United Nations General Assembly

U.N. passes treaty regulating arms sales

2013-04-02 10:10:00

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the world body's first treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade Tuesday, a goal sought for over a decade to try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands...

Global arms trade treaty still has a shot, backers say

2013-03-29 17:34:00

A groundbreaking pact to regulate the global weapons trade still has a chance of� success after Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked the draft treaty at the United Nations this week.� But even if the treaty passes, its power will hinge on how nations...

Humanitarian aid beyond the reach of many Syrians

2013-03-29 17:44:00

REYHANLI, Turkey — The Syrian opposition fighter arrived unexpectedly at Dr. Mazen Kewara's office at the Syrian American Medical Assn., desperately seeking help. Humanitarian aid was not reaching enough armed rebels and civilians in Syria's Idlib...

Moving past stalemate in the Middle East

2013-02-19 00:00:00

With the U.S. administration's foreign policy team shaping up and planned visits by President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to the Middle East, there are renewed hopes for movement on the political process. While welcoming these developments, we...

Coming back to life after the Holocaust

2013-01-27 00:00:00

"Happy birthday!" my mom and her first cousin will wish each other on Sunday, even though neither was born on Jan. 27. Rather, it's the anniversary of their new lease on life, of the day the Soviet Red Army liberated them from behind the barbed wire of...

Israel announces plans for more West Bank housing

2013-01-16 07:27:00

JERUSALEM --�Only a day after reports that President Obama had scathing words for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policy and six days before Israeli elections, more construction was announced Wednesday. The Housing Ministry issued tenders...

The Week in Pictures | November 26 – December 2, 2012

2012-11-30 13:42:48

Controversial Israel housing settlement units greenlighted

2012-12-17 11:46:00

JERUSALEM -- Israel gave a green light Monday to 1,500 new units of Jewish housing in the Ramat Shlomo development in the northern Jerusalem area, an expansion that had triggered a diplomatic rift with the U.S. after it was first announced during a 2010...

Israelis press ahead with controversial housing project near Jerusalem

2012-12-19 08:49:00

JERUSALEM -- Defying a wave of international condemnation, Israel on Wednesday gave final approval to a 2,610-unit housing project in a southern Jerusalem area that Palestinians claim should be part of their future state. The project, called Givat...

U.N. boosts Palestinians' status to nonmember observer state

2012-11-29 14:42:00

UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday to slightly enhance the status of the Palestinian territories at the international organization, a controversial gambit that conveys world recognition for beleaguered Palestinians....

Israel's failed strategy

2012-11-20 00:00:00

JERUSALEM — For years, Israelis have embraced a theory of "deterrence" with respect to the Gaza Strip. The idea is that if Gazans feel enough pain, they will refrain from attacking Israel. But this kind of strategic deterrence simply doesn't work....

Suu Kyi's U.S. visit may lead to more easing of sanctions on Myanmar

2012-09-17 07:12:56

Delegates to the United Nations General Assembly applaud the passage of the first U.N. treaty regulating the international arms trade on Tuesday.

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Delegates to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday applaud the passage of the world body's first treaty regulating the international arms trade.

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez moments before addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2006 at the UN in New York City.

2013-01-11 08:54:57