By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon breathed fiery language at Palestinian representative, Riyad Mansour accusing him of being a “terrorist in a suit” during Thursday’s Security Council meeting. It was ambassador’s
United Nations Security Council at UN world headquarters in New York -DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The UN Security Council passed a resolution Friday on unhindered humanitarian aid to Gaza by 13 votes, with the U.S. and Russia abstaining. The resolution does not include any language calling
UN MINUSMA Peacekeeping operation in Africa / (credit: un.org) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN is preparing for an “unprecedented” withdrawal of some 12,947 peacekeeping troops in violence-ridden Mali. In June, the military junta in the
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine Feb. 25, 2022. (UN Photo) UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UNITED STATES officially took over as President of the UN
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir (Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – A controversial visit by Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, has sparked international condemnation. The United
(Photo By Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Ronaldo Costa Filho, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July (center) with staff briefs reporters at UN world headquarters in New York July 01, 2022)
Members of the rebel group known as M23 withdrawing from the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Photo by: UN/Sylvain Liechti) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Rwanda and the Democratic
Peacekeepers serving with the UN’s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) wear face masks while on patrol. (Photo / MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Security Council on Wednesday renewed the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine Feb. 25, 2022. (UN Photo/Mark Garten) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UNITED STATES officially
By Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / Nadia Murad, (left) a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist speaks with reporters after addressing the United Nations Security Council Wednesday to announce her initiative on efforts to prevent and end cycles of sexual violence in