TURKEY / AMOS
Valerie Amos, the United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator is visiting Turkey to draw attention to the humanitarian impact of the conflict in Syria. ANADOLU NEWS AGENCY
Valerie Amos, the United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator is visiting Turkey to draw attention to the humanitarian impact of the conflict in Syria. ANADOLU NEWS AGENCY
Humanitarian Coordinator Valerie Amos today expressed concern over “higher levels of settler violence” and proposals for additional settlements “that would cut off East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank." UNTV
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid a visit to the National September 11 Memorial in downtown Manhattan to offer respects to those killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. He extended his solidarity "to such brave and courageous people who paid the ultimate price because of terrorism" and reaffirmed a "strong determined will" to fight [...]
Commenting today on the Secretary-General's report on Palestinian Assistance, Permanent Observer for Palestine Ambassador Riyad Mansour said that despite attempts to invest in development and remove themselves from "aid for relief" efforts are still "restricted and undermined because of the continuing occupation of our land." UNTV
Newly appointed prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou B. Bensouda who is from Gambia said today that her African origin “has nothing to do” with the ICC’s mandate and disagrees with the notion than the Court has unfairly targeted African leaders. UNTV
The UN refugee agency is working to move refugees to safer areas. Between 60 and 200 Sudanese refugees continue to arrive daily at a camp in Yida in South Sudan's Unity state after fleeing fighting in Sudan's Southern Kordofan state. Around 23,000 people are already sheltering in Yida, which was the scene of air strikes [...]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with Nobel Peace Prize winner for 2011 Tawakkul Karman, a journalist and pro-democracy activist from Yemen who is the co-founder of Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC). On Tuesday she had called on the United Nations to stop the bloodshed in Yemen and to stand up for human rights. UNTV
The head of the UN human rights office's rule of law section Mona Rishmawi confirmed "there is ill treatment, there is allegations and evidence of torture" in prisons throughout Libya where an estimated 7,000 people are being currently held. CH UNTV
New under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations Hervé Ladsous said today that the UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNIFSA) tasked with keeping the peace in the region has not observed significant progress on the withdrawal of armed forces from the area. UNTV / UNISFA
Palestinian Authority Official Dr. Nabil Shaath told reporters today that Palestinians are seeking international support in joining the United Nations, "not seeking to join the mafia, nor Al Qaeda, nor an NGO" in order to legitimize a future Palestinian State. UNTV