Tag: ban ki-moon
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#MorningMonarchy: February 1, 2016
Israel pressure, Yemen crises and Venezuela collapse + this day in history w/Voice Of America and our song of the day by Tortoise on your Morning Monarchy for February 1, 2016.
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9/11 updates: investigations, interviews & ‘angel is next’
ahmadinejad urges ban ki-moon to probe 9/11 attacks from afp: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written to UN chief Ban Ki-moon, asking him to launch an investigation into the September […]
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un peacekeepers & aid workers abusing kids
from ap: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed “deep concern” Tuesday after a leading children’s charity said it uncovered evidence of widespread sexual abuse of children at the hands of U.N. […]
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violent crackdown launched in myanmar
from ap: Security forces in Myanmar opened fire on demonstrators Wednesday, and witnesses said police beat & dragged away dozens of Buddhist monks. The government said at least one person […]
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explosion rattles UN chief’s iraq news conference
from raw story: A mortar blast rocked Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on Thursday as Ban Ki-moon held a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, causing the UN chief […]