Diplomacy & Crisis News

The head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today lauded the Chilean Government’s successful efforts to reduce disaster risk and minimise the number of casualties from the 8.3-magnitude earthquake and tsunami which occurred last night.

Senior United Nations officials today expressed outrage at the very serious accounts of war crimes and crimes against humanity that were allegedly committed between 2002 and 2011 by all parties to the conflict in Sri Lanka, including Government security forces, affiliated paramilitary groups and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Web users and academics cast doubt on the official claim, citing lack of free speech and popular representation.

Seven years after the Great Recession, the Fed keeps money dirt cheap.

The Security Council today extended the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 September 2016, and authorized a reduction in the number of its personnel, as preparations continue for the security transition to the country’s authorities next year.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is eager to get countries to submit as soon as possible their action plans that will form the basis of the new universal climate change agreement to be adopted in December in Paris, a senior United Nations official dealing with the issue said today.

Croatia has announced that its country is full, despite encouraging migrants to arrive just yesterday.

The top United Nations official in Afghanistan told members of the Security Council today that the country’s path to stability and self-reliance cannot be taken for granted, and that support from the international community continues to be crucial.

The United Nations human rights chief said today he is “appalled” at the recent actions displayed by the Hungarian Government in its treatment of refugees and migrants, and urged European institutions to take firm action to respond to the crisis affecting several countries.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted specific actions aimed at ending sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations personnel that require “urgent” support from countries that provide troops and police to peacekeeping operations.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations human rights chief today spoke out against the coup d’état in Burkina Faso and called for the immediate release of the country’s transitional leaders.

When it came to foreign policy last night, the GOP contenders showed they still have a lot to learn.

The United Nations programme that works to combat HIV/AIDS is working with the Government of Kenya in a bid to end the AIDS epidemic in the country by 2030, through the creation of a new data-collecting tool to track progress in current HIV programming.

The signing of the nuclear accord between Iran and the P5+1 answered a question that has bedeviled the U.S.-Iranian relationship for 36 years. Decades after the 1979 uprising that ousted Washington’s ally, Shah Reza Pahlavi, and led to the 444-day captivity of American hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, the United States is no longer intent on effecting regime change and settling scores. The nuclear accord signifies a belated acceptance of, and accommodation with, the Islamic Revolution and the clerical order it spawned. What does this mean for Iran? That a relaxed leadership can now look inward to fix the country’s ailing economy. But what if it also decides to invest further into Iran’s power projection in the region?

Malaria death rates have plunged by 60 per cent since 2000, but the ancient killer remains an acute public health problem with 15 countries mainly in sub-Saharan Africa accounting for some 80 per cent of cases and deaths globally, according to a new United Nations report released today.

“The American Marines made quite the man out of you!”

What would happen if the president of the U.S. could not trust the Army to carry out a mission?

Dominique DAVID, conseiller du président de l’Ifri, rédacteur en chef de Politique étrangère et co-directeur du Ramses était l’invité de Thierry GARCIN sur France Culture, mercredi 16 septembre 2015, dans l’émission « Les Enjeux internationaux ». Il y a présenté l’édition 2016 du « Rapport annuel mondial sur le système économique et les stratégies » et examiné la question de l’existence d’un véritable système international.

« On parle souvent du « système international » sans vraiment le définir, de la « communauté internationale » en en faisant un tout, de la « société internationale » en en faisant un fourre-tout, de l’« ordre international » en cachant le désordre international, pourtant si manifeste. »

Mais comment fonctionnent les relations internationales, qui reposent en grande partie sur les relations interétatiques, malgré une certaine mondialisation de la politique étrangère, voire de la diplomatie ?

Promeuvent-elles avec tant de succès la démocratie ? S’achemine-t-on vers un monde plus multipolaire ?

Le rôle de l’État reste-t-il déterminant, quels que soient les régimes en place ?

La recherche de l’équilibre n’est-elle au fond qu’un processus sans fin ?

Pour écouter l’émission, cliquez ici.

Pour découvrir le sommaire du Ramses 2016 cliquez ici.

A “heinous” attack against a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yola, north-eastern Nigeria, where some 32,000 people have found refuge, was strongly condemned today by an independent United Nations human rights expert.

(Own report) - Germany's close Arabian allies are using German weapons to launch their deadly offensive on Yemen's capital. Saudi Arabia has been carrying out its aggression on that country for about half a year, seeking to drive the Huthi rebels, considered allies of Iran, out of Sana'a. The Saudi military is using German weapons to wage its war, and its allies - the United Arab Emirates and Qatar - have also been equipped by German arms manufacturers. The air forces of these three Gulf dictatorships have been training aerial combat with the Bundeswehr and acquired skills that they could now put to use in their offensive on Sana'a. This is significant because observers have noted their extreme ruthlessness in combat methods. More than 5,000 people, half of them civilians, have been killed; a vast number of others have fled. However, the majority of those fleeing cannot leave their country - also because German technology blocks their routes at the Yemeni borders. Relief supplies into the country are insufficient due to a Saudi blockade. More than a quarter of the population is currently suffering acute starvation. Germany, however, is continuing its arms deliveries to Saudi Arabia's war coalition.