Israel withdraws from UN Human Rights Council
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced on Thursday that Israel is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council, as the United States recently did. ‘The decision was made in light…
Trump expected to withdraw from United Nations Human Rights Council, stop funding UNRWA
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders on Tuesday to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council and stop funding for the UN Palestinian relief agency…
Cyprus: Kombos conveys ‘unwavering will of the Greek Cypriot side for an immediate return to substantive negotiations’
Cypriot Foreign Minister Konstantinos Kompos conveyed a clear message to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, that the Greek Cypriot side is fully cooperative and supportive of his mission and…
France’s man at the UN: Two-State Solution Not Good for Cyprus
France’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Nicolas de Riviere, claimed that “the two-state solution advocated by Türkiye and the Turkish Cypriot side would not be good for Cyprus.” Haravgi newspaper…
Cyprus: Kombos set to meet with UN Secretary General
Cypriot Foreign Minister Konstantinos Kombos left for New York to meet with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. According to reports, the Kombos-Guterres meeting will discuss “the Cyprus issue and recent…
Press Realease: UN Peacekeepers in Cyprus
Press Release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the 2771 UN Security Council Resolution on the renewal of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus The Ministry…
Egypt urged to abolish the death penalty, improve prison conditions
Egypt must introduce judicial reforms and release political prisoners, it emerged at Tuesday’s UN hearing on the human rights situation in the country. Egypt has implemented reforms in the field…
UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by the escalating violence in the eastern DRC
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has talked over the phone with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to discuss the escalating conflict in the DRC,…