Tag Archives: United Nations

Saturday, 10 December 2016 UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday congratulated Nana Akufo-Addo on his election as president of Ghana. In a statement issued here by his spokesman, Ban also thanked outgoing President John Dramani Mahama for his role in defusing tensions and preserving peace during the election …

DAMASCUS – United Nations (UN) is concerned about the loss of hundreds of male residents of Aleppo after they leave rebel-held areas recently. A spokesman for the UN Office of Human Rights, Rupert Colville, said they feared residents missing atrocities victimizing government forces. In fact, before this, two militant group Jabhat …

Thursday, 5 October 2017 :  Bangladeshi authorities have destroyed about 20 boats that ferried Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar, accusing smugglers of using the huge exodus to bring methamphetamine into the country. Refugees told Reuters that border guards also beat and arrested passengers and crew as they landed at Shah …

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 :  U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear standoff, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission. Loud murmurs filled …

Thursday, 27 July 2017 UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday he is concerned about the risk of violence escalating in the Old City of Jerusalem, where recent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians have been the bloodiest in years. “I am particularly concerned about the potential risk of …

Tuesday, 11 July 2017 BEIRUT: Syria’s government and opposition met for a seventh round of United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Geneva with little expectation of a breakthrough to end the six-year conflict. The Geneva process has been increasingly overshadowed by a separate track organised by regime allies Russia and Iran, …

Wednesday, 21 June 2017 :  The actress and director was named an ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 2001 and has since been promoted to special envoy due to her immense activism. On Tuesday, World Refugee Day, she traveled to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi …

Thursday, 8 June 2017 It is estimated that by the year 2050, 25% of the world’s population will be water insecure, with countries like Bangladesh, China and India set to experience a “chronic or recurrent” lack of access to clean water. On Tuesday United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pointed out …

Friday, 19 May 2017 AMSTERDAM: The World Court on Thursday ordered Pakistan not to execute Indian citizen Kulbhushan Sudir Jadhav, convicted of spying, until it has had time to hear an argument from India that Pakistan violated an international treaty guaranteeing diplomatic help to foreigners accused of capital crimes. The …

Saturday, 6 May 2017 SEOUL: North Korea on Friday accused the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and South Korea’s intelligence service of a plot to attack its “supreme leadership” with a bio-chemical weapon and said such a “pipe-dream” could never succeed. Tension on the Korean peninsula has been high for weeks, …