Growing Tensions on the Road to Persian Gulf Security
The 14
September 2019 drone attacks on oil installations in eastern Saudi Arabia have
dimmed hope for U.S. - Iranian discussions aimed to reduce tensions and
potentially...
Libya: Will the U.N. Appeal for a halt to the March on Tripoli be heard?
With the
administrative-political situation in Libya badly stalemated and a meeting for
negotiations to be held 14-16 April unlikely to make progress, on Thursday 4
April 2019,...
World Policy for Migrants and Refugees
«There is no doubt that Mankind is once more on the move. The very foundations have been shaken and loosened, and things are again...
Yemen negotiations move ahead slowly – post-war planning needed
As a result of Saudi bombing raids, Yemen’s underdeveloped socio-economic infrastructure has been largely destroyed. Post-war planning will need to be followed by international...
21 March: Navroz, The Recurrent Renewal
May the soul flourish;May youth be as the new-grown grain Navroz, usually celebrated on 21 March in Iran and Central Asia, is the “New...
The Genocide Convention: An Unused but not Forgotten Standard of World Law
9 December is the anniversary of the 1948 Convention on Genocide, signed at the UN General Assembly held in 1948 in Paris. The Genocide...
Palmyra: ISIS-Wanton Destruction
On 4 October, 2015 Maamun Abdulkarim, the Syrian Director General of Antiquities and Museums, confirmed that the 2000 year old Arch of Triumph in...
The UN Leadership Team and the Non-Aligned Movement
There is currently an active discussion among UN delegations in New York concerning the way in which the appointment of the next UN Secretary-General...
OSCE: Strains and Renewal in the Security Community
On 1 August 2015, the Helsinki Final Act, the birth certificate of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) turned 40. ...
Burundi: Storm Warning
The United Nations Human Rights Council ended its session on Friday, 3 July, and called attention to two new country situations which require strong...