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[ ] Opinion by Mouin Rabbani (amman, jordan) Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Inter Press Service AMMAN, Jordan, May 22 (IPS) – The ICC Prosecutor’s applications for arrest warrants regarding the Situation in Palestine represent a milestone. But they are of little…

[ ] Opinion by Achim Steiner, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (united nations) Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (IPS) – Small island developing states (SIDS) are scattered across the globe, dotting the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, the…

[ ] Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, underscored the need for continuing the vital discussions, which have been supported by Egypt, Qatar and the United States. “If talks do not resume, I fear for…

[ ] “Our team on the ground is deeply alarmed by the latest reports of further escalating violence and destruction taking place in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships,” said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing reporters at UN Headquarters on Monday. Renewed…

[ ] Established in 2002 and based in The Hague, the ICC is a criminal court that can bring cases against individuals for war crimes or crimes against humanity. Most recently, on Monday it issued a request for arrest warrants…

[ ] The crash, which occurred in a mountainous region of northwestern Iran, also claimed the lives of Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six other passengers. “The Secretary-General expresses his sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and to…

[ ] by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (IPS) – The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to seek warrants on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant…

[ ] “Every time families are displaced their lives are at serious risk. People are forced to leave everything behind looking for safety. But, there’s no safe zone,” the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said in a post on…

[ ] In a statement, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Hamas’s Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif) and Ismail Haniyeh “bear criminal responsibility” for murder, extermination and taking hostages – among…

[ ] SBSTTA 26 Chair Senka Barudanovi?, Bosnia and Herzegovina, conferring with the Secretariat. Credit: IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis by Stella Paul (nairobi) Monday, May 20, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, May 20 (IPS) – After a week-long discussion by delegates…