Mar 25, 2017
News, Security Council, United Nations
Audrey Azoulay, Destruction, Interpol, ISIL, Security Council, Sustainable Development Goals, Terrorist Groups, Trafficking of Cultural Heritage, UN, united nations, UNODC
United Nations, New York, USA, 24 March 2017 – Audrey Azoulay, Minister for Culture and Communication of France during a Press encounter today at the UN Headquarters in New York after her Security Council Meeting. The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2347 (2017), condemning the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage in the context of armed conflicts, notably by terrorist groups. The resolution also requests Member States to take appropriate steps to prevent and counter the illicit trade and trafficking in cultural property originating from a context of armed conflict, notably from terrorist groups. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Security Council, United Nations, [Read More]
May 26, 2015
Security Council, United Nations
Abdallah Yahya A. Al-Mouallimi, Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, Ambassador, closed-door, Iran, Iran goverment, Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany, Politics, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, Security Council, UN, united nations, Yemen War, Yemeni Ambassador
United Nations, New York, USA, May 20 2015 – Abdallah Yahya A. Al-Mouallimi (centre), Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN, speaks to journalists, following a closed-door Security Council meeting on the situation in Yemen. On the Photo: Also addressing reporters with him were Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany (left), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Yemen; and Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar. Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, New York, USA, May 23 2015 – Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Yemen to the UN, speaks to journalists, following a [Read More]
May 11, 2015
Security Council, United Nations
Ambassador, Ambassador Power, Burundi, CAR, Celebrities, celebrity, Central African Republic, Civil War, election, High Commissioner, human rights, INNER CITY PRESS, Matthew Lee, Permanent Representative to the UN, Politics, Samantha Power, Samantha Power Photos, Tribunal ruling, U.S. State Department., UN, Under Secretary General, united nations, United States, US, whistleblower
Reporter: Follow up on that? One question? Thanks. Appreciate it. One issue that has arisen that may not even need to wait for an investigation is that the Central African Republic says that they were never told of this, and given that these were their citizens, I wonder if you—does the U.S. think that when the UN system becomes aware of charges such as these, that the host country should be told? There’s also this issue, in the UN Dispute Tribunal ruling, that the Under Secretary General of Peacekeeping was reported, and the UN didn’t seem to dispute it, to [Read More]
