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Riyad Mansour

Type: Person
Name: Riyad Mansour
First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 22 Documents
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN observer, urged the General Assembly on Wednesday to support a resolution that called on Israel and the Palestinians to carry out independent investigations into human rights violations during the Gaza war, AP report ... [Aljazeera.com - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 7 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
(AKI) - The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved a resolution endorsing a recent report that accused both Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas of war crimes. The resolutaion is now expected to be sent to the UN Security Council. ... [ADN Kronos International - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 7 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
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HAMAS
In the wake of U.S. – Israeli talks last week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hailed Israel’s offer to restrain settlement expansion as unprecedented. On November 2 she told reporters in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh that “the Israelis have ... [Miftah - 11/07/2009]
Entities: Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, HAMAS
First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/27/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations accused Israel on Monday of "illegal and aggressive" actions in occupied East Jerusalem and urged the Security Council to take urgent action after recent clashes. "At this critical juncture, ... [Yahoo! News - 10/27/2009]
First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)
Judge Goldstone visited Gaza during his inquiry into war crime claims The United Nations general assembly is deciding whether to endorse a controversial report alleging war crimes by Israel and Hamas.The report, compiled by Judge Richard Goldstone, urged ... [BBC - 11/04/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents
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United Nations
(WAFA)- Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN, Dr. Riyad Mansour called upon the international community, on behalf of all the Palestinian victims who have suffered from the Israeli crimes, to take a clear stand for upholding justice and international ... [Aljazeera.com - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 10/28/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 1 Documents
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Mahmoud Abbas
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 27, (Agencies): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told US President Barack Obama he would not run for re-election unless Israel dropped its refusal to freeze settlements, Palestinian officials said on Tuesday. "Abu Mazen (Abbas) ... [Arab Times - 10/28/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Judge Goldstone visited Gaza during his inquiry into war crime claims The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of a resolution calling for independent inquiries by Israel and the Palestinians into war crime claims.After a two-day debate on a report ... [BBC - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Palestinian cites U.S. stance, denies move is a tacticXText SizeJERUSALEM - -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced Thursday that he would not seek re-election next year, citing a lack of U.S. support for his conditions for resuming ... [Chicago Tribune - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/08/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
I have followed Anne Bayefsky's work at the UN for years. The nazis threw her out - ejected her. This is astounding. Atlas readers know her well. She is a superb human rights activist. The takeover by the Organization of the Islamic Conference is complete ... [Atlas Shrugs - 11/08/2009]
First Reported 11/08/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 1 Documents
NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he will send the Goldstone Report, which calls for Israel and the Palestinians to investigate alleged war crimes during in Gaza to the UN Security Council 'as soon as possible.' The 15 council members ... [Jerusalem Post - 11/08/2009]
First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 1 Documents
The report, which was favourably voted by the 47-member Human Rights Council in Geneva last month, received overwhelming support Thursday in the 192-member General Assembly.The vote was 114 in favour and 18 against, with 44 abstentions.The 18 countries ... [Guerrilla News Network - 11/09/2009]

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Earlier, speaking ahead of the final UN vote, Mansour said the Goldstone report had concluded that the Israeli military onslaught "was planned in all of its phases as a deliberately disproportionate and systematic attack aimed at punishing, humiliating and terrorising the palestinian civilian population"
...Goldstone Report over the question of accountability and fighting against impunity,' says the Palestinian representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour. "if the security council continues to drag its feet and refuses to shoulder its responsibility, we have options, many options, and there is no limit to where we can go on this quest of accountability." Already there have been attempts to arrest Israeli military officers visiting Britain, leading to what Israel's David Benjamin calls a 'de facto travel...
...The resolutaion is now expected to be sent to the UN Security Council. "in three months we will come back to the general assembly to consider the report of the secretary-general for further action, including in all parts of the united nations, including in the security council" said Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour, quoted by Voice of America

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It is not yet Time for a Palestinian Confrontat... [Dar Al Hayat - 7 hours ago]
As UN Descends Toward Slopenhagen, Of Vattenfal... [Inner City Press - 11/15/2009]
Arabs press for UN decision on Goldstone report... [Monday Morning - 11/10/2009]
At UN After NGO Ejection, Questions About Stake... [Inner City Press - 11/09/2009]
At UN, Talk of "Welcoming" Gaza Golds... [Inner City Press - 11/09/2009]
US House Backs Resolution to Condemn Goldstone ... [Al Manar TV - 11/09/2009]
U.N. Affirms Israeli-Hamas War Crimes Report [Guerrilla News Network - 11/09/2009]
Ban to send Goldstone to UNSC 'ASAP' [Jerusalem Post - 11/08/2009]
At UN, Pro-Israel NGO Is Out of Place, "Di... [Inner City Press - 11/07/2009]
Abbas Retires and UN Endorses Goldstone Report ... [Miftah - 11/07/2009]
UN vote overwhelmingly supports Goldstone report [Electronic Intifada - 11/07/2009]
UN to refer Gaza report [News24.com - 11/07/2009]
UN sanctions Goldstone report on Gaza war [Aljazeera.com - 11/07/2009]
UN chief sending Gaza report to Security Counci [Jakarta Post - 11/07/2009]
Gaza report to go to UN top council [Al Jazeera - 11/07/2009]
Legal row over Gaza report intensifies [BBC - 11/06/2009]
Mideast: UN endorses Gaza 'war crimes' report [ADN Kronos International - 11/06/2009]
UN Endorses Israel-Palestinian War Crimes Report [Truth News - 11/06/2009]
Abbas says he won't run for re-election next year [Chicago Tribune - 11/06/2009]
Mansour Calls for Clear Stand Towards Israeli ... [Aljazeera.com - 11/06/2009]
UN endorses Gaza war crimes report [Al Jazeera - 11/06/2009]
Gaza war probes get U.N. approval [CNN - 11/06/2009]
Goldstone report: UN votes for probe into Gaza ... [Christian Science Monitor - 11/06/2009]
POLITICS: U.N. Affirms Israeli-Hamas War Crimes... [Inter Press Service - 11/06/2009]
General Assembly adopts resolution urging Israe... [Macleans Online - 11/06/2009]
UN backs Gaza war crimes report [BBC - 11/05/2009]
General Assembly resumes debate on UN rights pr... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/05/2009]
Palestinians will prosecute Israel in ICC [Aljazeera.com - 11/05/2009]
UN supports probe on Gaza 'war crimes' [EuroNews - 11/05/2009]
Hamas slams PNA UN observer for accepting Gaza ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/05/2009]
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UN Pogrom: Ejecting Jews from the UN, Bayefsky ... [Atlas Shrugs - 11/08/2009]
I have followed Anne Bayefsky's work at the UN for years. The nazis threw her out - ejected her. This is astounding. Atlas readers know her well. She is a superb ...
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