May 10, 2017
News, United Nations
Gro Harlem Brundtland, human rights, Lakhdar Brahimi, Mary Robinson, migrants, New York, reform of the United Nations, Refugees, Security Council, The Elders, UN, united nations, USA, Veto
United Nations, New York, USA, May 09 2017 – Press briefing by representatives of The Elders, an independent group of global leaders working together for peace and human rights today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and Deputy Chair of the Elders, addressing journalists. She is flanked by fellow Elders Lakhdar Brahimi (left), former Joint Arab League-UN Special Representative for Syria; and Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former High UN Commissioner for Human Rights. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, May 09 2017 Speaking to reporters in New York today [Read More]
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]
