This November marked 60 years since the 1954 United Nations convention which first promised to tackle the issue of statelessness was adopted. Today however the problem is far from...

The UN General Assembly – Fourth Committee has adopted nine resolutions in favour of Palestine. The resolutions included four on the work of the United Nations Relief and Works...

The Palestinian government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), with the support of Sweden, yesterday signed an agreement aimed at removing the rubble and debris in the Gaza...

Israeli authorities denied entry on Wednesday night to the commission appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate possible war crimes committed during Israel’s latest war against Palestinians...

The European Union has not prohibited the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood because there is no proof that they are involved in acts of violence, the EU Ambassador to...

The United Nation’s support mission in Libya announced yesterday that it will evacuate the city of Cyrene in the eastern part of the country following a car explosion, according...

Reports in The Times of Israel and Haaretz have once again covered the narrative relating to Operation Protective Edge, this time by US Joint Chief of Staff General Martin...

The UN Human Rights Council issued on Friday a report with 300 recommendations for the Egyptian authorities to improve the human rights situation in the country, it has been...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday slapped targeted sanctions against a former Yemeni president and two Shia tribal leaders for threatening the stability of the country and impeding...

Since 2008, Gaza has been the scene of three immensely destructive wars. A strict Israeli blockade on materials coming in and out of Gaza means that in each instance,...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed to Palestinian leaders that Turkey will start an initiative at the UN Security Council to stop the Israeli aggression in Al-Aqsa Mosque compound....

Seven human rights organisations decided not to take part in the UN session to review Egypt’s human rights file yesterday. The organisations decided not to send representatives or to...

An official source in the Egyptian foreign ministry has expressed “extreme surprise” over the UN’s decision to deduct $30 million in administrative costs from the aid donated for the...

“Israel’s latest decision for settlement expansion in Jerusalem is not only a slap in Secretary Kerry’s face, but it’s a blow to the entire Palestinian...

Human Rights Watch has called for the review at the UN Human Rights Council to condemn “the most dramatic reversal of human rights in Egypt’s modern history under President...

The Arab draft resolution regarding setting a timeframe for ending the Israeli occupation will be presented for voting at the UN Security Council before the end of the month,...

The twentieth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group has concluded its review of Egypt’s human rights situation which was held in Geneva. The...

There was hardly any mention of the Rabaa Al-Adawiya massacre in Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN today. Only Iceland remarked on the massacre saying it is...

The United States and other countries on Wednesday slammed the human rights situation in Egypt at a United Nations meeting reviewing the country’s record for the first time since...

Spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Jens Laerke said on Tuesday that the UN in Iraq is calling for an additional $173 million to...

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has opposed the United Nations plans to reconstruct Gaza, a senior leader said. In a statement published on Facebook, Mousa Abu-Marzouk said that the...

Below is the text of the press statement released by ITN Solicitors, acting on behalf of Egypt’s Freedon & Justice Party. On 5 November 2014, Egypt is to have...

The number of Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land have doubled in the last 54 months, UN Commission on Human Rights member Cees Flinterman said today. Flinterman presented the...

The Universal Periodic Review Working Group (UPR) which works on reviewing the human rights record of UN member states was preparing to review Iran’s human rights record this morning....

A UN panel of independent experts in Geneva has urged Israel to end a host of practices violating Palestinian human rights. The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation...

Head of the Egyptian Human Rights Council Abdel-Ghaffar Shokr said that the UN Human Rights Council will discuss three reports about Egypt on November 5, the Anadolu Agency reported....

The above clip taken from a Fox News broadcast aired last week shows the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) spokesperson Christopher Gunness and anti-Palestinian activist David Bedein debating...

At last, it appears that the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) 138-9 majority vote in November 2012 to accord Palestine observer state status might finally be bearing fruit. Sweden’s...

“The international community cannot be expected to continually pick up the pieces of another war and then pick up the bill.” Uttered by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during...

The Fatah Revolutionary Council said that the Palestinian decision to seek membership into the UN via the Security Council is a “Palestinian right” and that the outcome of this...

A team of experts on the sanctions committee in Yemen have found five individuals guilty of obstructing the transitional process in Yemen, an Al-Jazeera correspondent has found. Reporter Murad...

Talk of “full rights” and “international legitimacy” by Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat was once again prominent within its usual inconsistency. Speaking at a meeting with various diplomatic representatives,...