After Pope Francis Speaks on Usury, ICP Asks PGA Lykketoft of Debt, “Not in UN,” He Says

  By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, September 25 -- After Pope Francis in his General Assembly speech denounced "usury, especially where developing countries are concerned," Inner City Press later on September 25 asked new General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft about the comment and the process in the GA, at least in the last session, on sovereign debt restructuring. Video ...

India PM Modi for UN Peacekeeping Summit Wants More Say For Troop Contributing Countries, G4 Sept 26, Waldorf Q&A

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, September 23 --  India has been the largest contributor to UN Peacekeeping -- 185,000 troops in 44 of the UN's total of 69 missions -- so Inner City Press on September 23 at the Waldorf Astoria after the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Modi asked what India is looking ...

On Libya, Inner City Pro Asks UNSC President of Dabbashi’s Critique, Failures Forgotten for South Sudan

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, August 26, more here -- After the UN's envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon briefed the UN Security Council about his political agreement still without the Tripoli-based General National Congress, and Libya's Ibrahim Dabbashi chided Council members about Al Qaeda, the Security Council agreed on Elements to the Press read ...

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Protected: Analysis: Srebrenica Draft Fails, With Four Abstention & Russia’s Veto, Full Final Text & Some Speeches Here

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Yemen’s PR Alyemany Says “More Force” on Houthis, Quotes Ban’s New Envoy; UNSC Elements to the Press

  By Matthew Russell Lee, for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, May 20, updated with UNSC Elements to the Press -- The UN's bungling of Yemen mediation has become ever more clear, according to multiple sources and documents exclusively seen by Inner City Press. On May 6, Inner City Press reported how UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accepted US ...

ICC’s Bensouda Answers Inner City Pro on Central African Republic, Palestine, Libya, Transcript Here

By Matthew Russell Lee for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, May 12 -- After International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda briefed the UN Security Council about Libya on May 12, she emerged from the Chamber and agreed to answer some questions; Inner City Press asked some, starting with the Central African Republic. Because it was not at the ...

On Western Sahara, Explanations of Vote by Angola, Venezuela and China Raise Questions of Self-Determination, Colonialism, Human Rights, AU

By Matthew Russell Lee, for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, April 28 -- The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO, which has yet to hold any referendum, was unanimously "renewed" for a year on April 28 by the UN Security Council. Inner City Press is publishing Explanation(s) of Vote. Venezuela said human rights monitoring ...