Tag: UN
UN Envoy in Solidarity Visit to Syria’s Assyrians
United Nations (UN) special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura (R), stands next to priest Toma Asitivo Kaka during a visit to the Ibrahim-al Khalil ... Read More
Paradise Lost: is Christianity Doomed in the Middle East?
In Iraqi security officer guards a church (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images) By Gerard Russell http://www.newstatesman.com - 30/1/15 The stark cliffs of the Zagros Mountains on the Iran-Iraq ... Read More
Patriarch John X of Antioch Visits Kuwait : Congratulates His Highness Amir on UN honoring
Church of Antioch - January 2015 Primate of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch Patriarch John X Yazigi congratulated His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch visits UN Office in Geneva
On the morning of Friday, December, 5, 2014, His All-Holiness visited the seat of the United Nations in Geneva, together with his entourage, where he ... Read More
Archbishop Demetrios represents His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch at UN Summit on Climate Change
September-October 2014 During the Interfaith Summit on Climate Change, which was organized by the United Nations in association with the World Council of Churches and ... Read More
Christians and Yazidis Seek Safe Zone in Iraq At the UN Security Council
Assyrian refugees in Dohuk, Iraq. September 2014 http://www.prnewswire.com In an historic visit to the United Nations Security Council and Secretariat General, the widest coalition of ... Read More
Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV pleads to the UN Secretary General on the sad plight of Christians in Iraq
August 2014 His Excellency Ban Ki Moon Secretary General of United Nations UN Headquarters First Avenue 46th Street New York The grave situation which our ... Read More
Orthodox Christians to join the UN rally in support of Iraqi & Middle East Christians
OCA- August 2014 Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America in the New York City area are invited to attend a rally calling attention to ... Read More
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II – “We demand all major nations to investigate crimes against humanity that are committed on Christians in the Middle East”
July 2014 Patriarch Aphrem II of Antioch and All the East, called all major countries and the international communities to investigate the crimes against humanity that ... Read More
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II sends Letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
29/7/14 Beirut: Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of Antioch and All East- Primate of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church has send a ... Read More
Last Christians Expelled From Mosul, is All of the Middle East Next?
This symbol is the letter "N" in Arabic, and ISIS painted it on Christian homes in Mosul to identify the homes as "Nazarene" (Christian). ... Read More
UN Security Council Denounces Persecution of Iraqi Christians
22/7/14 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- The United Nations Security Council has denounced militant persecution of Christians and other minorities in Iraq, warning such actions can ... Read More
Coptic Solidarity Urges Immediate International Action on Iraqi Genocide
http://www.digitaljournal.com - 22/7/14 WASHINGTON -- Coptic Solidarity is gravely concerned for the future of indigenous religious minorities in the Middle East as the Islamic State continues ... Read More
The Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy expresses concern on the Cyprus issue
1/7/14 The Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy expresses concern on the Cyprus issue According to an official announcement, during the Assembly, titled “Parliamentary Democracy-Christianity-Orthodoxy: values and ... Read More
Al-Rahi calls on international community to stop terrorist war in Syria
22/4/14 Beirut, (SANA) Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for Maronite Church reiterated his call on international community "to ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I receives the Baroness Valerie Amos , the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief
2 April 2014. On Wednesday evening the UN-Undersecretary Baroness Valerie Amos, who was on a one-day visit to Lebanon to discuss the status of Syrian ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I proposes that the Kessab region be declared a demilitarized zone
March - April 2014 27 March 2014. On Thursday evening, Jeffrey Feltman, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, called His Holiness Aram I from New ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I receives the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon
March - April 2014 28 March, 2014. On Friday evening Derek Plumbly, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, met with Catholicos Aram I to follow up ... Read More
Reports Cite 80 Dead in Kessab; Churches Desecrated
24/3/13 KESSAB, Syria–The Armenian populated villages of Kessab, Syria were the target of three days of brutal cross-border attacks from Turkey by al-Qaeda affiliated armed ... Read More
Ten years since March pogrom against Serbs in Kosovo
InSerbia News- 18/3/14 BELGRADE – It is ten years today since a pogrom was committed against Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) and its order-givers and organizers ... Read More
Vatican ‘must immediately remove’ child abusers
February 2014 The UN has said that the Vatican should "immediately remove" all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers. The UN watchdog for ... Read More