Tag: UN

UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, noted that the construction and expansion of Israel's settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is a war crime under international law. In a report released earlier...

SRI LANKA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman on Sunday condemned acts of violence against Muslim mosques and shops in Sri Lanka at the end of a three-day visit to the Asian island in the Indian Ocean. Feltman urged the...

SYRIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Damascus does not cooperate with the UN Human Rights Council because it promotes the hostile policies of some Western states towards Syria, said Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad. The partiality of the Council of Human Rights of the UN and...

UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Qatar informed the UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterich of three violations of its airspace by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Qatar stressed its rejection of any violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, stressing that it...

VENEZUELA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro described the United States as a puppet and said he had insinuated himself as a "tumor" and had no right to criticize his administration's handling of the country. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid...

PHILIPPINES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The Philippine foreign minister on Saturday attacked the United Nations human rights commissioner, saying he made "irresponsible and disrespectful" remarks about President Rodrigo Duterte and warned that such a move could be a dangerous precedent. The United Nations commissioner, Prince Zeid...

AFRICAN UNION (VOP TODAY NEWS) - In Ethiopia, where he was on Friday, March 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated the need for greater representation of Africa in the UN Security Council, the main decision-making body in the world. During a press conference held with...

UNITED NATIONS (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday to refer the atrocities allegedly committed against Myanmar's Rohingya minority to the International Criminal Court. Prince Zeid also urged the...

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The United Nations warned on Friday that more than two million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be vulnerable to acute malnutrition unless they receive aid they need. Said Jens Aerque, spokesman for the United Nations...

UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The United Nations' human rights commissioner in Myanmar said in a report published on Friday that she saw growing evidence of possible genocide and wanted to prosecute those responsible for crimes against ethnic and religious minorities. She added in a...

UNITED NATIONS (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The actions of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte with international human rights activists indicate he needs a psychiatrist, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday. "These attacks can not be tolerated," Prince Zeid told a news conference. The...

UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday it was "too early" to talk about the return of refugees to Syria because the situation there remained unsafe and risky. "89 percent of the Syrians we asked in...

SYRIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The conditions faced by civilians in Syria are "worse than ever" as the conflict enters its eighth year in days, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Friday. "The conditions faced by civilians inside Syria are worse than ever,...

UNITED NATIONS (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Reducing international tensions with North Korea should lead to dialogue with Pyongyang to stop "serious abuses" such as torture and political detentions, a UN human rights investigator said on Wednesday. Thomas Ujia Quintana, the UN special rapporteur on human rights...

UNITED NATIONS (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Reports said fighting in the besieged eastern region of Ghouta in Syria drove all residents of the towns of Masrba, Hamuri and Maida to flee, totaling 50,000 in December. UN humanitarian spokeswoman Linda Tom said reports of displacement of civilians...

AFGHANISTAN (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The United Nations representative in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, on Thursday called on the Taliban to seize the authorities' offer for direct peace talks on the occasion of the annual renewal of the UN mission in the country. "It is now up...

UNITED NATIONS (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday accused the Syrian regime of planning a "end of the world" in his country, adding that the conflict had entered a new phase of terror. "This month, the secretary-general of the...

UNITED NATIONS (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday held a closed session to increase pressure on Russia and Syria to abide by a ceasefire and allow humanitarian aid and evacuations from the eastern Ghouta. France and Britain have demanded an urgent meeting...

MYANMAR (VOP TODAY NEWS) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein on Wednesday strongly suspects that "genocide" has been committed against stateless Rohingya Muslims since last August in Rakhine State, in western Myanmar. In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council in...

SYRIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry reiterated her country's support for the Syrian army's military operation against terrorists in eastern Ghouta. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday (March 7th) that the Syrian army's military operation in eastern Ghouta...