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Less than two weeks after a United Nations report condemned Lebanon’s lack of progress in addressing human trafficking, the UN Security Council has declared that the nation has also failed to make any “tangible progress” in disarming militias. Mr. Terje Roed-Larsen, Special Envoy to the Secretary General, warned that “The violence that erupted in Lebanon [...]
Turkey experienced one of the first of what may be many setbacks on Tuesday in proving their regional clout in the midst of brokering peace between Israel and Syria. As a result of the alleged US air raid across the Iraqi-Syrian border, the world audience, and specifically the EU and UN, is putting question marks [...]
In the aftermath of the severe flooding that has taken approximately 200 lives, the United Nations has stepped in and taken an active role in providing support to the country and the approximately 10,000 homeless, displaced people. The UN Refugee Agency said it is very concerned about the widespread destruction, and according to UNHCR Spokesman [...]
Egypt will host a meeting of Middle East peace mediators in November in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to try to keep peace talks moving, a spokesman for President Hosni Mubarak said on Monday. The so-called Quartet (United States, European Union, Russia and United Nations) has been trying to breathe life into the stalled [...]
While there has been no official press release, there is speculation that the United States might be close to proposing a security deal with the Iraqi government. Deals have been close before, but this time the President in introducing the deal to key members of Congress, suggesting a greater seriousness. In addition to this, the [...]
With the U.N. General Assembly beginning annual elections Friday, Iran has placed a bid for a seat on the U.N. Security Council, which is currently only made up of five permanent members. The move seems more of a statement against the West rather than an actual serious proposition, as Japan would likely be the first [...]
The United Nations News Center reported last week that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is insisting that Iran has been violating international law by imposing capital punishment on offenders who committed their crimes as minors. Iran has in the past agreed with the terms of the International Covenant [...]
