Palestinian statehood: plan emerges to avoid UN showdown
International efforts to forestall a showdown in the UN security council over the declaration of a Palestinian state are solidifying around a plan for the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, to submit a request for recognition but for a vote on the issue to be put on hold while a new round of peace talks is launched. The deal is being pushed by the Middle East "Quartet" of the UN, EU, US and Russia
ＷＨＯ：放射線健康被害の専門部局を廃止 - 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)
【ジュネーブ伊藤智永】国連専門機関の世界保健機関（ＷＨＯ）が、２年前に放射線の健康被害に関する専門部局を廃止し、財政難を理由に今後も復活する予定がないことがわかった。ＷＨＯトップのマーガレット・チャン事務局長が５月、ＷＨＯによる東京電力福島第１原発事故後の健康被害調査などを求めた、欧州各国の非政府組織（ＮＧＯ）約４０団体の連絡団体「ＷＨＯの独立のために」代表らとの面会で認めた。 ◇ＩＡＥＡ主導権 原発推進側の兼務に批判 核による健康被害などの調査の主導権は１９５９年以降、ＷＨＯが国際原子力機関（ＩＡＥＡ）と締結した協定でＩＡＥＡ側に移行されてきており、ＮＧＯ側は「ＩＡＥＡは（福島事故の後）各国に原発の推進と監視の分離を求めながら、自分は両方を兼務しており、矛盾がある」などと批判、現在の国際的な原子力監視体制の限界を指摘している。 ＷＨＯなどによると、廃止されたのは、原発の人体への影響などを
'I have no doubt Dag Hammarskjöld's plane was brought down'
In 1975 my father, then working for the UN in Zambia, visited the spot where Dag Hammarskjöld's plane crashed outside Ndola. He talked about the crash to a worker there, Dickson Mwewa, who offered him a metal plate found buried at the site, telling him it was a piece of the crashed DC6. My father told the Swedish authorities about the plate at the time but they showed no interest. I discovered the
Dag Hammarskjöld: evidence suggests UN chief's plane was shot down
New evidence has emerged in one of the most enduring mysteries of United Nations and African history, suggesting that the plane carrying the UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld was shot down over Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) 50 years ago, and the murder was covered up by British colonial authorities. A British-run commission of inquiry blamed the crash in 1961 on pilot error and a later UN inv
Dutch state responsible for three Srebrenica deaths, says court | World news | guardian.co.uk
Dutch court rules troops should not have allowed men to leave safe area or fall into the hands of Bosnian Serb forcesAppeal court judges in the Netherlands have ruled that the Dutch state was responsible for the deaths of three Muslim men after the fall of Srebrenica during the Bosnian war, in a verdict that opens the door to compensation claims.Dutch troops were in charge of the UN-declared "safe
Dutch state 'responsible for three Srebrenica deaths'
Dutch peacekeepers forced some Bosniaks out of the UN compound in July 1995 A court in the Netherlands has ruled the Dutch state was responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslims in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The Dutch were in charge of the UN "safe area" when Bosnian Serb forces overran it in 1995 and killed 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys.
US vetoes UN condemnation of Israeli settlements | Ed Pilkington
The Obama administration wielded its first veto at the UN security council last night in a move to swipe down a resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory. The US stood alone among the 15 members of the security council in failing to condemn the resumption of settlement building that has caused a serious rift between the Israeli government and the Palestinian authority and
In sharp reversal, U.S. agrees to rebuke Israel in Security Council
The U.S. informed Arab governments Tuesday that it will support a U.N. Security Council statement reaffirming that the 15-nation body "does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity," a move aimed at avoiding the prospect of having to veto a stronger Palestinian resolution calling the settlements illegal. But the Palestinians rejected the American offer following a meeting
US diplomats spied on UN leadership
Washington is running a secret intelligence campaign targeted at the leadership of the United Nations, including the secretary general, Ban Ki-moon and the permanent security council representatives from China, Russia, France and the UK. A classified directive which appears to blur the line between diplomacy and spying was issued to US diplomats under Hillary Clinton's name in July 2009, demanding
Haiti protester shot dead by UN peacekeepers
At least one man has been shot dead in clashes with UN peacekeepers in Haiti. UN troops fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who were throwing stones and blocking roads in Cap Haitien. The protests come amid a continuing cholera epidemic that has killed more than 900 people, but the UN has also linked them to upcoming elections.
Darfur arms report that angered China goes to UN
More than 2.6m people have been displaced by fighting in Darfur since 2003, the UN says The UN Security Council has received a controversial report on violations of the Darfur weapons embargo, after weeks of delays due to objections by China. The confidential report, which was leaked, says Chinese bullets have been found in Sudan's conflict-torn region.
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