Ban Ki Moon, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, United Nations in Audio Speaking at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Libya, President Barack Obama urges Gaddafi loyalists to surrender and accept the country’s new leadership. (00:14)
Barack Obama, Libya, United Nations in Audio, United Nations Speaking at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Libya, President Barack Obama says Libya’s new transitional leadership can count on the support of the United States of America on its path towards democracy. (00:19)
Barack Obama, Libya, United Nations in Audio, United Nations Speaking at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Libya, President Barack Obama says the humanitarian situation in Libya continues to be difficult and urges the international community to continue supporting aid efforts. (00:28)
Libya, United Nations, obama in Audio, United Nations Speaking at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Libya, President Barack Obama says Libya will undoubtedly face many challenges after more than 40 years of the Gaddafi regime. (00:30)
Barack Obama, Libya, United Nations in Audio Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has lost all legitimacy by using the country’s security forces to kill over 2 000 people since the start of protests against his regime. (00:16)
Bashar al Assad, Ehud Barak, Israel, United Nations, syria in Audio Alexander Nikitin, member of the UN Working Group on Mercenaries, says that as Private Military and Security Companies continue to expand their operations around the globe, the international community must monitor their work the same way it monitors the transfer and sale of weapons. (00:32)
UN spokesperson Farhan Haq says the UN welcomes al Shabaab’s decision to allow delivery of humanitarian aid to Southern Somalia, where over a million people are in urgent need of relief due to a devastating food crisis and an escalation in fighting. (00:32)
Somalia, United Nations, al Shabaab, food crisis in Audio US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice says that while the US remains determined to peacefully resolve Iranian nuclear issues, officials in Tehran need to comply with their international obligations and engage in serious diplomatic talks.
United Nations Security Council President for the month of June, Ambassador Nelson Messone of Gabon, announces Council members have recommended the General Assembly appoint Ban Ki Moon to a second five year term as UN Secretary General.
Meron Reuben, Israeli Ambassador to the UN, tells the Security Council plans by Palestinians activists and rights organizations to break the naval blockade into Gaza are political provocations, not humanitarian actions.
Gaza, United Nations, gaza flotilla in Audio U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice emphasizes the importance of US funding to the UN in a testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Thursday. (0:38)
House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Howard Berman (D-Calif.) opposes legislation that seeks to authorize the withholding of American funding to the United Nations at a hearing Thursday. (0:57)
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) suggests possible funding changes in regards to US involvement in the UN, at a hearing on “Reforming the United Nations: The Future of U.S. Policy” Thursday. (0:56)
Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s special envoy to Libya, Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib, says the country’s opposition group —The Transitional National Council — is willing to accept a ceasefire agreement with the Gaddafi regime provided they receive certain guarantees from Tripoli.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice says the US is committed to help finding a solution to the conflict in Darfur.
Darfur, Sudan, United Nations in United Nations Speaking at a United Nations ministerial meeting on Sudan Friday, President Barack Obama called for the full implementation of Sudan’s peace agreement. Obama noted that the strife that marked Sudan’s past must not be present in the nation’s future. (0:39)
Sudan, United Nations in Audio Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, responds to a TRNS question on Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) criticism of the country’s growing nuclear program. The President of the Islamic Republic, Mahmood Ahmadinejad, is expected to meet with Ban Ki-Moon when he attends the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23rd. (1:35)
Fuad Hussein, the Chief of Staff for the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government said during a discussion at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C. Friday that although the Iraqis need a greater say in the operation of their government, the U.S. should play a role in diminishing political strife. (0:49)
United Nations, United States, iraqi goverment in Audio United Nations Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi interviews David Mehdi Hamam, the Chief of the Office of the Special Advisor on Africa for the United Nations on UN Talk Radio Day Friday on Sudan, Somalian pirates, corruption, Rwandan relations with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the state of Africa’s natural resources. (9:38)
Listen
