UN Tribune

27/02/2018

http://untribune.com/un-investigators-conclude-iran-violated-arms-embargo/

Feb. 27, 2018 – Iran is in violation of a Security Council imposed arms embargo, UN investigators have concluded. The investigators made their findings known in an annual report to the 15-nation body. Resolution 2216 prohibits the transfer of arms to the late Ali Abdullah Saleh as well as to Houth...

22/02/2018

http://untribune.com/unicef-deputy-resigns-inappropriate-behavior-allegations-emerge/

Feb. 22, 2018 – The deputy director of UNICEF has announced his resignation saying he does not want to do damage to the organization or to the charity Save the Children, his previous employer.http://www.justin-forsyth.com/post/171169121857/statement-from-justin-forsyth-with-heavy-heart Reports eme...

08/02/2018

http://untribune.com/un-spent-319-million-staff-travel-last-year/

Feb. 8, 2018 – UN Secretariat staff took almost 100,000 trips last year at a cost to the global taxpayer of $319 million, according to a new report by Antonio Gutteres. The UN chief was tasked by the General Assembly to issue the report and to devise recommendations for cutting down on travel cost...

31/01/2018

http://untribune.com/global-hunger-rise-mostly-cause-increasing-global-conflict/

January 31, 2018 – Hunger is on the rise again after seeing a reversal in the past few years. The majority of those suffering from hunger are living in conflict affected countries. A new report from the World Food Program and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization states that the number of peop...

24/01/2018

http://untribune.com/14-countries-paid-2018-un-dues/

Jan 24, 2018 – South Sudan and Benin have paid their 2018 United Nations dues but the world body’s biggest contributors, the United States, Japan and Germany have still to pony up, according to latest figures from the Committee on Contributions. Only 14 countries have paid as of January 23, and ...

15/01/2018

Dr. King and his wife Coretta visiting UNHQ in 1964, greeted by Ralph Bunche, USG for political affairs.

10/01/2018

http://untribune.com/iran-end-death-penalty-many-drug-offenses/

January 10, 2018 – The Iranian judiciary on Tuesday amended the country’s drug trafficking law, which if implemented, could save the lives of about 4,000 of the some 5,000 inmates on death row in the Islamic Republic. The order to suspend death sentences for drug-related crimes pending sentence ...

22/12/2017

Voting record for UN General Assembly resolution on status of Jerusalem

15/12/2017

http://untribune.com/un-chief-iranian-weapons-proliferation-investigation/

Dec. 15, 2017 – Antonio Guterres has reported to the Security Council that the UN is examining evidence that Iran has transferred ballistic missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen in violation of Security Council resolutions. Saudi authorities claim a missile fired at Riyadh airport last month was of I...

05/12/2017

Several UN Security Council resolutions, including resolution 478, from 1980 prohibit establishing diplomatic missions in Jerusalem

04/12/2017

Yemen strongman, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has been killed. UN Tribune reported in 2015 that he had amassed $2bln per year for every year he ruled the Arab world’s poorest country

Estimated worth of Yemen's former strongman would make him world's fifth richest person.

03/12/2017

US withdraws from Global Compact on Migration. Prep meeting due to begin tomorrow Dec 4 http://refugeesmigrants.un.org/migration-compact