Monday, July 30, 2012

As S. Sudan Assures Inner City Press No Support to JEM, UNSC Dipomat Tells Press August 2 "Won't Be Met"

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 26 -- South Sudan's ambassador Francis Nazario on Thursday detailed to the Press his...

To "Dismantle" Syria Mission, Ladsous Had Planes Waiting in Beirut, -Sources

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 26 -- Even before UN Peacekeeping boss Herve Ladsous sent half of the UN's Syria obs...

On Child Soldiers Next to UK Forces in Somalia, UK Responds to Inner City Press' Questions

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 25 -- The issue of  child soldiers came onto the UN Security Council agenda under the ru...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

At UN, Weakness of Quartet on Palestine Decried, Blair & Syria in the Wings

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 25 -- As the Security Council gathered Wednesday for its periodic group therapy on the M...

On Syria, As Ladsous Sends Half of Observers Home, UN Says "Won't Come Back," Selectively

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 25 -- That UN Peacekeeping boss Herve Ladsous decided to send one half of the UN observe...

Despite the Dying in Darfur, UN Takes Less Interest, US Fixed on Kony

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 24 -- A year ago the debate on Darfur and extending the mandate of the UN - African Unio...

In UN Sanctions Follies, Jim'ale Shifted to Somalia List, Eritrea Report Down, Bryden Spins

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Partial exclusive UNITED NATIONS, July 24,  updated  -- The UN's Somalia and Eritrea sanctions are a cir...

Syria Said to Let in 62 Int'l Staff, Block Some from US, France, UK, Canada & Australia

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Partial exclusive UNITED NATIONS, July 23 -- As the UN on Monday sent the Press its Syria Humanitarian Bulle...

UNaccoutable on AIDS, Ban Ki-moon GIve Post to Kazatchkine Ignoring Global Fund Scandal & Exit

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 23 -- Even on a topic as serious as HIV / AIDS, the United Nations has become a sinkhole...

As Six Ivorians Under UN Protection Are Killed, UN Admits to "Light Security"

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 22 -- While ostensibly under UN protection, at least 6 Ivorian in the Niambly refugee ca...