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Anadolu Agency
March 28, 2018
As a result of the lack of commitment by the Syrian regime and the indecisiveness of the UNSC, Kofi Annan stepped down as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, and Lakhdar Brahimi was appointed instead, who also later relinquished his post in May 2014. The former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ...
Business Standard
March 27, 2018
This is the main reason why children are still facing problem there," former UN special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said on the sidelines of the 'Second Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit 2018' on the historic banks of the Dead Sea in Jordan. The summit, which was held under the patronage of ...
Reliefweb
March 20, 2018
Yet the efforts of UN–Arab League Joint Special Envoys Kofi Annan and Lakhdar Brahimi, both seasoned diplomats and mediators, did not succeed in bringing the conflict to an end. Current UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura has already put forward a number of initiatives, including a “freeze” of the ...
Los Angeles Times
March 14, 2018
In between them stands the U.N., "which has been taken hostage" as it scrambles to balance the interests of member nations, said Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran diplomat and former special envoy to Syria. "During the Cold War, the U.N. was paralyzed because of the disagreements between the major powers ...
Bladna.nl
March 11, 2018
Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerijnse diplomaat en voormalige speciale gezant van de VN in Irak en Afghanistan, heeft in een interview over de betrekkingen tussen Marokko en Algerije en met name de gesloten grenzen gesproken. Honderden Syrische vluchtelingen wachten bij grens Marokko en Algerije.
Daily Times
March 9, 2018
The first was not to allow Lakhdar Brahimi, who was the UN Special Envoy for Afghanistan, to bring the Taliban on board in terms of the Bonn Agreement in 2001.Washington wouldn't even allow a nominal Taliban presence. This was a lost opportunity because there could have been a genuine pan-Afghan ...
Morocco World News
March 5, 2018
Several international officials are expected to land in Morocco next Thursday to pay a tribute to the 94-year old Moroccan politician, including Algerian former UN Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi and Egypt's President of the National Human Rights Council, Mohamed Fayeq. Youssoufi ...
Look To The Stars
March 2, 2018
On their first official visit to the Kingdom as Elders, Kofi Annan, Martti Ahtisaari, Lakhdar Brahimi and Ernesto Zedillo held talks in Riyadh with HRH King Salman bin Abdulaziz that focused on the broad geopolitical and security environment in the Middle East and the “Vision 2030” domestic reform agenda.
DAWN.com
March 1, 2018
The group comprises Kofi Annan, Martti Ahtisaari, Lakhdar Brahimi and Ernesto Zedillo. Former UN chief Kofi Annan, who heads The Elders, said: “We applaud the vision and ambition of these reforms. A comparable ambition is needed to try to resolve the conflicts and tensions scarring the wider Middle ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
February 28, 2018
Football is full of Sliding Doors moments. What if Paul Gascoigne had stretched two inches further and got his toe to that cross in the Euro 96 semi-final? What if Jan Verheyen's late winner for Belgium that would have meant the Netherlands failing to qualify for the 1974 World Cup had not been wrongly ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
February 28, 2018
The Elders' delegation included: former President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria Lakhdar Brahimi and Chief Executive Officer of the Elders Group David Nussbaum. In other news, and on behalf of King Salman, Prince of ...
IFP News
February 18, 2018
Lakhdar Brahimi, who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until May 2014, was the next political figure who held talks with Zarif. Brahimi was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 1991 to 1993. He is also a member of The Elders, a group of world leaders working for ...
Kuwait Times
February 17, 2018
Then Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah held talks with former UN chief Kofi Annan and former UN envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on achieving peace and preserving human rights. Finally, Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah held a meeting with South Sudan's First Vice-President Taban Gai in which they focused on ...
UrduPoint News
February 12, 2018
The Elders are: Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, Nobel Peace Prize laureate; Kofi Annan (Chairman), former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize laureate; Lakhdar Brahimi, former Foreign Minister of Algeria and United Nations envoy; Gro Harlem Brundtland (Deputy ...
