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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

Vitaly Churkin

Vitaly Churkin, Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations speaking to the media after a closed-door session of the Security Council to discuss the situation in Ukraine at UN headquarters in New York, March 7, 2014. (AFP Photo/Stan Honda/File)
February 21, 2017, 12:06 am
Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin dead at 64
Tenure of long-serving diplomat marked by tensions with West, particularly over Russian involvement in Ukraine and Syria
By Carole LANDRY and Maria Antonova
Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu and Theresa May (Composite image, Flash 90, AP)
January 13, 2017, 10:33 am
Netanyahu may have missed chance to quash UN vote by not calling UK’s May
During failed scramble to sink anti-settlement resolution, he called Boris Johnson, who helped draft the text, but not the British PM, who was reportedly ‘blindsided’ by her country’s support
By Raphael Ahren
Syrian men gather in the rebel-held town of Saqba, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, on December 30, 2016, on the first day of a nationwide truce. (AFP/Sameer Al-Doumy)
December 31, 2016, 7:54 am
Russia urges speedy UN resolution on Syria truce
Shaky ceasefire holds ahead of Astana peace negotiations aimed at supplementing international efforts
By Omar Haj Kadour and Layal Abou Rahal
File: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syria President Bashar Assad arrive for a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, October 20, 2015. (Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
December 30, 2016, 7:37 pm
Moscow pushes Security Council resolution endorsing Syria peace plan
Russia’s UN envoy hopes to see draft pass unanimously, says UNSC needs to participate in ‘important process’
By AFP and AP
Civilians from the remaining rebel-held pockets of eastern Aleppo are evacuated from the embattled city by bus on December 19, 2016. (AFP/George Ourfalian)
December 19, 2016, 6:27 pm
UN unanimously backs sending observers to Aleppo
With Russia’s support, Security Council adopts resolution to monitor evacuations of remaining civilians trapped in besieged Syrian city
By Carole LANDRY
Syrian residents fleeing the violence gather at a checkpoint, manned by pro-government forces, in the Maysaloun neighborhood of the northern embattled Syrian city of Aleppo on December 8, 2016. (AFP/Youssef Karwashan)
December 18, 2016, 11:07 pm
UN Security Council to vote Monday on Aleppo observers: diplomats
Russia warns it would use its veto to block a French-drafted resolution on sending UN staff to war-torn city
By Carole LANDRY
A Syrian man walks past a bulldozer removing rubble from a road as Syrian pro-government forces re-open a street in Aleppo's old city that was formerly barricaded, dividing the government-held and rebel-held areas, on December 17, 2016. (Youssef Karwashan/AFP)
December 18, 2016, 5:03 am
UN Security Council to vote Sunday on Aleppo observers
As thousands look to flee besieged areas of war-ravaged city, French proposal aims to ‘avoid another Srebrenica’ massacre after the fighting
By Carole LANDRY
Syrian residents fleeing the violence, are seen standing in the back of a truck as they arrive at a checkpoint manned by pro-government forces, in the village of Aziza on the southwestern outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 9, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN)
December 10, 2016, 1:36 pm
Tens of thousands flee Syria’s Aleppo as Assad nears victory
Russia says Syrian troops have paused their offensive to allow civilians to evacuate, a claim contested by a local watchdog group
By AP
Syrian residents fleeing the violence gather at a checkpoint, manned by pro-government forces, in the village of Aziza on the southwestern outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 8, 2016. (AFP/ Youssef KARWASHAN)
December 10, 2016, 1:29 pm
Kerry, diplomats seek support for Aleppo’s opposition
US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, blames Russia for vetoing UN efforts to ensure humanitarian aid
By AP
File: A United Nations Security Council emergency meeting on the situation in Syria, at UN headquarters in New York, September 25, 2016. (AFP Photo/Bryan R. Smith)
December 6, 2016, 4:56 am
Russia and China block Syria truce in UN vote
US representative rails at Russian counterpart at Security Council, says Moscow ‘vetoed the lives of innocent Syrians’
By Michael Astor
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama meet at the G20 summit being held in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province, September 5, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
October 15, 2016, 2:20 pm
Russia envoy: US tensions probably worst since Yom Kippur War
Still, Vitaly Churkin points out, Moscow and Washington are cooperating on range of issues
By Edith M. Lederer
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein delivers a speech at the opening of the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council on September 8, 2014 in Geneva. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
October 12, 2016, 8:36 pm
UN human rights chief: Trump would be ‘dangerous’ if elected
Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein says nominee’s remarks on torture and against vulnerable populations are ‘deeply unsettling and disturbing’
By Jamey Keaten
A Syrian regime soldier carries home-made bombs during an advance into Aleppo's rebel-held Bustan al-Basha neighborhood on October 6, 2016. (AFP/George Ourfalian)
October 8, 2016, 6:45 am
Russia facing Security Council showdown on Syria
As Moscow submits rival to French resolution on Aleppo, its UN envoy says he will likely veto any call to ground Russian jets
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and PHILIP ISSA
United Nations general secretary nominee Antonio Guterres speaks to the press in Lisbon, October 6, 2016. (AFP/JOSE MANUEL RIBEIRO)
October 6, 2016, 10:32 pm
Security Council backs former Portuguese PM for UN chief
Formal General Assembly vote still required to confirm Antonio Guterres as next secretary-general, replacing Ban Ki-moon
By Carole LANDRY
In this Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 file photo, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
October 6, 2016, 6:46 am
Security Council agrees on ex-Portuguese PM as next UN chief
Antonio Guterres would succeed Ban Ki-moon on Jan. 1; Danon welcomes pick, says he hopes it signals end of world body’s ‘obsession’ with Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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