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20 Sep 2005, 7:41 am
[JURIST] Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani [Wikipedia profile] said Tuesday that Iran would consider quitting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) [PDF text; IAEA backgrounder] if the US or EU takes Iran before the UN Security Council over "breaches" of international atomic safeguards. [read post]
15 Jun 2016, 4:15 am
And that is what will happen if the UN sanctions this finding. [read post]
11 Mar 2010, 7:06 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] said [press release] Wednesday that recently announced election laws [JURIST report] in Myanmar [JURIST news archive] do not meet international standards for an inclusive political process, in particular because they do not allow pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to participate. [read post]
4 Jun 2004, 8:44 am
The US and UK submitted today a third version of a proposed UN Security Council resolution for the handover of power in Iraq. [read post]
10 Sep 2004, 1:19 am
Ambassador to the UN John Danforth says there was a favorable response to a draft resolution on atrocities in Darfur region of the Sudan that the US presented Thursday to the Security Council. [read post]
21 Sep 2005, 1:36 pm
[JURIST] UN Secretary General Kofi Annan [official profile] on Wednesday called on nations to quickly sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty [PDF text] as he opened the fourth conference [CTBTO backgrounder] on bringing the treaty into force. [read post]
6 Mar 2010, 1:05 pm
[JURIST] Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa [official profile] on Saturday rejected [press release] the plan of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] to appoint a panel of experts to look into alleged rights abuses in the island nation's civil war, saying it "is totally uncalled for and unwarranted. [read post]
19 Jun 2009, 6:15 am
[JURIST] The arrests of protesters in Iran may not conform with the law, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay [official profile] said Friday, expressing concern [press release] over the increasing number of reported arrests [JURIST report]. [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 6:27 pm
[JURIST] Attacks carried out by the Sudanese Army in four Darfur villages earlier this year constituted human rights violations, according to a report [PDF text; press release] released Thursday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) [official website]. [read post]
19 Nov 2008, 4:38 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Public Health Officer Heiko Hering said Wednesday that the large-scale anti-malaria effort recently launched by the United Nations Foundation [official websites] is part of fulfilling the service obligations of the Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees [text, PDF]. [read post]
2 Dec 2008, 3:48 am
[JURIST] While general security conditions in Iraq have improved, human rights violations have continued, according to a report released [press release] Tuesday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) [official website]. [read post]
12 Aug 2005, 4:14 am
[JURIST] Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander Milan Lukic is demanding to be taken into custody by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [official website; JURIST news archive], and not by Serbian authorities because he fears for his life, a Serbian newspaper reported Friday. [read post]
27 Jul 2005, 8:32 pm
[JURIST] A pro-government Harare paper said Wednesday that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe told reporters that special UN envoy Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka confessed to him that she was under pressure to produce an unfavorable report on the 6-week government ordered demolition of illegal homes and businesses in the nation, also known as "Operation Murambatsvina" or (in English) "Operation Restore [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 2:07 am
[JURIST] Nineteen lawmakers in the US House of Representatives [official website] have introduced a resolution [HR 250 materials] to support Taiwan's bid for UN membership. [read post]
1 Jul 2008, 2:14 am
[JURIST] The US does not appropriately protect its citizens and foreign nationals from executions that are out of line with international law, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston [advocacy profile] said [statement, PDF; video, RM] Monday. [read post]
29 May 2009, 1:04 am
[JURIST] The US has failed to adequately prevent and prosecute war crimes and other abuses during its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions [official website] Philip Alston [oficial profile, DOC] said in a report [text, PDF] released Thursday. [read post]
26 May 2005, 7:07 pm
[JURIST] The US Senate was forced to delay the vote on UN ambassador nominee John Bolton [official biography] Thursday after Democrats demanded more information from the White House before agreeing to end their debate which began Wednesday [JURIST report] and vote on the nomination. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 5:03 am
[JURIST] The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos [official profile] on Monday urged [official statement, PDF] all parties involved in the Syrian conflict to take measures to avoid killing civilians. [read post]
10 Aug 2005, 2:39 am
The UN court says that Lukic will face charges [ICTY press release; amended indictment] [read post]
10 Oct 2004, 1:08 pm
In a joint press conference with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder Sunday, Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf said his country will not support expanded membership of the UN Security Council [official website]. [read post]
