The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Oslo - UN special envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide on Monday said his position was not under threat despite reports of growing tension with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. I feel secure. I have the full support of the international community, Eide was ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Kabul - Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that top United Nations envoy in the country was acting beyond his authority by instructing the new government of President Hamid Karzai to exclude warlords and bring reforms. Kai Eide delivered c...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour Wednesday called on the international community to end impunity of Israeli crimes and take a clear stand for unholding justice and international law. Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN, made this remarks at his address to a plenary General Assembly session here to consider a Goldstone report which accused both Israel and Hamas militants of war...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday in favor of endorsing the Goldstone Report on the Gaza war in full – 114 states voted in favor of the report, while 18 objected and 44 abstained. Discussions of the report, which accused both Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes in the course of Operation Cast Lead, got underway Wednesday, with 15 envoys delivering speeches ahead...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
| This Week's Podcast: Peter Galbraith on What Went Wrong in the Afghanistan Elections -- And What to Do NowNovember 05, 2009 8:05 AMOn the this week, we spoke to Peter Galbraith, recently fired as deputy envoy of the United Nations Secretary General in . UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon fired Galbraith in October for what he says was a disagreement with his superiors about whether to intervene...
France24 (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The top UN official in Afghanistan called on its President Hamid Karzai to show his commitment to reform in his next cabinet, bluntly warning that the world could desert him otherwise. Karzai has pledged to fight corruption in his new term after an election tainted by fraud allegations, which has led to growing tension between him and US President Barack Obama's administration. "We are really...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikion Monday met the UN special envoy who started a probe over two deadly bombings that struck government buildings in central Baghdad, Maliki's office said. Maliki told UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco that neighboring countries interfere in Iraq's affairs, accusing them of "targeting the political process,"...
The Age (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The top UN official in Afghanistan called on its President Hamid Karzai to show his commitment to reform in his next cabinet, bluntly warning that the world could desert him otherwise.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Kabul - The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan on Monday said he had advised Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission to cancel the presidential election runoff after one of the two candidates pulled out. I think this was the correct d...
Iraqi Mojo (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Four years after it was determined that half of suicide bombers in Iraq are Saudi and most enter Iraq via Damascus , a "U.N. special envoy has met with top Iraqi officials to discuss government complaints of outside involvement in the recent wave of terrorism. Official figures, just released, show the number of terror casualties doubled for the month of October. Iraqi officials are...
France24 (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A UN special envoy was to meet with senior Iraqi officials on Monday to probe security in Baghdad as government figures showed that the number of people killed in October was double the previous month. Assistant Secretary General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco arrived in the capital on Sunday, after persistent lobbying by Iraq for an independent probe into two sets of attacks in central Baghdad.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A UN special envoy arrived in Baghdad on Sunday to start a preliminary probe over two deadly bombings that struck government buildings in central Baghdad and killed scores of Iraqis, an Iraqi television reported. "Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, UN assistant secretary general for political affairs, arrived in Baghdad to kick off a preliminary probe over the terrorist bombings which targeted government...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Baghdad - A UN special envoy was scheduled to discuss security in Baghdad with senior officials Monday, following repeated Iraqi requests for a probe into two devastating bombings in the Iraqi capital. UN Assistant Secretary General Oscar Fernandez-...
Mass Media News (Free subscription) | yesterday
New York Daily News Afghanistan government accuses foreign officials of interfering Los Angeles Times The Afghan Foreign Ministry says a UN envoy's demands 'violated respect for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Ephems of BLB (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last month I submitted a letter to the Guardian pointing out that the same day’s issue had wrongly described Tony Blair’s job in the middle east as that of ‘peace envoy’. What happened next is described in a further email which I subsequently sent to the Guardian’s letters editor and ‘readers’ editor’, and on which [...]
