Michael O. Allen

Tag: Switzerland

  • A Clear Voice

    The United States is not speaking with a forked tongue about Russian atrocities in Georgia before the United Nations Security Council. Russia and the U.S. traded hot accusations at the Security Council over Moscow’s aggressive handling of its military operation in Georgia’s breakaway province of South Ossetia and the bombing of Georgia proper. Georgian diplomats…

  • Alleged Drunken Diplo Given ok to Walk By DON SINGLETON and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers

    Sunday, April 27, 1997 Diplomatic immunity got a dignitary who allegedly drove drunk off the hook while fellow United Nations envoys found themselves under renewed attack yesterday by Mayor Giuliani. Chae Hyun Shin, 32, the second secretary to the South Korea’s UN Mission, was briefly detained with an accompanying diplomat by cops after his 1995…

  • Swiss Ask Jews For Help With Fund

    February 14, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer The Swiss government yesterday invited the World Jewish Congress to Switzerland next week to help administer and distribute a fund set up for aged Holocaust survivors. It was the first gesture by the Swiss, under increasing pressure to compensate Holocaust victims for looted World…