Photo by Gary Raynaldo / UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed concern over the political crisis in Venezuela this week that was sparked after opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president. The Trump administration announced it recognizes
Credit / Souleymane Ag Anara, AFP | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ten U.N. peacekeepers from Chad were killed in a suspected Islamist attack in northern Mali early Sunday. The U.N. confirmed that ten ‘blue helmets’
Credit: Wikipedia / Brazil President Jair Messias Bolsonaro DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Newly inaugurated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro announced this week he is pulling out of a United Nations agreement protecting the rights of migrants. Brazil joins just a handful of countries—led by the United States—that refused
Photo Credit: By Gary Raynaldo / United Nations World Headquarters In New York City USA. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he deeply regrets the decision this week of the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia to declare its top
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for a “credible” investigation into journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, AFP reported Sunday. “It is absolutely essential to have a credible investigation and to have the punishment of those that were
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Today is International Human Rights Day as the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights turns 70. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a ground breaking historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman stated Monday that “the US stands with Israel against terrorists even if others won’t.” Ambassador Freidman was reacting to a reported “terror attack” near Ofra in which the militant Palestine Hamas group allegedly
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Major Jewish groups are upset over the failure of the UN General Assembly to adopt the U.S.-sponsored resolution last Thursday condemning Palestinian militant organization Hamas. The resolution condemned Hamas for “repeatedly firing rockets into Israel and for inciting violence, thereby
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES If United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley was seeking to go out with a bang before leaving her post this month by pushing a U.S.-sponsored resolution to condemn the activities of the militant Hamas organization, she may now very well
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES (UNITED NATIONS -NEW YORK) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a ground breaking historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the