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Israel and Palestine: surreal times at the UN Security Council

U.N. - 26 Luglio 2019

Israel and Palestine: Surreal Times at the UN Security Council

While discussing the recent incursion of Israeli troops in the Palestinian territories of Sur Bahir and Wadi Hummus in which Israeli troops destroyed a number of Palestinian homes, the Israeli delegation at the UN Security Council used its time to talk about Iran without even mentioning the topic at hand. A new level in the de-humanization of the on-going Middle-East crisis

Trump-UNSC

New York - 26 Settembre 2018

Trump Attacks China for Meddling in 2018 Election at the UN Security Council

Trump gets off topic at the beginning of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the "nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction." However, other presidents stay on track and criticize the United State's foreign policy and interventionist action.

Eritrea Ethiopia

U.N. - 11 Luglio 2018

UN Shows New Hope for Peace to Africa after Eritrean-Ethiopian Agreement

The recent peace agreement ending conflict between the two African nations signals benefits to come as the U.N. Security Council welcomes potential ends to sanctions placed on Eritrea.

Children armed conflict

U.N. - 9 Luglio 2018

Children in Armed Conflict: Agreement on UN Resolution Begs for Action

With 350 million children being affected by armed conflict today, today's UNSC resolution seeks to provide increased protection towards children and accountability towards violators of the resolution. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven chaired the important meeting.

Security Council Stakeout

U.N. - 21 Giugno 2018

Cardi’s Farewell: “I did my best to have Italy leave a greater mark on the UN”

We met with the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Sebastiano Cardi, at the end of May, just before leaving his office to continue his commitment to Italian Foreign policy in Rome. We asked him to take stock of these past 5 years – years in which Italy confirmed itself as a leading force at the UN and was able – when necessary – to stand up and call the attention of the international community to issues of great concern to the country, such as the Mediterranean

NorthKorea-UN-Charter

U.N. - 13 Ottobre 2017

Crisis with North Korea: the UN Charter Has Been Violated by the Security Council

During the 72° General Assembly the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, provided not only an understanding of the nature of the obligation that Art. 32 bestows on the Security Council, but also an understanding of the importance of this obligation. How can the members of the Council understand the nature of a dispute like DPRK without hearing from the parties to the dispute?

UNSC-Gambia

U.N. - 19 Gennaio 2017

UN Resolution on Gambia Leaves Loophole for Violence

UN Security Council votes on resolution to endorse actions of ECOWAS in Gambia "to ensure, by political means first, respect of the will of the people.” When Journalists asked to the French Ambassador Francois Delattre if the resolution gave authorization for the use of force, he referred to a section of the text... In the meantime Senegalese troops are moving in

Staffan-de-Mistura-Syria

U.N. - 29 Luglio 2016

De Mistura and the Uphill Battle to Mediate Peace in Syria

On July 26, de Mistura announced that he aims for the next round of intra-Syrian peace talks to take place in late August, rather than early August as he had hoped a month prior. Russia and Syria's plan to create humanitarian corridors in Aleppo further complicates the UN Envoy's mission

Abbadi-ONU

U.N. - 29 Luglio 2016

Abdelkader Abbadi’s Undiplomatic Look at the United Nations

Abdelkader K. Abbadi is one of the most experienced active UN Correspondents you will find at the United Nations having been a UN official for 30 years. La Voce sat down to talk with him about his new book, "From the Garden to the Glass House: An Undiplomatic Look at the United Nations"

boris johnson UN

U.N. - 22 Luglio 2016

Boris Johnson Fires Up the United Nations

Boris Johnson paid a visit to the UN to participate in the Security Council meeting on Libya, to speak world affairs with the Secretary General, and to share his two cents on Brexit and the global terrorism phenomenon with the press. He even faced his comparison to Republican nominee Donald Trump

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