The Straits Times
December 31, 1999
In October 2012, Annan's successor Lakhdar Brahimi tries to clinch a temporary ceasefire for the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha. The truce comes into force on October 26 but is violated within hours, with the regime and opposition trading blame. There is an upsurge in violence, with airstrikes and rebel attacks.
The Japan Times
December 31, 1999
Former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi then takes up the baton. In early 2014, he organizes in Geneva the first direct negotiations between the government and the opposition, under the auspices of the United States and Russia. But the talks achieve nothing concrete. Brahimi steps down as ...
Rudaw
February 24, 2018
Former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi then took up the baton. In early 2014, he organized in Geneva the first direct negotiations between the government and the opposition, under the auspices of the United States and Russia. But the talks achieved nothing concrete. Brahimi stepped down as ...
UrduPoint News
February 12, 2018
The Elders are: Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, Nobel Peace Prize laureate; Kofi Annan (Chairman), former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize laureate; Lakhdar Brahimi, former Foreign Minister of Algeria and United Nations envoy; Gro Harlem Brundtland (Deputy ...
teleSUR English
January 30, 2018
In 1961, the representative of the Provisional Government of Algeria (GPRA) Lakhdar Brahimi met with Cuba's late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, and Minister of Industry, Che Guevara. As soon as Algeria won its independence from France the next year, it wasted no time establishing ties with Cuba.
News24
January 26, 2018
On February 15, after a second fruitless session, UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi calls an end to the talks and resigns. Vienna plan. In September 2015 Russia lends its military backing to Assad's forces, which have been struggling against Gulf- and Western-backed rebels. It is a game-changer for the regime.
The Guardian
May 13, 2014
Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN envoy for Syria, finally announced his resignation on Tuesday, expressing regret for his inability to forge a coherent international response to the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Brahimi is to quit at the end of May, a timetable which accelerates the need for a replacement.
Kuwait Times
December 31, 1999
Then Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah held talks with former UN chief Kofi Annan and former UN envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on achieving peace and preserving human rights. Finally, Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah held a meeting with South Sudan's First Vice-President Taban Gai in which they focused on ...
IFP News
December 31, 1999
Lakhdar Brahimi, who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until May 2014, was the next political figure who held talks with Zarif. Brahimi was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 1991 to 1993. He is also a member of The Elders, a group of world leaders working for ...
THISDAY Newspapers
December 17, 2017
Lakhdar Brahimi, the iconic UN and Algerian diplomat said, “Our Youths are not running to Europe; we are pushing them”! At Nigeria's current population growth rate, unless urgent action is taken to control it, by 2050 Nigeria could end up with at least 250 million restive youth. At that stage even the ...
gulfnews.com
December 6, 2017
“France should not only apologise, but also pay for its crimes during occupation,” Lakhdar Brahimi, retired diplomat and close friend of the 80-year-old Bouteflika said last week. Brahimi, like Bouteflika, belongs to the war veterans who fought against French occupation and among that generation Macron is ...
The New Arab
November 28, 2017
He follows in the footsteps of two other seasoned diplomats, Algerian Lakhdar Brahimi, and former UN head Kofi Annan, both of whom quit after failing to make progress. Since 2016, he has presided over seven rounds of talks in Geneva, sporting his trademark pince-nez and an old-world demeanour ...
Reliefweb
November 23, 2017
... former Secretary-General of the United Nations; Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court; Lakhdar Brahimi, former Joint Special Representative for Syria of the United Nations and the League of Arab States; Catherine Samba-Panza, former President of the Central African Republic; ...
africanews
November 21, 2017
... not bound by the interests of any nation, government or institution. It is currently Chaired by Kofi Annan, with Gro Harlem Brundtland, the first woman Prime Minister of Norway as Deputy Chair of The Elders, other distinguished members include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Lakhdar Brahimi, ...
