Tag: UN

Mauritania: UN Expert Concerned over Civil Society Freedom

August 13, 2015

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

August 13, 2015

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

August 11, 2015

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

August 10, 2015

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?

August 8, 2015

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

August 8, 2015

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

August 5, 2015

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

August 5, 2015

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

August 3, 2015

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

July 28, 2015

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