Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The United Nations reports that virtually none of the $5.4 billion pledged for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip has come through. The UN Refugee and Works Agency reported the halt in the international reconstruction program of the Gaza Strip. UNRWA said it was unable to continue operating amid […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Proclaiming an end to the American economic recession and declaring that “the shadow of crisis is past,” President Barack Obama addressed a skeptical Republican-controlled Congress in the annual State of the Union Address. Yet the same speech offered a fuzzy view of key foreign policy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — In its annual round of diplomatic musical chairs, the General Assembly chose five new members for the coveted seats on the Security Council, the UN’s most prestigious body. The new members, Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela begin their two year terms starting in […]
By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The specter and shadow of international terrorism tragically clouded the opening of the UN General Assembly session, yet again. The growing menace from ISIS/ISIL jihadi terrorists threatening the sovereignty of Iraq and Syria goes beyond the Middle East and now extends to possible terror strikes in Western Europe […]
By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Presidents, prime ministers, kings and potentates are gathering in New York for the 69th General Assembly of the UN. But as diplomats come together for the annual general debate which begins on Sept. 24, there’s a cloud of political and social unease greeting delegations from the 193 member […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations has ordered peace-keepers to leave Syria for Israel. The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force abandoned its positions in Syria’s Golan Heights. Officials said hundreds of UNDOF personnel left Syria for Israel in wake of abductions by Al Qaida’s Nusra Front for the Defense of the Levant. “Armed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Israel and Syria have joined to help rescue United Nations observers from Islamist rebel militias in the Golan Heights. Diplomatic sources said Israel and Syria provided fire and other support that enabled scores of members of the UN Disengagement Observer Force to flee Al Qaida’s Nusra Front for the Defense […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations has identified leading members of Al Qaida’s network in Iraq and Syria. The UN Security Council designated six Al Qaida operatives for international sanctions, imposing a travel ban and freezing any assets. The six included leading members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as well […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations has reported another delay in the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons program. The coordinator of the international effort to destroy Syria’s CW program said the effort would continue into 2015. Sigrid Kaag, special coordinator of the joint mission of the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The United Nations has acknowledged that its facilities in the Gaza Strip were storing Palestinian missiles and rockets. The UN Relief and Works Agency has reported at least two incidents in which its schools were used for the storage of rockets amid the war with Israel. In both cases, […]