UN: IS kills hundreds, kidnaps thousands around Mosul
Islamic State fighters have killed more than 250 people and kidnapped nearly 8,000 families around Mosul in recent days as Iraqi troops advanced on the northern city, the United Nations said today. UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva that the jihadists are forcing civilians living in districts around Mosul into the city, hoping to use them as human shields in an upcoming battle. Those targeted in...
“Situation in Aleppo seen in UN as ‘planetary-scale’ crisis”
The Syrian crisis, and the situation in eastern Aleppo in particular, is seen in the United Nations as a “planetary-scale” problem, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said in an interview with the Voskresnoye Vremya weekly news roundup on Russian television Channel One on Sunday. “Regrettably, the Syrian problem will be among the most pressing ones in the immediate future....
Al-Moallem receives credentials of Ali al-Zaatari as UN Resident Coordinator in Syria
Syrian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem received on Wednesday a copy of the credentials of Ali al-Zaatari as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Syrian Arab Republic. Talks during the meeting discussed the standing cooperation between Syria and the UN and its offices in the country. Source: SANA
Wonder Woman to be UN ambassador for women’s empowerment
The United Nations is enlisting the super-powers of Wonder Woman for a new campaign to empower women and girls. The comic and television series heroine will be officially designated as the UN honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls during a ceremony attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on October 21. DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson will attend along with “surprise guests” — possibly...
UN calls for accountability after Yemen funeral attack
The United Nations on Monday called for swift action to bring to justice the perpetrators of air strikes on a funeral ceremony in the Yemeni capital that killed more than 140 people. Saturday s strikes were blamed by the Shiite Huthi rebels who control Sanaa on a Saudi-led coalition which has battled them since March 2015. “We must do everything possible to ensure the authors of these heinous attacks face justice,” UN...
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