Tag: UN
a first step taken on the issue of mercenaries and foreign fighters
After two days of meeting in Cairo, the Libyan military committee agreed on Wednesday, February 8, on a mechanism for the exchange of information and coordination on the subject of…
In Rwanda, renewed confidence in the reception program for Libyan refugees in transit
The European Union renews and increases funding for the reception of migrants evacuated from Libya to Rwanda. While the question of the agreement between London and Kigali continues to be…
The mandate of the UN human rights office in Uganda not renewed
The Ugandan government is calling for the closure of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), whose last mandate, renewed four years ago, ends on…
UN predicts 2023 as one of the worst years in decades
The United Nations expects 1.9% growth on average this year. One of the worst scores in decades. With our correspondent in Geneva, Jeremiah Lance The endless disruptions of the Covid,…
30 female political prisoners call for an end to executions of protesters
A new alert launched to try to prevent the multiplication of executions of demonstrators in Iran. Thirty political prisoners signed a platform made public this Sunday, January 22. From Evin…
Paris violates the Convention against Torture
This is information from the French newspaper Release. The UN Committee against Torture condemns France for not having repatriated dozens of French families detained in Kurdish camps in Syria, families…
three mass graves discovered in Ituri with at least 50 victims
This is far from being a first in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Several false communes were discovered in Ituri by MONUSCO peacekeepers, a UN spokesperson announced…
In Brazzaville, a UN meeting calls for an end to violence in eastern DRC
The 54th ministerial meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa ended on January 16 in Brazzaville. The representatives of the various States present…
Israel imposes retaliatory financial sanctions on the Palestinian Authority
In a newspaper interview Ha’aretz, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh returns to the financial retaliation measures imposed by the Jewish State on the Palestinian Authority. Israel accuses the Palestinian leaders…
Attack on a UN convoy in Lebanon: seven suspects prosecuted
On December 14, an Irish peacekeeper was killed and three others injured in the attack on a United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) convoy, 40 kilometers south of Beirut. With our…