Tag: United Nations
U.N. struggles for answers as Syrian truce falls apart Following another bloody weekend in Syria, rebels said they would no longer follow a truce brokered by the United Nations, saying President Bashar al-Assad wasn’t adhering to his end of the agreement, Reuters reported.
un-library: The General Assembly at its emergency special session on the question of Palestine, “appalled at the great number of innocent Palestinian and Lebanese children victims of Israel’s acts of aggression”, decided to commemorate 4 June of each year commemorated pursuant to GA resolution A/RES/ES-7/8. The purpose of the day is to acknowledge the pain suffered by children throughout the world who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse. This day affirms the UN’s commitment to protect the rights of children. UN Resources: Statement by Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar on June 3 Declaration of the Rights of the Child. UNICEF…
united-nations-human-rights: I am appalled by the atrocities committed in El-Houleh. Preliminary investigations indicate that the attacks possibly directed at the civilian population have resulted in the killings of 108 people, including 49 children, and 34 women… “Once again, I urge the Security Council to consider referring the case of Syria to the International Criminal Court,” said UN human rights chief Navi Pillay at the Human Rights Council’s special session on the killings in El-Houleh in Syria, 1 June 2012. Read Pillay’s full speech: http://bit.ly/LdsIEt According to witnesses we interviewed, most of the 108 victims of the killings in El Houleh…
Robert Mugabe asked to be UN ‘leader for tourism’ The Zimbabwe president, accused of ethnic cleansing and bankrupting his country, asked to champion tourism .
Supporters and Critics of Annan See Crisis in Syria as a Threat to His Legacy After excelling in diplomacy for years, Kofi Annan is being criticized for his peace plan for Syria, which continues to have violence despite a cease-fire.
Early Morning Rain: BBC News confuses United Nations and video game logos seriously?! 😐 early-morning-rain: The BBC has apologized to its viewers after mistakenly showing a graphic from the computer game Halo instead of the United Nations Security Council during one of its news broadcasts. The error occurred during a new segment last week on the continuing unrest in Syria.
crisisgroup: As the U.S. and Others Toss Syria’s Envoys, Is Moscow Changing Its Mind About Assad? | TIME By Rania Abouzeid International envoy to Syria Kofi Annan met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Tuesday, in a bid to salvage Anna’s battered plan for peace. “He conveyed in frank terms his view to President Assad that the six-point plan cannot succeed without bold steps to stop the violence and release detainees, and stressed the importance of full implementation of the plan,” Annan’s office said in a statement. For his part, Assad “affirmed to Annan that the success of his…
Statement to the press by Joint Special Envoy for Syria upon arrival in Damascus Is there any chance left that it might work?
aljazeera: A Syrian woman in the town of Houla says she hid behind a door as gunmen shot dead children in the house. The government has blamed “terrorists” for the killings, which the opposition said were carried out by government forces and pro-Assad thugs.
The UN says at least 32 children under 10 were among the 92 people killed Friday in Houla.
