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A woman and her son look at the damaged grain silos at the port of Beirut following a huge explosion that disfigured the Lebanese capital, August 12, 2020. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
August 30, 2020, 3:24 pm
UN: Half of Lebanese could face food shortages after silos damaged in port blast
Agency says rebuilding of grain stores must be prioritized; country was mired in economic collapse even before catastrophic explosion in Beirut
By AFP
Displaced Syrians queue to receive aid, from Russia and the Chechen Ahmed Kadyrov fund, in the northern Syrian town of Tal Rifaat on August 8, 2018. (AFP/George Ourfalian)
August 8, 2018, 10:29 pm
UN puts cost of Syria war destruction at $388 billion
Figure released after two-day conference doesn’t include economic cost of ‘human loss’ due to death and displacement
By AFP
A panel in 2014 for UNESCWA with former head Rima Khalaf, second from left. (CC BY 2.0, Flickr/ITU/C. Montesano Casillas)
June 15, 2017, 7:08 pm
UN agency that issued ‘apartheid’ Israel report now alleges torture, killings
Jerusalem pans new document by Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, which charges that security forces mistreat Palestinians, carry out ‘extra-judicial executions’
By ToI Staff
Former UN official Rima Khalaf speaks in Amman, Jordan about her decision to resign as head of the ESCWA UN regional agency on April 19, 2017. (AP/Sam McNeil)
April 30, 2017, 4:36 pm
UN official who resigned amid Israel ‘apartheid’ furor has no regrets
Last month’s report by Beirut-based agency sparked an international uproar that prompted the walkout of its head, Rima Khalaf
By Karin Laub
Palestinian women shout slogans at Damascus Gate, outside Jerusalem's old city, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 marking the 13th anniversary of the second Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
March 29, 2017, 9:10 pm
Planned study by UN body behind ‘apartheid’ report will compare Israel to US slavery
After its last report was rejected, and its director quit in protest, ESCWA now working on ‘project to calculate cost of Israeli occupation,’ looking at South Africa and US as models for future reparations
By Eric Cortellessa
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks to reporters on February 16, 2017 at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
March 23, 2017, 2:09 am
Arabs protest to UN chief about withdrawal of Israel ‘apartheid’ report
Palestinian envoy says conversation with Guterres was ‘frank but warm,’ claims ‘bullying tactics and intimidation’ were used to nix controversial document
By AP and ToI Staff
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during a press conference in Istanbul, February 10, 2017. (AFP/OZAN KOSE)
March 23, 2017, 1:26 am
UN chief heads to Arab summit after row over Israel ‘apartheid’ report
Guterres to visit Amman Monday for talks with king, ahead of Arab League’s annual meeting near the Dead Sea
By AFP
Richard Falk (photo credit: AP/Keystone/Salvatore Di Nolfi/File)
March 22, 2017, 1:24 am
In Britain, protesters silence Falk
After tumultuous event at one college, former UN special rapporteur who accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’ sees premature curtailment of London book tour
By Jenni Frazer
Former U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia head Rima Khalaf in 2014 (YouTube screenshot)
March 19, 2017, 11:19 pm
Palestinians honor UN official who quit over ‘apartheid Israel’ report
Abbas gives Rima Khalaf PA’s highest award, for quitting in protest of UN chief’s rejection of her agency’s scathing report on Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 18, 2017, 6:55 pm
Palestinian leaders pan UN for scrapping Israel ‘apartheid’ report
Hanan Ashrawi says reality is one of ‘ethnic cleansing,’ claims secretary-general gave in to ‘political blackmail’ when he rejected Israel-bashing paper
By ToI Staff
Jordanian UN official Rima Khalaf who heads the Beirut-based U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. (YouTube/UNESCWA)
March 17, 2017, 7:09 pm
Head of UN body resigns as her group’s ‘apartheid Israel’ report is withdrawn
Rima Khalaf quits after Sec.-Gen. rejects document accusing Jewish state of ‘racially dominating’ the Palestinians; Israeli envoy: Her departure was ‘long overdue’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Cairo on February 15, 2017. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
March 17, 2017, 5:14 pm
UN chief orders report accusing Israel of ‘apartheid’ pulled from web
After distancing himself from Israel-bashing document by body representing Arab nations, Guterres demands action
By ToI Staff and AFP
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to reporters after a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, Thursday, February 16, 2017 at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
March 15, 2017, 10:16 pm
US demands UN pull report accusing Israel of apartheid
Envoy Nikki Haley says Washington outraged by publication; Sec-Gen Guterres distances self from it; Israel slams it as ‘despicable’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Former U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia head Rima Khalaf in 2014 (YouTube screenshot)
March 15, 2017, 9:09 pm
Israel fumes as UN board slams its ‘apartheid, racial domination’ over Palestinians
Jerusalem’s envoy urges UN chief to reject ‘biased and deceitful’ report by Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
By ToI Staff
The United Nations General Assembly hall in New York (photo credit: CC BY-linh.m.do/Flickr/File)
March 6, 2014, 7:28 pm
UN report calls for boycotting settlement products
AJC condemns anti-Israel statements by little-known office whose report suggests that pan-Arabism is still kicking
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
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