By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMTIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Armed conflicts have a devastating impact on children. Grave violations against children in armed conflict in 2020 remained “alarmingly high” according to a report by the UN Secretary General published Monday. The
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo (credit icc.int/ By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former President Laurent Gbagbo returned to his home in Ivory Coast Thursday after being acquitted on war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court. In January 2019, the ICC cleared Gbagbo of
(Credit: Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic Times) UN Special Envoy For Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener at press briefing after closed Security Council meeting on crisis at UN world headquarters in New York City June 18, 2021. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK –
(Credit: Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic Times) António Guterres at press briefing after being re-appointed to second term as UN Secretary General at UN world headquarters in New York City June 18, 2021. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – António Guterres
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMTIC TIMES The United States fully backs the Organization of American States (OAS) member states resolution adopted Tuesday that condemned the “repressive” Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega. The OAS resolution calls for the immediate
(credit: defense.gouv.fr) French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and France’s Armed Forces Minister Tuesday pledged cooperation in fighting terrorism in the troubled AFRICA Sahel region. The two high-ranking defense officials
(Credit: europol.europa.eu) A total of six individuals – all Estonian nationals – were arrested over the course of the past two years for violent armed robberies across Europe. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT THE HAGUE – An organised crime group behind a string of violent armed
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES China’s growing influence and international policies present challenges to Alliance security that need to be addressed, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. The NATO chief made the comments following the meeting of NATO heads of state and
(Credit: MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko) United Nations peacekeepers on patrol in the Eastern Sector of Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The United Nations called on authorities in troubled west African nation Mali to take immediate action to initiate
Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly. (UN Photo) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK- The Republic of Gabon has won a seat on the United Nations