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(Eagle News)– The Palace on Saturday hit back at United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein after he said President Rodrigo Duterte needed to undergo a “psychiatric evaluation.” “Your language was not just an insult to the Filipinos, but to all countries who have democratically elected their heads of states,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He said that while Zeid, who is also the prince of Jordan, was a native of a […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday again accused the United Nations of interfering in the country’s affairs. “When the human rights or whoever is that rapporteur arrives, my order to you is, do not answer… Who are they and who are you to interfere in the way I would run my country?” Duterte said in a speech before policemen in Davao City. Duterte made the comment after Iceland Foreign Minister Gudlaugur thor Thordarson called on the Philippines to […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told the 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, February 27, that the Philippines was ready to have its human rights records scrutinized. But Cayetano also called on the UN council to also hear the side of the Philippine government and to not just listen to “critics who have politicized and even weaponized the issue.” He also appealed to the Council […]
by Carole LANDRY / with Hasan Mohamed in Douma, Syria Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously demanded a 30-day ceasefire in Syria, as new air strikes on the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta took the civilian death toll from seven days of bombing to more than 500. With support from Russia, the Security Council adopted a resolution on the ceasefire to allow for humanitarian […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has proposed the creation of a “United Nations of Asia” that he said would protect the interests of Asian nations. Alvarez made the proposal in a radio interview on Wednesday night, after slamming the United States for its intelligence group’s report that cited President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs and pronouncements on a revolutionary government and a nationwide martial law as “regional threats.” “Ngayon, ang para sa akin, ang […]
MALÉ, Maldives (AFP) – Opposition leaders in the Maldives urged the international community Monday to pressure President Abdulla Yameen into obeying a court order to free political prisoners and “restore democracy” to the troubled honeymoon islands. Yameen’s regime has so far refused to release nine jailed dissidents and reinstate opposition lawmakers as ordered by the Maldives’ top court in a shock ruling last week that has deepened turmoil in the atoll nation. The Supreme Court on Sunday […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – North Korea is flouting UN sanctions by exporting coal, iron, steel and other commodities banned under UN sanctions, earning nearly $200 million in revenue last year, a UN report said Friday. A UN panel of experts also found evidence of North Korea’s ongoing military cooperation with Syria to develop its ballistic missile and chemical weapons programs, and with Myanmar. North Korea “continued to export almost all the commodities prohibited in the […]
by Valérie Leroux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Diplomats from 29 countries including US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meet in Paris on Tuesday pushing for sanctions and criminal charges against the perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria. Tillerson and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian will also co-host a meeting of ministers ahead of a new round of peace talks in Vienna later this week and again in Sochi in Russia the week after. The […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The global unemployment rate is expected to tick down in 2018, the United Nations said Monday, while warning that far too many workers still live in desperate poverty. The International Labor Organization forecast a worldwide unemployment rate of 5.5 percent this year, a marginal improvement on the 5.6 percent recorded in 2017, thanks to broad economic growth. But in its flagship “World Employment and Social Outlook” trends report, the ILO also […]
by Carole Landry Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – Greece and Macedonia return to the United Nations on Wednesday seeking to end a 27-year dispute over the former Yugoslav republic’s name, with hopes of a compromise after a change of government in Skopje. Greece’s objections to the use of the name Macedonia since the Balkan country’s independence in 1991 has hampered the tiny nation’s bid to join the European Union and NATO. UN envoy Matthew […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — A war with North Korea is avoidable, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, urging direct talks between key powers on dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Guterres said recent moves by South and North Korea to ease tensions were important, but he added: “let’s not forget that the essential problem is yet to be solved.” “I believe war is avoidable,” Guterres told reporters, but he added: “I am not yet sure […]
by Nasser Abu Bakr and Joe Dyke Agence France-Presse RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Palestinian leaders voted on Monday to call for the suspension of recognition of Israel in a move with potentially deep implications as they met in response to US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. While withdrawing the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s recognition of Israel could spark international backlash, it was unclear whether the vote was binding. A previous vote by the […]
