United Nations * UNSC * ICC

UN to focus on Iran
April 21, 2017 - Arab states agree to US request to focus more time on Iran and less on Israel, per request by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. Haley is the president this month by rotation of the U.N. Security Council, she convened a council session on the Middle East.

The destructive nature of Iranian and Hezbollah activities throughout the Middle East demands more of our attention. It should become this Council’s priority in the region.

All U.N. member states — not just the 15 on the council — were invited to deliver short addresses on the Middle East.

The plea appeared to resonate with a number of states joining the debate, including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, as well as European states and some in Africa, including Ethiopia.

These states did not ignore the Israeli-Arab issue, and were often critical of Israel, but the greater part of their addresses looked to the threat posed by Iran and its allies in the region, with a special focus on Syria, where a sarin gas attack killed 89 civilians earlier this month. Western states have blamed the Assad regime, allied with Iran, for the attack.

The UAE envoy, for instance, said that Iran’s involvement in other regional conflicts posed an existential threat to the Middle East.
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/228384

UN sanctions North Korea
Aug 6, 2017 - The UN Security Council unanimously agreed on a new set of sanctions against North Korea. The resolution bans North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood. It also prohibits increasing the current numbers of North Korean laborers working abroad, new joint ventures with Pyongyang and new investment in joint ventures. Further action is required. The United States is taking measures to protect ourselves and our allies.
www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-un-idUSKBN1AL0NU
thehill.com/homenews/administration/345489-trump-praises-un-sanctions-bill-against-north-korea
www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/08/05/in-major-win-for-trump-u-n-security-council-votes-to-slap-sanctions-on-north-korea


Sean Spicier (@sean_spicier)
Some of you might be wondering how we got the UN Security Council to vote unanimously to sanction North Korea. We told them it was Israel
twitter.com/sean_spicier

You're not the boss of US!

Nikki Haley tells United Nations:
You're not the boss of U.S.A.

Nov 1, 2017 Ambassador Nikki Haley blasted the United Nations Wednesday in a defiant speech to the 193-member General Assembly before it adopted a resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba.

Haley called the long-standing debate “political theater.”

“Let’s be honest about what we really see going on here,” Haley said. “This assembly does not have the power to end the U.S. embargo. It is based in U.S. law, which only the United States Congress can change.”

The United States voted Wednesday against the U.N. resolution condemning the American trade embargo against Cuba after abstaining last year, during the administration of Barack Obama, for the first time in 25 years.
www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article182180446.html

American Sovereignty from ICC
Sep 11, 2018 - National Security & Defense.
ICC has no exercise jurisdiction over Americans.
President Trump will put the American People first.

The United States is not a party to the ICC, which threatens both our Constitution and our sovereignty. America will not cooperate with the ICC. We will provide no assistance to the ICC. And we certainly will not join the ICC.

In November 2017 the ICC investigation into 'war crimes' allegedly committed by U.S. Service Members in Afghanistan. The Trump Administration will protect American citizens from their reach.
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/protecting-american-constitutionalism-sovereignty-international-criminal-court