Dopo meno di tre anni dall’inizio del suo incarico, l’inviato speciale ONU in Libia, Ghassan Salamè, ha presentato le proprie dimissioni al Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite Antonio Guterres. Si tratta del sesto inviato Onu della Missione in Libia UNISMIL, nonché il secondo di origine libanese, a non essere riuscito
The Development Partnership Framework between the Serbian government and the UN Country Team for the period from 2016 to 2020 has been signed in Belgrade. The document was inked by First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia Karla Robin Hershey. The Development
The Kurdistan Region’s Independent High Electoral and Referendum Commission (IHERC) has yet to be provided with the funds needed for the referendum anticipated to be held this year on the region’s independence, spokesman Shirwan Zrar said. During a press conference held in Erbil following the committee’s meeting with Kurdish political
The United Nations Committee against Torture on Friday called on Bahrain to release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab from more than nine months of solitary confinement and investigate widespread allegations of ill-treatment and torture of detainees. Bahrain’s mainly Shiite Muslim-led opposition has faced a government crackdown since last year in the
Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui and the Coordinator of the system of United Nations in Tunisia, Diego Zorrilla, signed an agreement with the aim at improve the support at the women victim of violence. “This agreement has the aim at improve Human Rights in the County”, said the Foreign Minister. The
Iraqi forces continued to fight door-to-door in the Old City of Mosul, as the U.S.-backed offensive to capture the Islamic State’s (ISIS) de facto capital in Iraq entered its seventh month. There were exchanges of gunfire and mortar inside the old city near the Grand al-Nuri Mosque, from where ISIS
The United States told Russia at the United Nations on Wednesday that is it isolating itself by continuing to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while Britain said its scientists found sarin was used in a deadly toxic gas attack on Syrian civilians last week. Russia is set to block a
Ambassadors from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – China, France, Russia, the UK and the USA – have warned that fighting in the south, in particular around Tamenhint, could result in an escalation of the conflict in Libya. Its the second time that the Security Council
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation condemned the Sunday’s US cruise missile attacks on Syria’s Shayrat airbase in Homs province, describing it as violation of the United Nations charter. Rouhani deplored the use of chemical arms in Syria, saying, “Reports indicate that
Foreign Ministry Qasemi remarks a day after deadly use of chemical weapons in the Syrian city of Idlib. Noting that this catastrophic incident was not the first of its kind in Syria, the spokesman warned against adopting double-standard approaches and making hasty judgments. Despite chemical disarmament of the Syrian government
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