been warned off […]
Dream of decisive victory undermines peacemaking for Ukraine war
BY FERHAT TUTKAL AUG 20, 2022 – DAILY SABAH The U.N. Security Council meets to vote on a resolution regarding Russian aggression in Ukraine, at the U.N. headquarters in New […]
Can Switzerland help make the UN more democratic?
Series Switzerland at the Security Council, Episode 1: The United Nations is facing a democracy deficit. As a prospective member of the powerful Security Council, Switzerland is keen to play […]
Crisis deepens in the international system and United Nations
BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN COLUMNS SEP 22, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3Flags of various countries are seen outside the building of the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. (Shutterstock Photo) We are living in an age […]
The pros and cons of the UN when it comes to Palestine
DAOUD KUTTAB September 16, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/rk9jv The Palestinian conflict has taken more of the UN’s time and energy than any other conflict in the world. This has been […]
Biden backs Gaza ceasefire for first time in call with Netanyahu
Close this content Barak RavidTue, May 18, 2021 Joe Biden Benjamin Netanyahu President Biden expressed support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in a call on Thursday evening with […]
Iran sanctions: nearly all UN security council unites against ‘unpleasant’ US
Letters from 13 of 15 members underscore US isolation as it seeks to ‘snap back’ measures against Tehran Mike Pompeo is flanked by the US ambassador to the United […]
Multilateralism in crisis Will the United Nations soon be obsolete?
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 […]
Partners in Peace in Mali
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 […]
Mishandling the Venezuelan conflict
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 […]
Simply shocking
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 […]
Foreign policy UN reforms in 2018 are top priority, says Swiss diplomat
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 […]
UN ‘collapsed’ in face of Gaza bloodshed by Israel, Erdoğan says
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 […]
UN Security Council meets over Syria in remote Swedish farmhouse
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 […]
Marginalising UN system
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 […]
Securing the UN’s future
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
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 […]
ICC lawyers slam Libya over Qadhafi son’s ‘Kafka-esque’ trial
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 […]
France and US at odds over Mali force
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 […]