by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 16, 2017 | Middle East
The United Nations and the Arab League on Thursday issued a joint statement endorsing the establishment of a Palestinian state. Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul-Gheit affirmed that the conflict “It requires a comprehensive and just settlement based on a two-state...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 7, 2016 | World
Almost a third of the United Nations workers are women. With gender equality listing high on U.N. MDP (Millennium Development Goals) its quite contradictory to see that the higher you go, the fewer you will find females filling posts in the world body. The U.N. has...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 6, 2016 | World
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday officially and collectively nominated former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres to be the next Secretary-General, recommending that the 193-member General Assembly appoint him for five years from Jan. 1, 2017....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2016 | World
New York-Portugal’s former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to become the successor of South Korea’s Ban Ki-moon in leading the United Nations following a decisive vote by the Security Council on Wednesday. But the council will undertake a formal vote...
