Tag: UN

North Korea slams ‘vicious’ US-led UN sanctions

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)–North Korea on Tuesday blasted “vicious” sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council over its latest and most powerful nuclear test, threatening revenge against Washington, who it blamed for leading the charge. “Yesterday the Washington regime fabricated the most vicious sanctions resolution,” Pyongyang’s ambassador in Geneva told the UN Conference on Disarmament in the first North Korean reaction to Monday’s unanimous vote. “My delegation condemns in the strongest terms and categorically rejects the latest illegal […]

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US pushes for ‘strongest possible’ UN sanctions against N. Korea

by Carole Landry with Hwang Sunghee in Seoul Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States on Monday launched a bid at the United Nations Security Council to quickly slap the “strongest possible measures” on North Korea in response to its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, but China and Russia argued that diplomatic talks were needed to address the crisis. US Ambassador Nikki Haley said Washington will present a new […]

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N. Korea warns Japan of ‘imminent self-destruction’ for siding with US

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Nuclear-armed North Korea has warned Tokyo against “imminent self-destruction” for siding with Washington, as tensions soar after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan. The North set off global alarm Tuesday when it fired an intermediate-range missile over the Asian island nation, triggering condemnation from world leaders including the US and Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denounced the launch as an “unprecedented, serious and grave threat” and agreed with […]

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North Korea says more missiles to come as UN condemns launch (with video)

(Video courtesy AFPTV)   by Sebastien Berger Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un has promised more missile flights over Japan, insisting his nuclear-armed nation’s provocative launch was a mere “curtain-raiser,” in the face of United Nations condemnation and United States warnings of severe repercussions. The Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile that Pyongyang unleashed on Tuesday represented a major escalation in the face of tensions over its weapons programs. In recent […]

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Iraq seeks UN resolution to investigate IS

UNITED STATES (AFP) – Iraq has asked the United Nations to assist it with gathering evidence of crimes committed by the Islamic State group and said it was working with Britain to draft a Security Council resolution to establish an investigation. In a letter dated August 9 but given to the press Wednesday, Iraqi  Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari, congratulating his country’s army on its “brilliant military victories” against the militant force that once controlled vast […]

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Tillerson: World united to disarm North Korea

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday that a United Nations Security Council vote to impose sanctions on North Korea showed that world powers were united behind a push for a denuclearized Korean peninsula. Speaking at a security forum in Manila, Washington’s top diplomat said Kim Jong-Un’s regime must halt ballistic missile tests if it wanted to talk to the US about resolving the standoff. “It’s quite clear in terms […]

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UN toughens sanctions on North Korea

  by Carole Landry Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously backed a US-drafted resolution that significantly strengthened sanctions on North Korea, imposing a ban on exports aimed at depriving Pyongyang of $1 billion in annual revenue. The sweeping measures were the first of that scope to be imposed on North Korea since US President Donald Trump took office and highlighted China’s willingness to punish its […]

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UN to vote on tougher North Korea sanctions

  by Carole LANDRY Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The UN Security Council will vote Saturday on a US-drafted resolution toughening sanctions on North Korea, diplomats said Friday, a proposed ban on certain exports that could deprive Pyongyang of $1 billion in annual revenue. After a month of negotiations, the United States reached a deal with China, North Korea’s main trading partner and ally, on the measures aimed at ratcheting up […]

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UN reports 251 killings in DR Congo’s Kasai; 62 children among dead

by Ben Simon Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations on Friday detailed more than 250 “extrajudicial or targeted killings” in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai region from mid-March to mid-June, counting dozens of children among the dead. The findings, based on interviews with refugees from Kasai who had fled to Angola, blamed state agents for the murders of seven children. The refugees gave harrowing accounts of the violence in the region, […]

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US calls Venezuela vote a ‘step toward dictatorship’

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned Sunday that Venezuela was taking a “step toward dictatorship” in its highly controversial vote championed by beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro to rewrite the nation’s constitution. “Maduro’s sham election is another step toward dictatorship. We won’t accept an illegit govt. The Venezuelan ppl & democracy will prevail,” Haley wrote in a tweet as the voting was marred by an escalation of […]

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Japan pledges $1 billion to back UN development goals

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Japan on Monday pledged $1 billion over the next two years to back the United Nations’ development agenda, raising its profile as one of the world’s largest foreign aid donors. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told a meeting at the UN that the funding will go to help children and youth worldwide, in particular to promote education, health, disaster response and gender equality. The announcement provided a boost to the […]

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US sending mixed messages on Iran nuclear deal: Zarif

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Iran is receiving “contradictory signals” from the United States administration about the fate of the nuclear deal but Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Monday he has yet to discuss it with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. In New York to attend a United Nations forum on development, Zarif said he was open to speak with Tillerson as Washington carries out a review of the 2015 agreement reached […]

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