December 18 was chosen as the date for the annual celebration of Arabic Language as it was “the day in 1973 when the General Assembly approved Arabic as an official UN Language”. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK
Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe / International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda briefs the United Nations Security Council on the Sudan and South Sudan at UN world headquarters in New York Dec. 18, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW
Credit: unowas / Mohamed Ibn Chambas. Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Violent Islamist attacks across the West African Sahel
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / U.S. Department of State headquarters in Washington D.C. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Trump administration Thursday imposed new financial sanctions against Daniel Ortega’s son Rafael Ortega and three Nicaraguan companies. “This new action furthers the United States’ unwavering
Credit: eurojusteuropa / Eurojust is tasked with handling of serious cross-border and organized crime by fostering investigative and prosecutorial co-ordination in the European Union. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Eurojust Thursday heralds a new phase in its development, as it officially becomes the European Agency for Criminal
Credit: U.S. Department of State / photo by Freddie Everett/ Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an expanded bilateral meeting, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., December 10, 2019 By Gary Raynaldo
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales has reportedly surfaced in Cuba for a medical appointment. Morales traveled to Cuba from Mexico, where he received political asylum following his military ouster last month, according to
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / Kelly Knight Craft, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks with reporters at UN world headquarters in New York Dec. 6, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Meet Ambassador Kelly
Photo / By Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan at UN world headquarters New York Sep. 27, 2019 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States has elevated its diplomatic relations with Sudan
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / A Somali pirate armed with a PKM machine gun By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution Wednesday renewing the authorization for Somalia anti-piracy measures aimed at stopping banditry and