As US Ups Aid to E. Ukraine by $23 Million, No Word On Pension and Benefit Payments Owed

UNITED NATIONS, July 7 (InnerCityPro.com) - The US has announced $23 million in humanitarian aid for eastern Ukraine, below; no word on Ukraine authorities' cut-off and problematizing of pension and benefit payments, which are worth much more. Here's the statement: "Today, Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Kyiv that the United States is providing ...

US Imposes Human RIghts Sanctions on North Korea, Yonhap Goes Nuclear, What’ll Ban Ki-moon Say?

UNITED NATIONS, July 6 (InnerCityPro.com) -- The US State Department today released its North Korea human rights report, and held an embargoed press call on it. The last of the few questions from was South Korea's Yonhap News, which asked if the human rights sanctions might help on the nuclear issue. (This seems unlikely; ICP ...

US Condemns 3 Attacks In Saudi Arabia, UN’s Ban Not Yet, Meets Myanmar PR

UNITED NATIONS, July 5 (InnerCityPro.com) -- The US State Department has issued a statement on the attacks in Saudi Arabia, which UN High Commissioner for Refugees has already condemned as an attack on Islam. So far nothing from Ban Ki-moon, who is at the UN to accept credentials from among others Myanmar's new ambassador, nor ...

While UN Zeid Alarmed at Myanmar Violence Against Rohingya, New PR Says Don’t Use Term, To Meet Ban

UNITED NATIONS, July 5 (InnerCityPro.com) -- Back on July 1, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Partners' Group on Myanmar met in UN Conference Room 8. ICP asked Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric about  Myanmar's new Ambassador saying the term Royingya shouldn't be used, and minimizing the Muslim group's problems. On July 5, Ban is scheduled to ...

After Baghdad Bombing, US State Dep’t Says Take Fight to Da’esh Strongholds, Ban Ki-moon Initially Silent 2 Hours

UNITED NATIONS, July 3 (InnerCityPro.com) updated below -- After the bombing in Baghdad, before any reaction from the UN in New York - there was this from Jan Kubis' UNAMI -- the US NSC issued a condemnation, followed by this from the US State Department: "We condemn in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attacks ...

US Condemns Dhaka Attack, Supports PM Hasina (whose gov’t called UNSG Ban to Drop Saudi from Yemen CAAC list)

UNITED NATIONS, July 2 (InnerCityPro.com) -- The US State Department has issued this statement on the attack in Dhaka, with a comment and later statement from the White House below: "The United States joins the people of Bangladesh in condemning the brutal act of terrorism in Dhaka. We  offer our deepest condolences to the loved ...

UNSC Issues Press Statement on Wau, South Sudan, Akuei Bona Malwal Replaces Francis Deng As PR

  By Matthew Russell Lee for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (InnerCityPro.com) -- The UN Security Council belatedly issued a Press Statement on Friday about the killings in Wau, South Sudan. The statement did not say how many civilians were killed, nor explain why the UNMISS mission did not open the gates to its camp. ...

Egypt Tells UN Security Council It Should Lift the Arms Embargo on Cote d’Ivoire, Review in March

By Matthew Russell Lee, for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, January 20 -- The UN Security Council today unanimous adopted a resolution on Cote d'Ivoire which while reducing ONUCI's military force from 5,437 to 4,000 did not lift the arms embargo on the country. After the vote there was only one speaker, Egypt, transcribed here by InnerCityPro: ...

On Deir Ezzor, UN Belatedly Cites Credible Reports of Deaths, “No Hard Numbers”

  By Matthew Russell Lee for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, January 19 -- The UN has recently been saying a lot about Madaya in Syria, but much less about Deir ezzor. So this Q&A on January 19: ICP: I wanted to ask about Deir Ezzor, in Syria. I heard just now at the stakeout that the ...

At UNSC, Russian Counter-Terrorism Draft Has Coordination with Syria; Moroccan Diplomats Converge

  By Matthew Russell Lee for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, November 18 -- On his way into the UN Security Council for a session ostensibly about Lebanon, UK Deputy Permanent Representative Peter Wilson mentioned the new “counter-terrorism” draft resolution; a half an hour later, Russia's new draft was described as based on Article 51 self-defense and ...