United Nations
INTERNATIONAL: Asset recovery hampers UNCAC action
The UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) framework for the first time officially links...
InternationalIRAN/UN: Ahmadi-Nejad says he will accept IAEA deal
President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said yesterday in an interview with state television that he had...
IranCYPRUS: Intensive talks fail to force breakthrough
The latest cycle of inter-communal talks is stalled -- like so many before -- and the UN finds...
CyprusINTERNATIONAL: Global migration body faces obstacles
The third Global Forum on Migration, held in November, is being viewed by many as the start of a...
INTERNATIONAL: Human Rights Council splits to persist
Expectations of a more assertive approach to human rights by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)...
IRAN: Diesel deal with Iraq shows Iranian confidence
Iran will supply Iraq with about 19,000 barrels per day of diesel as part of a new deal,...
IranEGYPT: Gaza wall risks growing domestic opposition
The UN stated on January 21 that the blockade of the Gaza Strip is threatening its healthcare...
EgyptHAITI: Economic impact will be long term
Haiti's ambassador to the UN, Leo Merores, yesterday stated that the recent earthquake would...
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