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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Mark Lyall Grant

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands (Vincent van Zeijst/Wikimedia Commons/File)
February 20, 2015, 11:34 pm
UN may name alleged perpetrators of war crimes in Syria
Investigators say publishing list of suspected criminals would serve as deterrent, call for international tribunal
By Edith M. Lederer
Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations, right, votes during a meeting of the UN Security Council Tuesday, December 30, 2014 (Photo credit: Frank Franklin II/AP)
January 3, 2015, 10:43 am
Palestinians mull resubmitting statehood bid to UN
New non-permanent Security Council members may tip the scales if another vote is held, PA believes
By ToI Staff
Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations, right, votes during a meeting of the UN Security Council Tuesday, December 30, 2014 (Photo credit: Frank Franklin II/AP)
December 31, 2014, 12:38 am
Palestinian statehood resolution fails at UN Security Council
US veto not needed as motion falls one vote short, with last-minute Nigerian change of heart. France among 8 votes in favor; US, Australia against, five abstain
By Itamar Sharon, AP and AFP
British United Nations Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant. (screen capture: YouTube/NewsFromUkraine)
December 30, 2014, 8:38 pm
Palestinians: We have votes for UN statehood resolution
UK and US oppose draft, but PA claims France, Luxembourg among 9 states backing move; vote scheduled for midnight
By Stuart Winer and AP
Russian military vehicles heading to the Crimean capital of Simferopol, Sunday, March 2, 2014. (Photo: AP/Darko Vojinovic)
March 2, 2014, 10:54 am
Kiev mobilizes troops as Crimea crisis deepens
Ukraine orders all reserves to report; convoy of Russian troops seen heading for Simferopol; US calls on Moscow to withdraw its forces
By AP and ToI Staff
The chamber of the UN Security Council in New York City (photo credit: CC BY-SA Gruban/Flickr/File)
March 2, 2014, 6:09 am
Ukraine asks UN to stop Russian ‘aggression’
US ambassador Power calls on Russia to withdraw its forces; Ban Ki-moon urges dialogue in phone call to Putin
By Cara Anna
Syrian refugees carry their belongings through the Zaatari camp, located near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, last winter (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon/File)
February 26, 2014, 1:52 am
Syrians to become world’s largest refugee population
With civil war in Syria entering its fourth year, number of forced expats is expected to exceed 4 million by the end of 2014
By Cara Anna
Unidentified rescued hostages pose for media in Ain Amenas, Algeria, in this image taken from television, January 2013 (photo credit: AP/Canal Algerie via Associated Press TV)
January 28, 2014, 5:59 am
UN demands countries stop paying terrorist ransoms
British envoy says al-Qaeda and other Islamist groups have collected at least $105 million over the last three years
By AFP
Syrian citizens try to identify dead bodies after an alleged poisonous gas attack near Damascus, on August 21, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Local Committee of Arbeen)
October 3, 2013, 6:42 am
UN urges immediate humanitarian access to Syria
Security Council adopts presidential statement aimed at helping the nearly 7 million Syrians affected by the civil war
By Edith M. Lederer
Cristina Fernandez speaks at Harvard, 2012 (photo credit: screen capture Harvard/Youtube)
August 7, 2013, 7:51 am
Argentina president takes aim at UN vetoes against Palestinians
Cristina Fernandez criticizes Security Council’s permanent members, says ‘old methods’ harmful also in the case of Syria, Falklands
British ambassador to the UN Mark Lyall Grant, far left, and former US ambassador Susan Rice at the United Nations in New York, in July 2012. (photo credit: AP/Kathy Willens)
July 23, 2013, 7:29 pm
UN Security Council to meet Syrian opposition
British ambassador hoping for ‘frank and informal exchange’ with delegation to discuss ending the 2-year-old civil war
A UN soldier looks through binoculars towards Syria from an observation point on Mt. Bental in the Golan Heights as smoke rises from nearby fighting in Syria, Friday, June 7, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
June 20, 2013, 1:36 am
Syrian mortar strikes Golan, as worries over spillover rise
No injuries or damage reported; Filipino foreign secretary says US and UN asked him not to withdraw border peacekeepers
By Joshua Davidovich and AP
A UN peacekeeper checks a armored vehicle as it leaves from the UNDOF Ziouani camp to cross to Syria at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights,on Friday, March 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
June 19, 2013, 3:01 pm
UN, US ask Philippines not to leave Golan Heights
Manila says security for peacekeepers must be increased if Filipino troops are to stay in the Israel-Syria buffer zone
A United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) peacekeeper on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and Israel. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
June 19, 2013, 1:27 am
UN likely to expand Golan peacekeeping force
British envoy says there is ‘strong support’ in Security Council to put more troops on the ground
Syrian rebel fighters in gas masks against a chemical weapons attack, 2013. (screen capture: Youtube/MrMrAsi)
May 29, 2013, 11:25 pm
UK alleges further Syrian chemical weapons use
Britain tells UN all non-conventional attacks in Syria carried out by the government, not rebels
By Cassandra Vinograd and Edith M. Lederer
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