Posted on November 30th, 2006 by Marian Houk
“In yet another brilliant observation by Kofi Annan, the US [sic- he means UN] secretary-general today said that the security situation in Iraq is not good. Prior to his statement, people around the world were under the impression that all is well in Iraq.” http://angryarab.blogspot.com/
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Filed under: Iraq, Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General
Posted on November 30th, 2006 by Marian Houk
“The situation…in Palestine and Israel is a particularly difficult one. It is something that we are all struggling with today. Lots of initiatives are being discussed now. You noticed that not long ago, the Prime Minister of Spain, the President of France and the Prime Minister of Italy, I think, came up with an initiative suggesting [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Lebanon, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, Quartet, UN Secretary-General
Posted on November 29th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Archbishop Tutu, who was an anti-Apartheid activist, and who later chaired the South African Human Rights Commission, has been named to head a team to go to Beit Hanoun and look into the 8 November shelling that the Israeli Government has said was a result of a technical error (see report below). [...]
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Filed under: Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, United Nations
Posted on November 29th, 2006 by Marian Houk
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights told the UN’s Human Rights Council on 29 November that “The human rights of Israelis and Palestinians cannot be the subject of negotiation or compromise. Those in power must fulfill their obligations in accordance with international human rights and humanitarian law now so as to ensure that all [...]
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Filed under: Human Rights, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on November 29th, 2006 by Marian Houk
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, who recently visited Haiti, told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 29 November that although more is being said about violations of civil and political rights, such as arbitrary detention and extrajudicial executions, the general population lives in extreme poverty, and suffers from equally [...]
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Filed under: Haiti, Human Rights, Kofi Annan, Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment, UN Peacekeeping, UN Secretary-General
Posted on November 26th, 2006 by Marian Houk
A new report by UNRWA (the UN Agency providing humanitarian relief for Palestinian refugees) states that “Despite the non-payment of salaries,the labour force surveys confirm that Palestinian public employees continued to turn up for work and perform their duties throughout first-half 2006. Thus the 160,000 plus public sector employees were counted as employed during [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, UN Administration, United Nations Agencies and Programmes
Posted on November 25th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olment’s Media Adviser announced on Saturday night that a comprehensive cease-fire will enter into force [in Gaza] at 06:00 today (Sunday) 26.11.06. According to the Israeli Government press release, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas telephoned the Israeli Prime Minister “to inform him that he had reached agreement with all Palestinian factions [...]
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Posted on November 25th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Three United Nations mine-disposal experts were seriously injured in southern Lebanon on Friday 24 November by what the experts say were shiny new Israeli No. 4 Anti-Personnel Land-Mines laid recently, during Israel’s invasion last July and August. A Briton and a Bosnian expert each had to have feet amputated as a result of the [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Lebanon, UN Security Council
Posted on November 7th, 2006 by Marian Houk
AP has reported that Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Program, has said that recent tests confirmed “the use of white phosphorus-containing artillery and mortar ammunition” by the IDF during the conflict. Steiner said, however, that the UN team found no evidence of use of depleted uranium or other radioactive material during Israel’s [...]
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Filed under: Chemical Weapons, Environment, International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC, Israel, Lebanon
Posted on November 4th, 2006 by Marian Houk
The UNCC is housed in Villa La Pelouse $21 billion dollars of Iraqi oil money has been paid out to date by the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), located at the UN Office in Geneva. Now, the UN has announced, there have been some “overpayments”, and some “inaccurate” payments. The UNCC reported, in a poorly-written [...]
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Filed under: Academic studies and research, Iraq
