Tag: United Nations
Tehran trying to revive nuclear talks with US
Iran is in contact with the Biden administration about restarting moribund talks on a new nuclear agreement amid a direct military confrontation between Tehran and U.S. ally Israel, the dpa German news agency reported on Sunday,...
Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry: Review of UNRWA’s neutrality offers ‘cosmetic solutions’
António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, said on Monday that he accepts recommendations made by a group reviewing the neutrality of the beleaguered U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
Critics predicted months ago that the...
48 countries condemn Tehran for attack on Israel
Forty-eight countries condemned Iran and its proxies for the Apr. 14 missile and drone attack on Israel in a joint statement issued on Wednesday evening.
“We unequivocally condemn” the attacks, read the statement, specifically naming Iran and...
‘Norwegian think tank conducting UN probe of UNRWA is anti-Israel’
A European research institution hired by the U.N. to carry out an “independent” investigation of its UNRWA Palestinian aid agency has a severe conflict of interest and holds strong anti-Israel bias, an Israeli government...
UN Security Council committee doesn’t recommend Palestinian membership vote
The U.N. Security Council’s committee on new members reported on Tuesday that it could not reach a consensus on the revived application for full Palestinian U.N. membership.
Algeria, the Arab world’s de facto representative on the council,...
UN rapporteur accuses Jewish state of genocide on day after Iran attacks Israel
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinians who has a long history of denouncing Israel, glossed over Iran’s attack against the Jewish state on Saturday in a social media post the...
Western leaders pressure Jerusalem against counterattack
Western governments, including that of the United States, are calling on Israel to refrain from retaliating against Iran and its proxies, fearing a regional war.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the international community should do...
Palestinian membership at UN appears on hold
The U.N. Security Council’s Standing Committee on the Admission of New Members emerged on Thursday afternoon without a consensus—for the second time this week—on the topic of Palestinian membership.
Vanessa Frazier, the Maltese ambassador to...
The United Nations must return to its founding spirit
Almost 80 years ago, the nations that stood up to Nazi tyranny founded the United Nations. They came together in the wreckage of World War II and the Holocaust to ensure that the world’s...
UN credibility on Israel, Palestinians ‘in serious doubt,’ after error about Gazan ‘journalist’
A United Nations office stands corrected after having “verified” the death of someone whom it referred to as a Gazan journalist. But despite the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights assuring...