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When Nelson Mandela came to power in 1994 in post-apartheid South Africa as its first democratically elected leader, he promised a new foreign policy for the nation that would uphold human rights. “Human rights will be the light that guides our...
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Also human life is short, kaleidoscope of history-in-making is so speedy changing that last seventy years accomplished events lasting centuries previously: changing...
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Rather than beating the same old drum at the United Nations Pakistan should take a credible action against the militants in order to have a meaningful dialogue with...
made popular Nov 7 2009
The head of the United Nations in Afghanistan threatened a complete pullout yesterday after half of his staff were evacuated following last week’s terrorist attack,...
made popular Nov 6 2009
The United Nations said on Thursday it would temporarily evacuate hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan due to deteriorating security, a sharp blow for...
made popular Nov 5 2009
The United Nations will suspend operational support for certain Democratic Republic of Congo army units it believes have deliberately killed more than 60 civilians this...
made popular Nov 3 2009
Iran’s leadership has once again equivocated after agreeing to a deal that would ease its nuclear standoff with the West. But this time, that may be as much a product...
made popular Nov 3 2009
Iran will accept a UN deal on its nuclear programme, but only if “very important changes” are made, Iranian state media have reported.
Al Alam TV quoted...
made popular Oct 28 2009
Direct talks between arch foes, Israel and Iran, in 30 years, were held under the auspices of an initiative of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
According to...
made popular Oct 26 2009
When I heard the news that Lebanon had won a seat on the rotating part of the Security Council (made up of five permanent members and 10 rotating 2-year non-renewable...
made popular Oct 19 2009
Let us ignore the fact that the UN has postponed the vote on Goldstone’s report concerning the last Israeli war on Gaza Strip. What we should deal with now is the...
made popular Oct 8 2009
Six months after declaring the six-party talks on the future of its nuclear weapons programme “dead”, North Korea relented somewhat yesterday, suggesting...
made popular Oct 7 2009
The United States came under pressure to show leadership in U.N. climate talks on Wednesday with Mexico saying its neighbor is a stumbling block in efforts to try to...
made popular Oct 7 2009
The explosion inside the offices of the WFP followed a vow of revenge by the Pakistani Taliban after the death of their leader Baitullah Mehsud, killed in a US missile...
made popular Oct 5 2009
North Korea says it will strengthen its nuclear arsenal if new sanctions are imposed because of its weapons program.
Pak Kil Yon, the country’s deputy foreign...
made popular Sep 29 2009
As the days go by, and the interest is awash with stories of the ZANU PF/Mugabe duplicity, I am always quite stunned at the inaction taken by the free world.
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made popular Sep 29 2009
The Libyan leader’s spectacle at the United Nation is not Africa’s proudest moment on the world stage.
If Africa has anything going for it anywhere up and down the...
made popular Sep 29 2009
September’s UN opening session seems to be the month that all the “crazies” crawl out from under their rocks—
Mahmoud Achmedinejad claims to be the world’s...
made popular Sep 25 2009
Flash floods have claimed 187 lives and affected 635,273 people in west Africa since the rainy season started in June, the UN Office for the Coordination of...
made popular Sep 23 2009
Somali schools should stop using “un-Islamic” textbooks distributed by the United Nations, a spokesman for the Islamist group al-Shabab has said.
Sheikh...
made popular Sep 22 2009
After a six-month investigation, the U.N.’s Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict has concluded there’s evidence that Israeli forces and Palestinian...
made popular Sep 16 2009
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