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Pakistan calls for strengthening UN General Assembly role
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 2 hours ago
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Pakistan Friday called for enhancing the role, authority, effectiveness and efficiency of the UN General Assembly so as to enable the 192 member body to effectively deal with international problems. Speaking in a debate on measures to strengthen the role...
Tags: UN General Assembly, Pakistan, Karāchi, Pakistan Muslim League, Sial, United Nations General Assembly, Pakistani politicians
Federal Government denies Mid-East policy shift
Sydney :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility THE federal Government has denied a shift in Middle East policy, despite changing Australia’s vote in the United Nations on a motion on Palestinian self-determination. Australia’s UN voting pattern is strongly based on the country’s “long-standing support...
Tags: Australia, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian, UN General Assembly, Stephen Smith, foreign minister, Sydney, Palestinian nationalism, Arab-Israeli conflict, Palestinian people, Palestinian territories, Peace process in the Israeli￢ﾀﾓPalestinian conflict, War Conflict, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Fertile Crescent, Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority, Politics
UN panel adopts Pakistan draft reaffirming peoples self-determination right
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 7 days ago
Credibility A committee of the UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a Pakistan-sponsored resolution reaffirming the right of peoples to self-determination,and called for cessation of foreign military intervention, occupation and repression. The resolution, which...
Tags: UN General Assembly, military intervention, Pakistan, foreign military, Karāchi, Autonomy, Secession, Self-determination, United Nations Human Rights Council, War of aggression, Human rights, International relations, International law, Politics
UN declares Mandela Day
Cape Town :: South Africa | 10 days ago
Credibility The United Nations General Assembly has declared July 18 "Nelson Mandela International Day" to honor the South African leader's contributions to global peace. In a resolution adopted Tuesday by consensus among the 192 member states, the General Assembly...
Tags: United Nations General Assembly, UN General Assembly, mandela international
Palestinian rivals cooperate for Gaza haj trip
Gaza :: Palestine | 16 days ago
Credibility Palestinian rivals cooperate for Gaza haj trip Hundreds of Gaza Palestinians set off for Mecca on Friday for the annual haj pilgrimage, after bitter rivals Fatah and Hamas set aside their dispute to agree on a list of 4,500 participants from the strip....
Tags: Israeli Ministry of Defense, Gaza Palestinians, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Judge Richard Goldstone, war crimes, UN General Assembly, United Nations General Assembly, UNGA Goldstone, moral major
UN General Assembly endorses Goldstone Report
Brussels :: Belgium | 16 days ago
Credibility The UN General Assembly approved on Thursday an Arab-backed resolution endorsing the Goldstone Report, paving the way for the matter to be sent to the Security Council. A total of 114 nations voted in favor of the resolution and 18 voted against it, with...
Shalev slams Goldstone Report in UNGA
Jerusalem :: Israel | 17 days ago
Credibility Israel's top UN diplomat lashed out at the General Assembly on Wednesday ahead of an expected vote on a resolution endorsing the Goldstone Report and calling for it to be referred to the Security Council. "The report before you was conceived in hate...
Tags: war crimes, Israeli, Gaza Strip, UN General Assembly, Richard Goldstone, Security Council, Goldstone Report, Palestinians
Clinton says Israeli settlements not legitimate
Jerusalem :: Israel | 18 days ago
Credibility Clinton says Israeli settlements not legitimate US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that Washington does not accept the legitimacy of Israeli settlement activity but believes that getting to talks is the quickest way to achieve a...
Tags: Israeli, Gaza, goldstone reporting, UN General Assembly, New York, war crimes, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Danny Gillerman, Arab, UN Ambassador Gillerman
Israel's UN ambassador: Goldstone Report conceived in hate
Jerusalem :: Israel | 18 days ago
Credibility Goldstone Report conceived in hate Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Professor Gabriela Shalev, criticized the Golsdstone Report during a special General assembly discussion, saying it was "conceived in hate and executed in sin." Shalev added...
Tags: Israel, UN General Assembly, United Nations General Assembly, Goldstone Report, Goldstone Commission
Cuban dissidents raise alarm over Spanish EU presidency
Brussels :: Belgium | 24 days ago
Credibility Cuban prisoners of conscience have written an open letter to Spain in protest at its handling of Cuban authorities in the run-up to the Spanish EU presidency. The letter, signed by 37 dissidents, 33 of whom remain behind bars, criticised Spanish foreign...
Tags: Cuban, World › Cuba, U.S. Embargo, Barack Obama, UN General Assembly, United States, obama administration, U.N., Washington, assembly votes
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