(UNHQ, New York, July 1, 2016) The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), attempted to introduce language condoning terrorism under certain conditions into a draft of a UN Counter-Terrorism Resolution. The official document is expected to be finalized on Tuesday when the General Assembly concludes a bi-annual Review of its UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
At Thursday’s United Nations Security Council meeting, United States Ambassador Nikki Haley honored her pledge to shift the focus of the Middle East conflict away from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Haley, who is rotating as UNSC president for the month of April, didn’t mince words when she steered the Council away from Israel and onto Iran’s support of terrorism.
An exhibition featuring the work of Israeli sculptor and artist Orna Ben-Ami opened at UN Headquarters on Tuesday night. The exhibition, which will be on display at the Delegates Entrance until March 10, is titled “Entire Life in a Package”. It’s intended to draw attention to the refugee crisis and features works of welded iron superimposed over Reuter’s photographs of refugees.
New Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon politely tells the UN that what they need is an attitude adjustment. Israel’s brand new Ambassador to the United Nations came out swinging when he made his first ever speech to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday at a session entitled “The Situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian Question”.
Anyone wandering into the UN Diplomat Dining Room looking for dinner on Monday might have thought they walked into a parallel universe. Ambassador Ron Prosor, Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, was explaining the philosophy behind Israel’s newest postage stamp. “With this stamp, we give our stamp of approval” he said, “to the man who wrote the first known human rights declaration, a king who believed that all people can live side by side in peace, and that everyone is entitled to religious freedom.
In a letter to Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstien, Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon accused Knesset Member Ayman Odeh of “crossing a red line”. The allegation followed a letter by Odeh, Chairman of the Joint List faction, to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for an investigation into land disputes in the Negev.
Last month a swarm of celebrities, models, designers, media, publisicts and fashionistas once again descended upon NYC for their biannual invasion. The seven day marathon of runway shows and after parties that is New York Fashion Week Spring Summer 2016, or as its known to insiders, NYFWSS16, was more of a whirlwind than ever, having undergone two big changes since last February's shows: NYFW left its long time home of Lincoln Center for a new venue and is no longer sponsored by Mercedes Benz
Idan Cohen becomes the first Israeli to show at NYC Fashion Week's main venue, Lincoln Center.. Ten minutes before that, he and his business partner Elad Borenstien became the first couple ever to wed there.
Perhaps because the Autumn/ Winter shows come at a dreary time of year, or maybe it's the pre-Fashion Week grumbling that in an age of Instagram and live streaming, fashion shows - with their ensuing costs - are becoming (dare we say it) passé. In any case, During its Autumn Winter 2016 show, New York Fashion Week seems to have tipped it's ever-delicate balance from fashion to entertainment.
If the goings-on at the United Nations can leave you questioning your faith in humankind, the other UN roaming around this years General Assembly just may help restore it.
Israeli president Reuven "Ruby" Rivlin lit the menorah Sunday along with Israel’s United Nations ambassador Danny Danon and World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder at the annual Chanukah party given by Israel’s Permanent Mission to the UN.
The event, co-hosted by Danon and Lauder and held at Manhattan’s Pierre Hotel, was the first for Danon in his new role.
Sub zero temperatures (we're talking Fahrenheit) were not cold enough to put a chill on New York's hottest attraction this February. Celebrities, designers, models and fashionistas, buyers and bloggers, all braved the cold and descended upon Fashion Week Autumn Winter 2015, for the most part defying the wintry weather and decked out in the Spring/Summer trends revealed on the runway last September.