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The comments come as the United States, Israel and their European allies accuse Tehran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program and have used this pretext to push for international and unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic. They
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Susan E. Rice said when Muammar Qadhafi chose to meet peaceful cries for liberty with military force, the Libyan people courageously fought back, and the world was inspired. "That Benghazi an
-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Michel Martelly was attacked as he walked in a Carnival procession in downtown Port-au-Prince, but he escaped unharmed, the National Palace said Friday. The statement said only that "troublemakers" who had taken
"Today, the UN General Assembly sent a clear message to the people of Syria: the world is with you."
With another double veto in the UN Security Council courtesy of Russia and China, the United States, Europe, the Arab League, and Syrians themselves are once again scratching their heads over how to compel Bashar al-Assad to cease his “killing machine” b
(MENAFN - Arab News) Jumma sermons at mosques here called for an end to the bloodbath in Syria, where innocent people are being killed mercilessly. Imams at Jumma mosques in the capital described the current situation in Syria as serious, which would aff
UNITED NATIONS, February 17 -- With Sudan Sanctions the topic of the UN Security Council on Friday morning, a simple vote on the US-drafted resolution was expected. But Sudan's Permanent Representative Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman asked to speak after the
"Today, the U.N. General Assembly sent a clear message of the people of Syria: the world is with you," U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said in a statement. Assad "has never been more isolated. A rapid transition to democracy in Syria has garnered the resoundi
As Haiti’s carnival drums prepare to kick off in this weekend’s pre-Lenten celebrations, a different kind of rumbling has attracted the attention of the international community. So concerned are Haiti’s foreign friends about looming political tensions th
Michel Martelly, the Haitian president, has been attacked as he walked in a Carnival procession in central Port-au-Prince, but he escaped unharmed, the National Palace has said. The statement said only that "troublemakers" who had taken refuge in a unive
Witnesses told The Associated Press that rocks were thrown at the president and his accompanying motorcade from behind the University of Haiti. Police responded by firing shots in the air and unleashing tear gas. Haitian President Michel Martelly was att
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Michel Martelly was attacked as he walked in a Carnival procession in downtown Port-au-Prince, but he escaped unharmed, the National Palace said Friday. The statement said only that "troublemakers" who had taken
As Haiti’s carnival drums prepare to kick off in this weekend’s pre-Lenten celebrations, a different kind of rumbling has attracted the attention of the international community. So concerned are Haiti’s foreign friends about looming political tensions th
Haiti govt says president attacked while walking By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press By TRENTON DANIEL Updated: 2012-02-18T02:31:26Z Ramon Espinosa Haiti's President Michel Martelly, third from left, jogs around the University of Haiti protected by bodygu
Haiti's President Michel Martelly, third from left, jogs around the University of Haiti protected by bodyguards in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Witnesses say rocks were thrown at Martelly from behind a university building while he stroll
The diplomacy between world powers speeded up Feb. 17, after the U.N. General Assembly intensified the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad the day before by overwhelmingly approving a resolution that endorses an Arab League plan calling for him
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17, 2012 (IPS) - When the 193-member General Assembly adopted a resolution against Syria by an overwhelming majority Thursday, the U.N.'s highest policy making body was conscious of the fact that its rulings - unlike the dictates of t
Good news: the U.N. has taken some action on Syria-even if it's largely symbolic. The U.N. General Assembly voted yesterday by an overwhelming margin to approve a resolution, drafted by Saudi Arabia and introduced by Egypt, which condemns violence by the
Syrians demonstrate against the regime after Friday prayers in the north Syrian city of Idlib. BULENT KILIC/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Bassem Mroue Associated Press BEIRUT—Syrian troops intensively shelled rebel-held neighbourhoods in the restive central city of H
Susan Elizabeth Rice (born on November 17, 1964) is an American foreign policy advisor and United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Rice served on the staff of the National Security Council and as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President Bill Clinton's second term. Rice is the United States' third woman ambassador... Full Article
US ambasador to the United Nations Susan Rice is welcomed by local dignitaries as she and members of the UN Security Council arrive in Cap-Haitien, north of Port-au-Prince, on February 15, 2012. A UN Security Council delegation arrived in Haiti on February 13 to meet with President...
View Photo »U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice visits a cholera treatment center in Tabarre, in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday Feb. 16, 2012. Rice leads a delegation representing the U.N. Security Council that arrived for a four-day visit to meet with senior Haitian...
View Photo »United States Ambassador Susan Rice speaks during the U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power in New York February 4, 2012. Russia and China joined forces in a...
View Photo »US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice talks to other diplomats before a vote on a resolution on Syria in the United Nations Security Council during a meeting on Syria February 4, 2012 at the United Nations in New York. Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council...
