Michael O. Allen

Tag: United Nations

  • When David is the Goliath

    Israel Has Killed 3 Times As Many Civilians As They Have Hamas Fighters Gaza Children Found With Mothers’ Corpses By ALAN COWELL PARIS — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it had discovered “shocking” scenes — including small children next to their mothers’ corpses — when its representatives gained access for the…

  • A Hero of the Cuban Revolution

    Che – Part 1 (Cert 15) by Philip French , The Observer, Sunday 4 January 2009 Related: Peter Bradshaw’s review of “Che” This month is the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and his replacement by Fidel Castro, who, sadly enough, was also to become a dictator. Shortly after the revolution,…

  • Watching catastrophe

    Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images via The New York Times The United Nations warned today of “humanitarian black holes” in the North Kivu region of Congo as continued fighting has forced aid agencies to halt operations in some areas. At a camp for internally displaced people, a girl huddled near a fire in…

  • Refugees Are Dying Too Fast to be Buried

     by GENE MUSTAIN in New York and MICHAEL O. ALLEN in Goma, Zaire, Daily News Staff Writers | Wednesday July 27, 1994 Aid workers battling death, famine and pestilence of the Rwanda refugee crisis faced a new problem yesterday–a shortage of graves. The raging cholera epidemic in the squalid camps near the border backwater town…

  • WEST HIT ON RWANDA: Relief Big Calls Response Weak

     by MICHAEL O. ALLEN in Nairobi and RICHARD SISK in Washington, Daily News Staff Writers | Friday, July 29, 1994 United Nations relief officials lashed out yesterday at what they viewed as the timid, pinch-penny response of the U.S. and its allies to the desperate plight of Rwanda’s refugees. All member states of the UN…

  • 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…

  • New Loss For Diplos By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer

    Sunday, April 20, 1997 Mayor Giuliani yesterday said he would take back 20 more parking spaces newly set aside for foreign envoys as he stepped up his attack on federal officials for modifying a crackdown on scofflaw diplomats. Giuliani announced the action as he accused the State Department of caving in to “moaning” United Nations…

  • RUDY DISSES STATE DEPT: Curbs Diplo Parking Plan By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer

    Sunday, April 13, 1997 Mayor Giuliani opened a new front in the New York City vs. the Rest of the World battle over diplomatic scofflaws, threatening to withhold scores of extra parking spaces promised to foreign envoys. The mayor announced the get-tough plan in retaliation for the U.S. State Department’s revision of the terms of…