أرشيف الوسم : security council

The Palestinian command will demand the United Nations to set Israel a deadline for its occupation of Palestinian territory, as world leaders and Palestinian leadership continues to push for peace in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian leadership is willing “to go to the U.N. Security Council to enforce an end to the (Israeli) occupation”, Wasel Abu Yusef, a senior official …

Over 191,000 people have been killed in Syria, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Friday before lashing out at “international paralysis” on the conflict in Syria. Pillay, who will end her six-year-stint as the UN’s humanitarian chief later this month, has called out global leaders for their lethargy on several conflicts worldwide. After admonishing the UN …

On Friday, the UN Security Council demanded a full, international and independent probe into the reported shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines jet over Ukraine, with all the 298 passengers on board reported dead. “The members of the Security Council called for a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the incident in accordance with international civil aviation guidelines and …

The Arab League on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to talk about the lethal Israeli air campaign on the Gaza Strip, Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said. On Tuesday, 13 people were killed in several attacks in the most serious conflict between the two since November 2012. Earlier in the day, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas asked global leaders to …

On Thursday, UN Under-secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos accused Syria of putting more effort into obstructing the UN than providing aid to millions of needy people. Amos, presenting the fourth UN report on humanitarian access in Syria, stressed that around 10.8 million are in critical need of humanitarian aid, and that workers could not reach …

International prosecutors on Tuesday said that despite China and Russia’s efforts to block war-crimes from Syria to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC), it was still possible for them to go after those responsible for the crimes. Last month, Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution which would have referred war crimes committed by both sides …

Palestinians on Thursday said that they would appeal to the UN regarding Israeli plans to build 1,500 new settler homes. Israel had announced their plans as a response to the newly formed unity government in Hamas. The government of technocrats has been recognized by both the US and the EU, but Israel has promised to boycott what it calls a …

On Monday, Russia brought to an end its military exercises near the Ukrainian border, days ahead of a vital Presidential vote in Ukraine which aims to end the crisis in the country. The office of Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he had ordered several thousand Russian soldiers stationed near the Ukrainian border to return to their barracks as the …

The fourth round of nuclear talks between six world powers and Iran came to an end on Friday, with both sides arguing that major hurdles remained ahead of the July 20th deadline for an accord. Abbas Araqchi, the chief nuclear negotiator for Iran, said on state television that “no tangible progress” was made at the negotiations in Vienna as the …

The head of the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations (OPCW-UN) today called for safe and unfettered access to the remaining eight per cent of Syria’s chemical weapons material that needs to be removed and destroyed. Speaking to reporters after a closed-door briefing to the UN Security Council, Special Coordinator Sigrid …