Feb 28, 2017
News, United Nations
Bashar al-Assad’s, British Ambassador, Chemical Weapons, Civilian Population, imposing sanctions, Joint Investigative Mechanism, Matthew Rycroft, Mounzer Mounzer, Nikki R. Haley, OPCW, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, resolution, Security Council, Syria, Syrian Ambassador, Syrian War, UN, united nations, Veto
United Nations, New York, USA, 28 February 2017 – Nikki R. Haley, United States Permanent Representative to the UN during the Security Council meeting on Syria use of Chemical weapons on there Civilian Population today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, February 28 2017 A resolution imposing sanctions regarding the use and production of chemical weapons in Syria was rejected by the Security Council today as Russia and China vetoed the draft. After the vote, United States Ambassador Nikki Haley told the Council Russia and China had made “an outrageous and indefensible choice today” [Read More]
Feb 27, 2016
News, United Nations
Ambassador, deputy foreign minister, Gennady Gatilov, hostilities in Syria, Politics, resolution 2268, Russian, Samantha Power, Security Council, Syria, Syrian War, UN, united nations, United States, Venezuela
United Nations, February 26 2016 The United Nations (UN) Security Council unanimously adopted resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities and a grant for access to humanitarian workers to ease the suffering of the people in Syria. The resolution, which takes effect at midnight, Damascus time, comes after five years of conflict and includes all parties to the conflict excluding Daesh and Jahbat an-Nusra. Addressing delegates in the Council from Geneva, the UN special envoy for Syria Stephan de Mistura said that “Saturday will be critical” and added that “no doubt there will be no shortage of attempts to undermine [Read More]
Apr 30, 2015
News, Security Council
Arab League, barrel bombs, Coalition, Khaled Khoja, League of Arab States, Najib Ghadbian, Opposition Forces, Politics, President, safe zone, Syria Revolution, Syrian War, UN, united nations
United Nations, New York, USA, April 29 2015 – Khaled Khoja, President of the Coalition of Syria Revolution and Opposition Forces asked the UN Security Council for a safe zone in Syria On the Photo: Khaled Khoja Walking to a Meeting at UNHQ AND Najib Ghadbian (Left). (R) Arab League Member Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire The head of a Syrian opposition group today asked the UN Security Council for a safe zone in Syria. In a press conference sponsored by the United Kingdom, Khaled Khoja, President of the Coalition of Syria Revolution and Opposition Forces, said he had asked for the [Read More]
