On Yemen, US, Saudi, UK, Oman and UAE Issue Communique, Amid Bombing Raids & Arms Sales

UNITED NATIONS, December 18 (InnerCityPro.com) -- From meetings in Saudi Arabia, this "Communique" has issued: December 18, 2016 Communiqué on Yemen The Foreign Ministers of the United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates met today along with the UN Special Envoy and the Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs.  They discussed ...

From Yemen, National Delegation’s Response to UN Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed’s proposed roadmap

UNITED NATIONS, October 30 (InnerCityPro.com) -- Amid renewed airstrikes on Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition, days after Saudi Arabia was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council with 152 votes of the 193 member states, here below is a "Response of the National Delegation" as obtained by InnerCityPro.com, machine-translated then the original Arabic: Issued by ...

Germany’s Braun on Complex Libya & Yemen, Burundi Pressure, China’s DPRK Surprise

By Matthew Russell Lee for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, January 21 -- Germany is running again for UN Security Council for 2019-20. By the election in 2018, the 2015 Person of the Year award to Chancellor Angela Merkel from TIME Magazine may have faded in memory. Still, its economy is larger than the two other European ...

On Yemen, UNSC Press Elements, Here; ICP Asked of Nimr, Houthis & GPC Rejecting Envoy

  By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, January 5 -- The UN Secretariat's bungling of Yemen mediation has become ever more clear, according to multiple sources and documents exclusively seen by Inner City Press, see below.  Now that the Houthis and the GPC have both said they won't participate in any more talks facilitated by ...

ICP Asks Saudi PR Why Ended Yemen Ceasefire, Transcribed, Why Executed al-Nimr, Video

  By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, January 4 -- Saudi Arabia kicked off 2016 by announcing the execution of 47 people including Shi'a cleric Nimr al-Nimr and a formal end to the supposed Yemen ceasefire the UN and its envoy spoke about. Inner City Press asked Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the UN Abdallah Y. ...

US Power Answers ICP on Abuse in C.A.R., Urges Saudi To Be Discerning in Yemen with Sudan Troops

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 1 — When US Ambassador Samantha Power held a press conferenceabout the UN Security Council’s work in December, when she will be president, Inner City Press asked her about two items on her Program of Work: the use in Yemen of troops from Sudan. Inner City Press also asked ...

On South Sudan, ICP Asked Why UN Not in Leer Amid Deaths, UK PR Rycroft Says Discussed

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 26 -- Whom is the UN in South Sudan protecting? What are its priorities? On October 26, Inner City Pressasked UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric about Leer, below. On November 4, after the UN Security Council's closed door consultations with UNMISS chief Ellen Loj, Inner City Press asked Council President ...

Fast Transcript: In UNGA, Hadi Says Yemeni People Thank Saudi Arabia For Airstrikes

  By Matthew Russell Lee for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, September 19 -- The UN Secretariat's bungling of Yemen mediation has become ever more clear, according to multiple sources and documents exclusively seen by Inner City Press, see below.   After the UN Security Council's praise of talks ostensibly committed to UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh ...

Inner City Pro Asks IMF Saudi Mission Chief About Yemen Operation, Budget Pressure

  By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, September 9 -- On the International Monetary Fund's embargoed conference call about Saudi Arabia on September 9, Inner City Pro asked the IMF's mission chief Tim Callen about the impact of the military operations on Yemen. Callen told Inner City Press, "it's clear that the operations are going ...

Amid Airstrikes on Yemen, UN Envoy Complains of Leak – Here, to “Jeff” (Feltman)

  By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, September 7 -- The UN Secretariat's bungling of Yemen mediation has become ever more clear, according to multiple sources and documents exclusively seen by Inner City Press, see below.   On September 5 as airstrikes on Sana'a picked up force, there was no comment from the UN or ...