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by Philippe Rater Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United Nations has dispatched an envoy to North Korea for a rare visit aimed at defusing tensions over Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch, as the US and South Korea began joint military exercises condemned by Kim Jong-Un’s regime. The unusual visit by Jeffrey Feltman, which begins Tuesday and runs to Friday, comes less than a week after North Korea test-fired a ballistic […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for a ceasefire in Yemen in light of an ongoing humanitarian crisis, his spokesman said. Guterres “calls on all parties to the conflict to cease all air and ground assaults” and is “deeply concerned about the sharp escalation of armed clashes” over the past several days, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. “Ambulances and medical teams cannot access the injured and people cannot […]
by Jo Biddle and Charlotte van Ouwerkerk THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch prosecutors were investigating Thursday how a Bosnian Croat war criminal managed to commit suicide in front of shocked UN judges, in scenes set to cast a shadow over the court’s two-decade legacy. Staff at the imposing buildings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague had been expecting to spend the next few weeks quietly winding down […]
by Carole Landry and Park Chan-Kyong in Seoul Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States on Wednesday warned that North Korea’s leadership will be “utterly destroyed” if war breaks out as it called on countries to cut all diplomatic and trade ties with North Korea — including Chinese oil shipments to Pyongyang. Washington urged tough action at an emergency meeting of the Security Council called to respond to North Korea’s […]
by Jo Biddle with Rusmir Smajilhodzic in Mostar Agence France Presse The United Nations war crimes court for former Yugoslavia descended into chaos during its last judgement on Wednesday when a Bosnian Croat defendant appeared to take poison to protest the upholding of his 20-year jail term. UN judges were handing down judgement in the appeals case of six former Bosnian Croat political and military leaders in the court’s final verdict for war crimes committed […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has dismissed the United Nations’ human rights spokesperson’s rebuke of President Rodrigo Duterte over his remark against UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that Rupert Colville should “do well not to judge the colorful language the President is known for, but by what he stands for and the values he holds dear” instead. “We need to point [out] that the President’s remarks on Callamard […]
by Carole LANDRY Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – Russia on Friday cast a second veto in as many days at the UN Security Council to block the renewal of a UN-led investigation to identify the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. A draft resolution put forward by Japan would have extended the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) for 30 days to allow time for negotiations on a wider compromise. But Russia used its veto […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte was unable to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-United Nations Summit on Monday night because of the series of scheduled bilateral meetings with other countries he had to attend. In a text message to reporters, Foreign Affairs acting spokesperson Robespierre Bolivar said that Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano attended the summit in Duterte’s place. Bolivar said the President had several bilateral meetings with India, Japan, South Korea and […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — North Korea warned at the United Nations Monday that the deployment of three US aircraft carriers in joint navy drills with South Korea was fueling tensions that could lead to nuclear war. North Korea’s Ambassador Ja Song Nam said in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that this was “the worst ever situation prevailing in and around the Korean peninsula.” The first such deployment of three US carriers […]
by Glenda KWEK Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – The United Nations called on Australia to stop a “humanitarian emergency” unfolding at a detention center in Papua New Guinea on Thursday, urging an end to a tense days-long stand-off between refugees and authorities. The Manus Island camp, set up to hold and process asylum-seekers under Australia’s harsh immigration policy, was officially closed Tuesday after it was ruled unconstitutional by PNG’s Supreme Court. But some 600 men have […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The European Union and Japan asked the United Nations on Tuesday to condemn North Korea for gross human rights violations, drawing a link between severe hunger endured by North Koreans and Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programs. After the death of US student Otto Warmbier, a draft resolution also said North Korea must provide detained foreign nationals with access to consular services and allow them to communicate with their families. […]
CLARK, Philippines (AFP) — International sanctions on North Korea are not working and serve only to strengthen the regime of Kim Jong-Un, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday. The United States, which has a longstanding defense pact with the Philippines, has led a drive at the United Nations Security Council to impose tough sanctions against the North for its nuclear and ballistic missile tests. The threat from Pyongyang’s program was a major topic at a […]
