Posted in Displacement, Europe, Georgia, Government, Internal Displaced Persons, United Nations, tagged 2008 Georgia War, Abkhazia, Georgia, refugees, south ossetia, UN on June 8, 2011 |
RIA NOVOSTI | June 8, 2011
Abkhazia and South Ossetia reject the Georgia-sponsored draft UN resolution recognizing the rights of refugees from Georgia’s breakaway regions to return to their homes, an Abkhazian presidential envoy said on Wednesday.
Vyacheslav Chirikba said Georgia was trying to reassert its claim on South Ossetian and Abkhazian territory. (more…)
Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Health Care, Horn of Africa, NGOs, Shelling, Somalia, United Nations, tagged AU, Children casualties, Civilian Casualties, innocent victims, Somalia, UN, WHO on June 1, 2011 |
NAIROBI, 31 May 2011 (IRIN) – Hundreds of children younger than five have been wounded in the latest round of fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, accounting for almost half of all trauma cases in May, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
In a press statement issued on 31 May, WHO said recent data showed that the main causes of death among under-fives were burns, chest injuries and internal haemorrhaging caused by blast injuries, shrapnel and bullets.
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Posted in Fact Finding, Israel, Middle-East, Palestine, Police, United Nations, tagged civilian wounded, Israel, Palestinians, protection of civilians, UN on May 31, 2011 |
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | 31 May, 2011
This week, Israeli forces injured 13 Palestinians in weekly protests and during search‐and‐arrest operations throughout the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Also this week, 15 members of Israeli forces were injured by stones thrown by Palestinians. Thus far in 2011, 699 Palestinians and 47 Israeli soldiers and policemen were injured in conflict‐related incidents in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, a six per cent increase and 44 per cent decline, respectively, compared to the equivalent period of 2010. (more…)
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Diplomacy, Middle-East, United Nations, tagged Security Council, Syria, UN, UN Security Council on April 28, 2011 |
The New York Times, By Neil MacFarquhar
27 April 2011
Western nations failed to secure the simplest of Security Council measures: a press statement calling on Syria’s leaders to stop the violence against their own people. (more…)
Posted in Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Government, Gunfire, Iran, Iraq, Targeted Death, United Nations, United States, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Iran, Iraq, UN, United Nations, United States, war crimes on April 17, 2011 |
Reuters, By Louis Charbonneau
April 14, 2011
UNITED NATIONS, April 14 (Reuters) – The United Nations on Thursday confirmed 34 people have been found dead at an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq after Iraqi security forces moved against the camp last week. (more…)
