International organisations Archives

Research Briefing

Iran’s nuclear programme and sanctions

Wednesday, 13 October, 2010

Shortly after taking office, US President Obama gave negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme one year, promising to push for a new set of United Nations sanctions if there was no progress. After negotiating since the end of 2009, the E3+3 countries, France, Germany and the United Kingdom plus China Russia and the United States reached agreement on the fourth round of sanctions in June 2010 This note looks at Iran's nuclear programme and UN, US and EU sanctions.
Research Briefing

The Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc.Bill 2010-11

Monday, 26 July, 2010

Describes the cases that led to the quashing of the terrorist asset-freezing regime by the Supreme Court, the temporary provisions bill that reinstated it and the present Bill, designed to provide a permanent solution to the problem.
Research Briefing

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) & the September 2010 UN review summit

Monday, 28 June, 2010

The UN's eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are aimed at reducing world poverty and improving lives by 2015. This note provides background and a progress assessment ahead of a UN review summit in September 2010.
Research Briefing

Sudan, 2003-09

Tuesday, 01 June, 2010

In order to make sense of Sudan's present and possible futures, it is vital to know something of its recent past. This is the purpose of this Standard Note, which provides a detailed account of events in Sudan, including their regional impact, between 2003 and 2009. It will not be updated.
Research Briefing

The legal basis for the invasion of Afghanistan

Friday, 26 February, 2010

The military campaign in Afghanistan was not specifically mandated by the UN, but was widely (although not universally) perceived to be a legitimate form of self-defence under the UN Charter. This note outlines the self-defence justification for military action.
Research Briefing

Terrorist Asset Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill

Friday, 05 February, 2010

On 27 January 2010 the Supreme Court announced that it had upheld the appeal in the case of HM Treasury v Ahmed and Others, which concerned the UK's implementation of United Nations obligations to freeze the assets of terrorists by way of two Orders in Council made under section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946. The Court quashed the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 and provisions in the Al-Qaida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) Order 2006. The Government announced its intention to introduce primary legislation to re-instate the asset-freezing regime.
Research Briefing

Sources of International Social Statistics

Friday, 15 January, 2010

International sources of social statistics. By Kathryn Keith. SN/SG/3140.
Research Briefing

Russia and the West

Friday, 24 April, 2009

A year on from Dmitry Medvedev’s succession to the Kremlin, this paper analyses the evolution of Russian foreign policy under both Putin and Medvedev. It seeks to identify the main themes, interests, and objectives of Russian foreign policy, and to appraise the role of President Medvedev in the direction of Russian diplomacy and his relationship with Prime Minister Putin. In so doing, it examines, in detail, Russia’s relationship with the United States, NATO, the EU, and the UK and analyses the role of energy in relations between Russia and the West. Finally, it looks ahead at the prospects for the relationship in light of President Obama’s declared intention to press the “reset” button in US-Russian relations.
Research Briefing

The International Criminal Court: Current Cases and Contemporary Debates

Monday, 20 April, 2009

This note is intended to offer a brief overview of the current work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the contemporary debates which surround it.
Research Briefing

NATO at 60: Suggested Reading

Thursday, 26 March, 2009
- Research Briefing
- International organisations
Research Briefing

Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [HL] (Bill 69 of 2008-09)

Friday, 20 March, 2009

This short Bill is intended to amend two UK Acts to enable the Government to ratify two international agreements protecting military medical personnel and humanitarian workers. In line with the protocols, the Bill would firstly sanction and protect the ‘red crystal’ as a new symbol to protect humanitarian personnel in armed conflict instead of (or in addition to) the existing red cross or red crescent; and secondly extend the definition of protected UN workers to include those delivering humanitarian, political or development assistance in peacebuilding operations and those delivering emergency humanitarian protection.
Research Briefing

Reinventing humanitarian intervention: Two cheers for the Responsibility to Protect?

Tuesday, 17 June, 2008

Reinventing humanitarian intervention: Two cheers for the Responsibility to Protect? House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/55.
Research Briefing

European Security and Defence Policy: Developments Since 2003

Thursday, 08 June, 2006
Research Briefing

NATO:The Istanbul Summit

Monday, 26 July, 2004

NATO: The Istanbul Summit. House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/60.
Research Briefing

Iraq: Developments since UN Security Council Resolution 1441

Thursday, 13 March, 2003

Iraq: developments since UN Security Council Resolution 1441. House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/22

Total results (page 20 of 21)