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
November 7, 2017
... former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson; and former Algerian foreign minister and UN diplomat, Lakhdar Brahimi.
The National
October 30, 2017
Lakhdar Brahimi, the former UN special envoy to Syria, said the outcome of these commemorations should be a fresh perspective on the ...
Look To The Stars (blog)
October 19, 2017
Lakhdar Brahimi, a member of The Elders and former Algerian Foreign Minister, commented: “There are difficult challenges ahead before we ...
The Guardian
October 17, 2017
The former UN envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi – one of the Elders, a group of world leaders founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007 – is the ...
Daily Times
October 6, 2017
In the same context, Senior UN Official Lakhdar Brahimi, had observed: “(There were) daily reports of abuses committed by gunmen against the ...
The Peninsula Qatar
October 4, 2017
“From the Diplomatic History” section included an interview with Ex-International Peace Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi where he spoke about his ...
Al-Arabiya
September 29, 2017
That event was headlined by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi, the former UN and Arab ...
AllAfrica.com
September 28, 2017
... including the former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian Foreign Minister, and the former UN official, Lakhdar Brahimi.
Prensa Latina
September 25, 2017
... and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi. The activists Ela Bhatt (India) and Hina Jilani (Pakistan) and Mandela's widow, Graca Machel, are also ...
The New Arab
December 14, 2016
Algerian United Nations diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has called for Algeria and Morocco's mutual borders to be opened in order to harness ...
The Independent
March 12, 2016
... conflict could have been resolved four years ago had Western powers listened to Russia, former Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said.
The Guardian
December 31, 2015
The new UN and Arab League representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said on Monday that he is standing in front of a brick wall, that he can ...
The Daily Star
December 31, 1999
Lakhdar Brahimi, the former U.N. Syria envoy who joined the interview with former Irish president Mary Robinson and Norway's first female premier Gro Harlem Brundtland, said Europe could step into the bigger global role vacated by Trump - at least in the Middle East. French President Emmanuel Macron ...
KSDK
December 31, 1999
Speaking on a panel about the anniversary last week in London, Lakhdar Brahimi, an Algerian United Nations diplomat, said that in 1917 even ...
Asharq Al-awsat English (blog)
December 31, 1999
He has been appointed as a successor to Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi, said Moussa in a statement. The Panel of the Wise includes ...
MENAFN.COM
March 17, 2017
The Former Mister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria and a member of the Elders Lakhdar Brahimi condemned the hijacking of religious faiths by violent and extremist groups stating that the 'majority of people in the so-called Muslim majority countries are ...
Look To The Stars
March 17, 2017
Lakhdar Brahimi, Elder and former UN diplomat, said: "Peacekeeping is a vital part of the work of the United Nations, but the disgraceful behaviour of some troops and other personnel is a stain on the organisation's conscience.
MENAFN.COM
March 15, 2017
... the panel with bring together Sheikha Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi, minister of State for Tolerance of United Arab Emirates; Reverend Dr.
Il Secolo d'Italia
March 14, 2017
13 maggio: si dimette l'inviato speciale dell'Onu per la Siria, Lakhdar Brahimi, che aveva preso il posto di Kofi Annan. 29 giungo: il sedicente Stato Islamico annuncia la nascita dell'autoproclamato "Califfato" con a capo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi nei ...
U.S. News & World Report
March 13, 2017
Lakhdar Brahimi, a former U.N. negotiator, appears less often now in discussions as a possible compromise candidate. Already some observers point to preparations for an exit for the old guard.
Newsday
March 8, 2017
Annan was succeeded by Lakhdar Brahimi, who stepped down in May 2014. De Mistura has served since July 2014. advertisement | advertise on newsday.
MENAFN.COM
March 5, 2017
Although UN mediator Staffan de Mistura has been in the job since July 2014, succeeding Lakhdar Brahimi who moderated the first session, his mandate has evolved from strict adherence to the Geneva communiqu of June 2012 to Security Council ...
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