Tag:United Nations

Sisi to attend 73rd UN General Assembly session: Diplomats

By Egypt Independent -Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-YoumPresident Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will address the general debate of the 73rd session for the UN General Assembly,...

UN Human Rights Chief Denounces Egypt’s Media Intimidation

By POMED -On March 7, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein described the Egyptian government's suppression of freedom of expression in recent months as...

US Report Says Egypt Falls Short on Rights

By The Associated Press (APNewsBreak) --Egypt is failing to protect free speech and its minorities, investigate abuses by its forces or grant U.S. monitors...

Human rights not just political, says Sisi

By Egypt Independent --Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stated that human rights concepts shouldn’t be reduced to only political rights, but rather should be...

Bahey eldin Hassan meets UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and calls on the UN to take the lead in rebuilding failing Arab states and establish...

Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres met with the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Bahey eldin Hassan...

Tillerson: UN Human Rights Council must reform or US will leave

By Mark Hensch – The HillSecretary of State Rex Tillerson is vowing that the U.S. will leave the United Nations’ Human Rights Council if...

‘UN failing religious minorities and Christian converts’

By WorldWatch MonitorThe suffering of persecuted Christians around the world is exacerbated by the failure of UN bodies to fulfill their obligations to uphold...

The votes are in: Members of Egyptian delegation to UN are Trump supporters

The votes are in: Members of Egyptian delegation to UN are Trump supportersBy WorldTribuneSeptember 21, 2016Donald Trump would back Egypt’s ban on the Muslim...