United Nations Human Rights Council (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UN human rights experts Monday called for a probe into alleged Israeli abuses against Palestinian women and girls in Gaza, including killings and rape. A group of experts appointed by
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
The United Nations Security Council By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES Earlier this month, the UN Security Council voted to terminate the mandate of its political mission in war-torn Sudan effective December 3. The action came after Khartoum authorities requested the immediate withdrawal of the UN
(Credit: ©WHO) Al Shifa hospital is being used as shelter for displaced families in Gaza. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Senior UN officials said on Saturday said there could be no justification
UN Photo/Evan Schneider The UN General Assembly votes on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba. Nov. 2, 2023 (UN Photo/Evan Schneider) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS –
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
By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Two UN peacekeepers from Burkina Faso were killed in the Timbuktu region of West African nation Mali, and eight others injured in an attack by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The UN Mission in
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary General António Guterres Monday called for an “immediate” ceasefire to the conflict in Northeast African nation Sudan that has seen nearly 200 people killed. Rival armed forces were locked in a
A UN MINUSMA peacekeeper stands guard at a stop on the way to village of Ogossagou 144 kilometres from town of Sévaré in the Mopti region of central Mali. (UN Photo: Harandane Dicko Aug. 30, 2022) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED