In a story that did the rounds last week, the United Arab Emirates representative to the UN, Ahmed Awad, stormed out of a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-session in Geneva after refusing to directly address criticisms made by civil society groups concerning the deteriorating human rights situation in the country. Introduced by the United Nations […]
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Status of Jerusalem The General Assembly, Reaffirming its relevant resolutions, including resolution 72/15 of 30 November 2017 on Jerusalem, Reaffirming also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 252 (1968) of 21 May 1968, 267 (1969) of 3 July 1969, 298 (1971) of 25 September 1971, 338
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Al-Jazeera 21 December 2017 Libyan general Khalifa Haftar has said the mandate for a UN-backed government in Tripoli has expired, plunging the North African country deeper into political turmoil. Haftar declared the UN-brokered Libyan political agreement and its institutions “void” in a televised speech earlier this week. “The 17th of December has arrived and brought with it the
