International Law Does Not Allow India to Intervene in the Maldives
As the situation does not meet the requirements articulated by the ‘responsibility to protect’ doctrine, unilateral military intervention would fall foul of Article 2 of the UN charter. Police stand...
View ArticleUN Security Council Demands 30-Day Ceasefire in Syria
United Nations Security Council. Credit: Reuters United Nations: The United Nations Security Council is considering demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow the delivery of aid and the evacuation...
View ArticleUN Says Report on Myanmar Massacre ‘Alarming’, Need for Investigation
Human bones are seen in a shallow grave in Inn Din, Myanmar, October 26, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Wa Lone United Nations: The United Nations on Friday described the details of a February 9 Reuters...
View ArticleUN Security Council Demands Truce As Air Strikes Batter Syria’s Ghouta
Wounded children are seen in a hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 23, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Bassam Khabieh Beirut/United Nations: The UN Security Council...
View ArticleUN Chief Calls for New Global Effort to Rid World of Nuclear Weapons
“Countries persist in clinging to the fallacious idea that nuclear arms make the world safer… At the global level, we must work towards forging a new momentum on eliminating nuclear weapons,” said...
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