Speakers Also Cite Diplomatic Breakthroughs in Africa, Korean PeninsulaWorld leaders underscored the continuing threats of terrorism and cybersecurity while urging protection of valuable principles such as freedom of the press and peaceful electoral pr…
Month: September 2018
NIGERIAN MIGRANTS RESCUED IN LIBYA AFTER CELL VIDEO GOES VIRAL
LAGOS, Nigerian migrants held in Libya were rescued after releasing a video from their cell that went viral on social media and caught the attention of authorities. A group of migrants held inside a detention centre in Zawiya in Libya, risked their liv…
UN envoy says hard to hold Libya elections in December
The UN envoy to Libya told AFP that it will be difficult to hold elections as hoped on December 10, following a new wave of fighting in the North African nation. “There is still a lot to do. It may not be possible to respect the date of December 10,” G…
Libya calls for more international support, coordinated through the United Nations
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Libya called on the international community for more assistance on Friday, stressing that a coordinated response was needed, channelled through the United Nations.Mohamed Taha Siala, was addressing the General Assemb…
World Leaders Focus on Unilateralism, Climate Change Threats to International Peace, Security, as General Assembly Continues Debate
As the General Assembly entered the fourth day of its general debate today, world leaders once again called to the fore the threats posed by climate change and unilateralism and their impact on international peace and security, while also highlighting …
LIBYA SEEKS UN ‘SECURITY’ SUPPORT AMID MONTH-LONG CLASHES
UNITED NATIONS, After a month of militia clashes that left more than 100 people dead, Libya’s UN-backed foreign minister on Friday called for the country’s UN political mission to transform into a “security and stability” support role. Mohamed Siala, f…
Unilateralism, Climate Change Threats to International Peace, Security, World Leaders Warn as General Assembly Continues Debate
As the General Assembly entered the fourth day of its general debate today, world leaders once again called to the fore the threats posed by climate change and unilateralism and their impact on international peace and security, while also highlighting …
TUNISIA, LIBYA HOLD FIRST BILATERAL ECONOMIC FORUM IN TUNIS
TUNIS, Tunisia is ready for a more comprehensive strategic partnership in the energy and electricity sector as well as for the reactivation of strategic infrastructure projects in railways and highways and the development of the common border regions w…
More unity, ‘collective action’ needed to maintain international order, EU leader tells UN Assembly
Rules-based international order is under great strain, Donald Tusk, President of the European Council of the European Union (EU), told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, saying that his organization is fighting intensely to preserve it.We…
On day three, of UN Assembly debate, Israel and Palestine put sharp focus on complexities thwarting peace
As the United Nations General Assembly’s annual general debate reached its halfway mark on Thursday, one of the world’s longest-running and most intractable crises, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, almost as old as the UN itself, came into stark relie…