Tag: United Nations
In ironic twist, Syria to head UN panel on chemical disarmament
Despite allegations that it carried out yet another deadly chemical-weapons attack last Saturday, Syria will next month chair the United Nations disarmament forum that produced the treaty banning chemical weapons.
Syria will assume the presidency of the...
Israeli illustrator to kids at U.N. Holocaust event: ‘Take to heart the effects of...
More than 500 students and Jewish communal leaders attended Michel Kichka’s presentation discussing his personal story as the son of a Holocaust survivor.
As Israel and the world commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, often overlooked is...
Amid criticism, Netanyahu freezes UN deal to resettle African asylum-seekers in Western countries
In a dramatic turnaround, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frozen a plan reached with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the deportation of African migrants just hours after it was announced.
“In...
Israel attains ‘unprecedented’ deal to resettle African asylum-seekers in Western countries
The Israeli government has announced an unprecedented deal with the United Nations to allow for the resettlement of African asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants in Western countries, while giving permanent residency to others.
As part of...
Palestinian Authority applies for entry into eight international treaties at UN
The Palestinian Authority has filed official requests this past week to join eight international treaties, including the U.N.’s International Convention against Apartheid in Sports and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty according to a report in...
A one-on-one with Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon
Despite the role of the United Nations in helping establish the State of Israel in 1947, the world body has long been a forum used by other nations to single out and condemn the...
Netanyahu thanks U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for being a ‘tsunami of fresh air’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the U.N. headquarters in New York on Thursday, where he met U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and toured an exhibit about the Jewish people’s connection...
With U.N. exhibit, Israel sends message that ‘3,000 years of history cannot be denied’
As part of his five-day visit to the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stop at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York on Thursday to check out a special...
UN urges Israel to scrap African migrant relocation plan
Geneva - The United Nations on Tuesday called on Israel to scrap a new programme forcing thousands of African migrants out of the country, condemning it as incoherent and unsafe.
The programme is targeting an...
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HALEY: Anti-Settlement UN Resolution ‘Stain on America’s Conscience’
The US rejects the United Nations' double standard which says Washington is not impartial when it decides where to place its own embassy, but the UN is a neutral party even though it consistently...