Tag: United Nations
Despite resignation reports, Danon staying on as Israel’s ambassador to UN
Despite reports of his quitting, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon announced on Saturday that he is staying at Turtle Bay and will not run for Knesset in the April 2019 elections.
“Under the leadership...
Israeli Ambassador to UN Danon expected to run for Likud Party primaries
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, popular Likud politician Danny Danon, is expected to resign from his post in order to run for the Likud Party primaries.
Danon’s office denied in a statement media reports...
B’nai B’rith presents Haley with diplomacy award
B’nai B’rith presented outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley with its Award for Excellence in Diplomacy.
The award was given to her at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New...
PA asking the world to donate $350 million, equal to terror payments budget
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and the Palestinian Authority issued a joint statement in which they launched a $350 million appeal to “address critical humanitarian needs of Palestinians.”...
Haley: Trump wanted to cut funding to those that voted down UN Hamas resolution
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in a Dec. 6 speech that U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to cut funding to countries that voted against a United Nations that condemned Hamas...
UN fails to pass first-ever resolution censuring Hamas
The United Nations rejected a resolution on Thursday that required a two-thirds majority to pass condemning the terrorist group Hamas for launching rockets from Gaza into Israel in addition to its infrastructure such as...
US envoy: United Nations cannot just ‘vote away’ Jerusalem’s status as capital
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman lambasted the United Nations on Monday over its anti-Israel bias, using the occasion of Hanukkah to highlight Israel’s legitimate claim to Jerusalem.
Friedman, the first U.S. envoy to serve...
UN condemns Israel through six resolutions in one day
The United Nations on Friday continued its streak of frequently condemning the Jewish state, passing six anti-Israel resolutions.
The first, titled “The Syrian Golan,” passed with 100 votes in favor, 12 against and 62 abstentions....
In a rare move, Israel votes against US at United Nations
In a rare move, Israel voted against an American proposal that was defeated on Monday to alter a U.N. resolution combating sexual harassment.
The United States sought to water down language in the nonbinding measure...
Israel joins US and other countries in rejecting UN migration agreement
Israel will join the United States and other countries in rejecting the United Nations’ Global Compact on Migration, which is expected to be adopted in Morocco in December.
The final version was agreed in July...