Taliban Bans U.N. Human Rights Envoy from Afghanistan for ‘Propaganda’
The Taliban announced on Wednesday that they had banned the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, from entering the country. The Taliban claimed Bennett was banned because he lacked “professionalism” and was spreading “propaganda”. Taliban Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Kahar Barki said Reuters reported on Wednesday that the Taliban regime was […]
U.N. Report Finds 23.7 Million Afghans Dependent on Humanitarian Aid
Three years after the Taliban took power, 48 percent of Afghanistan’s population lives below the poverty line, 12.4 percent are “food insecure” and 23.7 million people are dependent on foreign aid, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said […]
U.N. Counter-Terrorism Official Warns Islamic State Is Gaining Power in Africa
Vladimir Voronkov, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Counterterrorism, told the Security Council on Thursday that the Islamic State and its affiliates are expanding their influence in West Africa and the Sahel. Voronkov said ISIS remains intent on carrying out terrorist attacks around the world. Voronkov Warned If current trends continue, ISIS may soon have “effective control” […]
Israel Rejects Biased U.N. Court’s Non-binding Ruling on ‘Occupied’ Territories’
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The U.N.’s highest court ruled Friday that Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territory is “illegal” and called on Israel to end its presence and immediately halt settlement construction, in an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s control over land it captured 57 years ago. In its non-binding opinion, the International Court […]
Israel Identifies One Hundred ‘Terrorist Operatives’ Working for U.N. Relief Agency
The Israeli Foreign Ministry informed the UN last week that 100 “terrorist operatives” had been identified as employees of UNRWA, the UN relief agency for the Palestinian people. Israel has called on the UN to fire these officials without delay. The letter from Israeli Ambassador Amir Weisbrod to UNRWA Director-General Philippe Lazzarini was sent on […]
U.N. Chief Decries ‘Lethal Weather’ Unleashed by Climate Change
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has blamed summer heat waves caused by climate change for claiming “hundreds of lives”. “Heat waves have claimed hundreds of lives around the world so far this year,” lamented the UN’s alarmist chief. “We cannot accept a future in which the wealthy remain protected in air-conditioned spaces while the rest of […]
U.N. Confirms Probe into Allegation Its Palestinian ‘Special Rapporteur’ Took Money from Pro-Hamas Groups
The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) confirmed to the independent organization UN Watch on Tuesday that it was taking “appropriate measures” over allegations that Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese had illegally received funds from pro-Hamas groups. UN Watch filed a legal complaint against Albanese through the UN system […]
Taliban Seeks ‘Positive Engagement,’ Praises Biden Admin at U.N. Meeting
Members of the terrorist Taliban concluded their participation in a UN-led international conference on Afghanistan’s future on Monday, thanking the organizers for inviting them to take part and particularly praising the administration of US President Joe Biden and its involvement. A two-day summit of various representatives of international governments took place in Doha, Qatar, on […]
U.N. Invites Taliban to Afghanistan Summit, Who Reportedly Demand Ban on Women
The United Nations has invited the jihadist terrorist group Taliban to a two-day conference on Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar, next weekend, the third such conference since the Taliban seized power in 2021. The Islamic militants reportedly demanded that Afghan women should not be allowed to participate in the conference. Human rights activists appear deeply concerned […]
U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Says Obama’s 2015 Iran Deal ‘Means Nothing’
The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said on Monday that the nuclear deal struck with Iran in 2015 under former President Barack Obama “exists only on paper and means nothing.” “Nobody applies it, nobody follows it. There have been attempts to revive it here in Vienna, but unfortunately, even though […]