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Tag: UN
Mauritania: UN Expert Concerned over Civil Society Freedom
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly & of association, Maina Kiai, has voiced serious concerns over a draft law on ... Read More
Libya: Cabinet denies PM resignation
A Libyan official denied Wednesday that Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni had officially resigned from his position. Abdullah al-Thinni, the internationally recognized Libyan Premier surprisingly offered ... Read More
Libya: GNC ready to join Geneva talks if UN incorporates its amendments to draft
The Tripoli-based General National Congress announced Monday it may make a U-turn in order to participate in the Geneva round if UNMIL chief Bernardino Leon ... Read More
Palestine: UN imputes alarming infant mortality rise in Gaza to blockade
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza (UNRWA) rang the alarm over the weekend as its new study on the 2013 infant mortality rate ... Read More
Has the Syrian regime grown tired of war?
The Syrian regime of Bachar al-Assad seems to have grown tired of the war in his country that has entered its fifth year and that ... Read More
Libya: Libya protagonists meet for a new round of dialogue
UN Special mission for the Libyan crisis said Thursday it will be convening Libyan political protagonists for another round of dialogue on Monday. Nearly two ... Read More
Palestine: UN seeks $100 million to meet Palestinian refugees’ needs
UN Secretary General’s spokesperson indicated Tuesday the UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has called for urgent donations to help support Palestinian refugees who are suffering from ... Read More
ISIS sets price for child slave, UN official confirms
UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, said Tuesday she saw a ‘price list’ for child slaves in the hands ... Read More
President Rouhani: Vienna plan, game-changer in Syria & Yemen crisis
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani argued on Sunday that the July 14 historic pact with world powers was significant and would help bring solutions to on-going ... Read More
Libya: Gadhafi’s Son Gets Death Penalty for War Crimes
The son of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Saif al-Islam, has been sentenced in absentia by a Libyan court to death after he was found guilty ... Read More