Monthly Archives: February 2012
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that only a political solution will end the crisis in Syria. He fully supported the call of the International Committee of the Red Cross for a daily humanitarian pause or truce to enable the delivery of assistance by the UN and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, and reported that Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos will travel to Syria at the earliest opportunity to negotiate access with the authorities.
Should the International Community Intervene In Syria, Even Without Security Council Approval?
What does more harm to the liberal international order: violating the principle that only the Security Council can permit the invasion of another country, or letting the Syrian regime flaunt international humanitarian law by continuing its massacre?
Syria; Somalia; Sexual violence in conflict report; Iraq; and more
A commission of inquiry answering to the UN Human Rights Council said it had compiled a confidential list of those “up to the highest levels” who had ordered the shooting dead of unarmed women and children, shelling of residential areas and torturing of wounded protesters in hospital. It released its findings on Thursday as Western and Arab League diplomats and Syrian opposition figures gathered in Tunis to hammer out proposals to put pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to quit.
Wounded in Syria, Journalist Edith Bouvier Appeals for Help On YouTube
Bouvier’s distressing video is yet another indication of how dire the situation is in Homs
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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