On South Sudan Sanctions Draft Resolution, Here, E-10 Members Urge Deferring to African Union & IGAD

By Matthew Russell Lee, E-10 andn InnerCityPro Exclusive Inner City Pro has put the full text online here: UNITED NATIONS, February 25 -- When a draft resolution was circulated on February 24 to the UN Security Council which would set up a South Sudan sanctions committee, wire reports focused on the views of the Western Permanent Three ...

Naming Names: Bangladesh Military Accused of Abuse Serve in UN Peacekeeping, No Answers

  By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, February 22-- Amid the violence in Bangladesh,Inner City Pro has repeatedly asked the UN how it reviews whether the military personnel is uses from Bangladesh have not been involved in human rights violations. February 5 video; now from the UN's February 20 transcript: Inner City Press:  I wanted to ask ...

Libya Wants Help of Egypt, UN’s Leon Talks National Unity Gov’t, Others Have Different Line of Thinking

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 18, more here -- The UN, after ousting Tarek Mitri as envoy in favor of Bernardino Leon, has been promoting its good works in Geneva and in the country.   On February 18, speaking before the foreign ministers of Libya (Tobruk) and Egypt, Leon again cited his own ...

On Syria, UN Envoy de Mistura Talks Up Six Week Halt in Aleppo But Takes No Questions

By Matthew Russell Lee, for InnerCityPro UNITED NATIONS, February 17 -- When the UN's envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura came to the Security Council on February 17, it was his first briefing since October 30. This time, he took no questions, instead trying to clarify comments he made about Assad being "part of the ...

North Korea Complains of CSIS Event in DC With US Robert King and Kurt Campbell, No Right to Reply, No Reply from Ban Ki-moon

By Matthew Russell Lee, for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, February 16 --The North Korean mission to the UN held a press conference at its office on Second Avenue on President's Day, when the UN was closed. The purpose was to go public with the opposition of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the “Conference on ...

On Libya, After 21 Egyptian Copts Killed, Ban Ki-moon Speaks on Dialogue Facilitated by UN’s Leon, Not on Sisi Threat

By Matthew Russell Lee, for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, February 16, more here -- The UN, after ousting Tarek Mitri as envoy in favor of Bernardino Leon, has been promoting its good works in Geneva and in the country. But after an ISIS affiliate in the country uploaded video of itself killing 21 Egyptian Copts, thing may be ...

On Yemen, GCC Plays Down Dropping of Word “Coup” by UNSC, Inner City Pro Asks of Saleh, Drafts Here

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 15 -- On a cold Sunday in New York, the UN Security Council scheduled a 5 pm vote on a resolution on Yemen. Diplomats rushed in. The Gulf Cooperation Council had submitted a draft with the word "Houthi coup" in it, but the phrase did not survive. The GCC had ...

Exclusive: UN Jobs Sold By Ivorian Mission in Ladsous’ UN Peacekeeping, Leaks Show

By Matthew Russell Lee, for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, February 7 -- In UN Peacekeeping under Herve Ladsous, position in missions from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Haiti was corruptly put up for sale, a 49-page “Strictly Confidential” UN investigative report obtained and exclusively published by Inner City Press show.    The report, by the Office ...

On Yemen, UNSC “Press Elements” Urge Houthis Back to UN-Led Talks, or “Further Steps”

By Matthew Russell Lee, for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, January 23 -- After the Houthis essentially took over the presidency of Yemen, the UK put Yemen on the Security Council's agenda for the afternoon of February 6, under Any Other Business, Inner City Press first reported at 3:32 pm.   At 6 pm, the Security Council's ...

On Yemen, With Houthis in Control, UK Asks for UNSC Session

By Matthew Russell Lee, for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, January 23 -- After the Houthis essentially took over the presidency of Yemen, the UK put Yemen on the Security Council's agenda for the afternoon of February 6, under Any Other Business, Inner City Pressfirst reported at 3:32 pm.  At the February 6 noon briefing, UN spokesman ...