UN wakes up to climate reality but future remains bleak
RANVIR S. NAYAR April 12, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/nzybw It is unusual to see the secretary-general of the UN lash out at global leaders. Thus, it was a surprise, albeit […]
2021 challenges for aid agencies
International Geneva It’s the last newsletter, and the last Inside Geneva podcast, of the year, and what better people to talk to than the humanitarian community?This content was published on […]
Why 19th-century diplomacy may be key to the 21st
ANDREW HAMMOND September 29, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/5ktxy In the past two centuries there have been fundamentally different approaches to the institutionalization of international relations. While the postwar era invested […]
Jordan, Egypt could join Quartet’s Mideast peace drive
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Ayman Safadi (L), French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and German Foreign Heiko Maas (R), attend […]
The immigration crisis in Lampedusa
by Greg Smitson July 28, 2020 In recent days on the Italian island of Lampedusa, arrived over a thousand illegal migrants and refugees from Libya and Tunisia. Local authorities announced the […]
Israel will discredit the ICC ahead of historic probe
Dec 24,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Five years after joining the International Criminal Court (ICC) and asking it to investigate Israeli war crimes, the Palestinian Authority (PA) […]
As a former UN special rapporteur, the coup in Venezuela reminds me of the rush to war in Iraq
Oil rich states such as Iraq and Libya were devastated after concerted campaigns of misinformation. US attempts to provoke conflict in the Latin American country have marked similiarities Alfred de […]
UN seeks $5.5b to help countries hosting Syria refugees
By AFP – Dec 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugee children ride their bicycles at Azraq refugee camp, near Al Azraq city, Jordan, December 8 (Reuters photo) AMMAN — The United […]
UK tables UN security council resolution calling for Yemen truce
US response to UK push for ceasefire in port city of Hodeidah remains unclear Julian Borger in Washington Bethan McKernan in Beirut First published on Mon 19 Nov 2018 […]
No justice Del Ponte criticises UN, Swiss attorney general
November 18, 2018 Swiss prosecutor Carla del Ponte gave a scathing critique of the United Nations in an interview published on Sunday. She also took aim at Switzerland’s attorney […]
Inside Geneva: The hardest job? Change at the top of UN Human Rights
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva This content was published on August 13, 2018 Human rights groups protested the eviction of inhabitants of a Roma camp in the Italian capital […]
France to extend 1b euros in aid to Syria refugees, hosts
Amman, Paris agree to join efforts to help solve Mideast crisis By Camille Dupire – Aug 02,2018 -JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with French Minister of Europe and […]
UNRWA’s defunding is the dismantling of the Palestinian question
Osama Al Sharif July 31, 2018 In war and peace, the beleaguered Gaza Strip features as a hot trigger for both. The United States and Israel are trying to change […]
U.N. chief warns staff, member states – We’re running out of cash
Reuters International This content was published on July 26, 2018 U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, speaks to the media after a meeting with Costa Rica’s President Carlos Alvarado at the […]
UN council meets amid call for freeze on Yemen port offensive
By AFP – Jun 15,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Yemeni pro-government forces flash the victory gesture as they arrive in Al Durayhimi district, about 9 kilometres south of Hodeidah International Airport, on […]
Syrian conflict : Carla Del Ponte: ‘We didn’t achieve anything; I’m angry’
By Renat Kuenzi This content was published on June 5, 2018 Against tax fraud, the Mafia, and war criminals: Carla Del Ponte fights tirelessly for justice. (Keystone) Swiss prosecutor […]
Lebanese FM Lashes Out at UNHCR For ‘Intimidating’ Syrian Refugees Return
Lebanese FM Lashes Out at UNHCR For ‘Intimidating’ Syrian Refugees Return Published June 8th, 2018 – 10:00 GMT via SyndiGate.info Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil pledged to take certain steps […]
United Nations Appoints Prominent Ahmadi Muslim Barrister Mr. Karim Asad Ahmad Khan to Head Investigation into ISIS War Crimes
Mr. Khan has extensive experience in acting as prosecutor, victim’s counsel and defence lawyer in domestic and international criminal tribunals Times of Ahmad | News Watch | US Desk Source/Credit: […]
EU handouts not always the answer for Africa’s returning migrants
Sofia Christensen, Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) – When Fatou Kine’s failed attempt to reach Europe left her jobless and penniless in Algeria, she turned to an agency she had heard […]
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 […]