Tag: United Nations

  • Goldstone’s UN inquiry team arrives in Gaza

    BBC 1 June 2009 A UN team investigating possible war crimes in Gaza, led by Richard Goldstone, has arrived in the Strip on a week-long fact finding mission. The four-member team entered from Egypt after Israel failed to grant visas, despite repeated requests by the UN. The UN wants to investigate whether Israel and Hamas…

  • UN: Little change in problems with Palestinian movement in West Bank

    Tovah Lazaroff | The Jerusalem Post 26 May 2009 The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said little had been done in the past nine months to ease movement and access for the Palestinians in the West Bank. According to a closure survey it completed in March 2009 and released on Tuesday,…

  • UN moves on Gaza probe despite Israeli objections

    Voice of America 20 May 2009 A U.N. human rights expert says he will proceed with a mission to the Gaza Strip to investigate possible war crimes during the recent Israel-Hamas conflict despite Israeli objections. The U.N.’s Richard Goldstone says Israel has not responded to his request to enter the country and cross into Gaza…

  • Ban Ki-moon’s moral failure

    Hasan Abu Nimah | Electronic Intifada 6 May 2009 Late last week, according to the BBC Arabic news website, a report was submitted to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about the scale of destruction Israel inflicted on UN installations in Gaza. This was also mentioned on a BBC news bulletin on 1 May, but…

  • UN demand for IDF compensation in Gaza could reach $11m

    Barak Ravid, Amos Harel & AP | Ha’aretz 6 May 2009 A United Nations demand for financial compensation for Israeli strikes on UN facilities in Gaza could come to $11 million, a government official in Jerusalem said Tuesday in response to a UN report that criticized Israel for the attacks. The incidents occurred during Operation…