Women, Peace and Security: Study Submitted by the Secretary-General Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1325
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
New York - An Arab-backed resolution endorsing the Goldstone report on the Israel-Hamas fighting in the Gaza Strip was adopted with a 114-18 vote by the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. UN Sec...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The U.N. General Assembly is likely to approve a resolution that urges Israel and the Palestinians to carry out independent investigations of alleged war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter within three months and calls for possible Security Council action if they do not.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams said the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 is taking place normally in south Lebanon despite "the difficult circumstances," local As-Safir newspaper reported on Wednesday. Williams described the recent incidents in south Lebanon as "worrying," but said that aggressive acts are coming to a halt...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The U.N. General Assembly is likely to approve a resolution that urges Israel and the Palestinians to carry out independent investigations of alleged war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter within three months and calls for possible Security Council action if they do not.
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Goldstone’s Report
First of all, the report was pre-fabricated by UNHRC and Goldstone team: Goldstone, Hina Jilani and Desmond Travers signed a March 2009 letter initiated...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Obama administration on Tuesday accused the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) of violating UN Security Council resolutions to produce material useable in nuclear weapons, urging the country back to the six-party process. "It certainly runs counter to the commitment that they made in 2005, and it violates UN Security Council resolutions," State Department...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The U.N. General Assembly is likely to approve a resolution that urges Israel and the Palestinians to carry out independent investigations of alleged war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter within three months and calls for possible Security Council action if they do not.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. General Assembly is likely to approve a resolution that urges Israel and the Palestinians to carry out independent investigations of alleged war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter within three months and calls for possible Security Council action if they do not.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly is likely to approve a resolution that urges Israel and the Palestinians to carry out independent investigations of alleged war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter within three months and calls for possible Security Council action if they do not.The 192-nation world body has scheduled a meeting Wednesday to consider a resolution...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
FERNDALE, WASHINGTON (MARKET WIRE) Sea 2 Sky Corporation, (OTCBB: SSKY) a leading edge Renewable Bio-Energy Company, is pleased to announce that after various competing presentations it has received the endorsement of the the Lake Babine Indian Nation of Burns Lake, British Columbia Canada (LBN) to proceed with agreements to develop the biomass resources of the Lake Babine area for alternative energy...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Obama administration Tuesday accused DPRK of violating UN resolutions to produce material useable in nuclear weapons.
Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Representative Howard Berman (D-Cal) has revised his resolution calling on the White House to prevent the Goldstone Commission report from being used to condemn Israel in the Security Council or from being referred to the International Criminal Court. A vote on the resolution is due to take place on Tuesday.There are two changes. The first one is designed to concede that Judge...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
The recent UN Human Rights Council Resolution endorsed by the Obama Administration exemplifies a key weakness of international human rights law that John McGinnis and I have focused on in our academic work (e.g. here and here): the heavy influence of repressive authoritarian governments over its content. In this case, the resolution was initially promoted [...]
Power Line (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Glick observes : The US did not denounce either Syria or Iran for breaching the UN Security Council resolution barring Iranian arms shipments as well as the Security Council resolution prohibiting nations from arming Hizbullah. The US did not state that in response to what Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called a "smoking gun," it will reconsider its decision...
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
... is! Palestinian Refugees have the right to return to their homes in Israel. General Assembly Resolution 194, Dec. 11, 1948 "Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss...
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The General Assembly "requests the secretary general to transmit the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict to the Security Council," the resolution said. The new resolution urged Israel and Palestine to launch investigations that "are independent, credible and in conformity with international standards" within three months. According...