View Photo »U.S. representative Susan Rice speaks to the press after a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at UN headquarters Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. During the meeting, Russia and China vetoed a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, left, British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, center, German Ambassador Peter Wittig, second from right, and French Ambassador Gerard Araud wait to speak to reporters after the Security Council voted on a resolution backing an...
View Photo »United Kingdom Ambassador to the United Nations Mark Lyall Grant, left, American Ambassador Susan Rice, center, and French Ambassador Gerard Araud speak before a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at United Nations headquarters on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The unusual...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, left, speaks to Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Li Baodong before a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at United Nations headquarters on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The unusual weekend session comes as...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, left, speaks to Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Li Baodong before a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. Security Council ambassadors are gathered...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, center in red, speaks to German Ambassador Peter Wittig, second from left top, and other unidentified delegates before a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at United Nations headquarters.
View Photo »U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice attends a press conference during a U.N Security Council mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Feb. 13, 2012. A 15-member delegation began the four-day mission on Monday to review the terms of its mandate in Haiti. The U.N. set up a...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 31: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) speaks with U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (C) as United Kingdom Foreign Minister William Hague (L) looks on at a United Nations Security Council meeting on the crisis in Syria on January 31, 2012...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 31: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) speaks with U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (L) at a United Nations Security Council meeting on the crisis in Syria on January 31, 2012 in New York City. The Security Council is meeting to discuss...
View Photo »United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, left, looks on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. Syrian troops crushed pockets of rebel...
View Photo »Susan Rice, right, U.S. Ambassador of the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the Security Council on the Middle East on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.
View Photo »Mark Lyall Grant, left, United Kingdom Ambassador to the United Nations, listens as Susan Rice, right, U.S. Ambassador of the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the Security Council on the Middle East on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.
View Photo »US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks to reporters after a meeting in the United Nations Security Council on Syria February 4, 2012 at the United Nations in New York. Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government's...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (C, red) speaks to German Ambassador Peter Wittig (2nd L, red tie) during a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) Susan Rice (in red) speaks on the phone during a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab League plan calling for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to give up power in New York...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks to China Ambassador Li Baodong during a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power in New York...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks to reporters after the Security Council voted on a resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down at United Nations headquarters on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Russia and...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice addresses the Security Council after a vote on a resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down at United Nations headquarters on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The unusual weekend...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice votes to support a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down at United Nations headquarters on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The unusual weekend session comes as Syrian...
View Photo »United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, foreground right, and United Kingdom Ambassador to the United Nations Mark Lyall Grant, foreground left, vote to support a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down...
View Photo »From left, French representative Gerard Araud, British representative Mark Lyall Grant and U.S. representative Susan Rice confer before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at United Nations headquarters on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The unusual weekend session comes as Syrian...
View Photo »US ambasador to the United Nations Susan Rice is welcomed by local dignitaries as she and members of the UN Security Council arrive in Cap-Haitien, north of Port-au-Prince, on February 15, 2012. A UN Security Council delegation arrived in Haiti on February 13 to meet with President...
View Photo »There are some inconveniences with any plan given we have some major roads and passageways, and there's never an ideal situation for everyone. But we're trying to get as close as we possibly can
The US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice had handed a letter to Iran's ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazayee
We think it is past time ... Now, with the Arab League having acted and it becoming increasingly clear -- even for those who would rather deny it -- that the Assad regime has participated in outrageous and now well-documented atrocities, that the patience of [Syria's] neighbors and as well as the larger...
The US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice had handed a letter to Iran's Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaei; the Swiss Ambassador to Tehran [Livia Leu Agosti] also conveyed the same thing; and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani delivered the same message to Iranian officials
We think it is past time ... Now, with the Arab League having acted and it becoming increasingly clear -- even for those who would rather deny it -- that the Assad regime has participated in outrageous and now well-documented atrocities, that the patience of [Syria's] neighbors and as well as the larger...
The US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, sent a letter to Mohammad Khazaie, Iran's UN representative, which was conveyed by the Swiss ambassador, and finally Iraqi President Jalal Talabani delivered its contents to officials
It may not seem enough ... Maybe you want more and faster growth and change, more development, more opportunity, more freedom; with the economic development far out chasing or surpassing political.
This time, the Security Council acted. And acted in time. Having failed in Rwanda and Darfur, it did not fail again in Libya. Within less than two days, American firepower played a decisive role in stopping Gadhafi’s forces and saving Benghazi
Because we acted, countless men, women and children were spared. Because we acted, the Libyan people had the time and space to end the Gadhafi regime and chart a new beginning. Because we acted, the international community gave meaning to the promises that have been made so many times on Rwandan soil - ...
remains comparatively closed ... press restrictions persist.
Civil society activists, journalists, and political opponents of the government often fear organizing peacefully and speaking out
