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沙烏地阿拉伯首次當選聯合國安理會非常任理事國一天之後拒絕該席位，此舉引起不同的反應。這個海灣王國解釋說，該決定是由於安理會在巴勒斯坦和敘利亞問題上未履行自己的職責。Nada Tawfik報導。
俄羅斯表示，他們對沙特的宣佈感到驚訝，稱沙烏地阿拉伯對安理會的批評“令人不解”。長期以來，俄羅斯和中國使用自己的否決權阻止懲罰阿薩德總統和敘利亞政權在衝突中使用武力的決議。法國提議對否決權做出改革。週五，法國駐聯合國代表阿勞德(Gérard Araud)告訴記者，他能夠理解沙烏地阿拉伯的沮喪情緒。
聯合國一名調查人員要求美國公佈其無人機襲擊造成平民傷亡的詳細數目。聯合國人權與反恐特別報告起草人正在評估這種襲擊是否合法，是否恰當。Gordon Corera報導更詳細內容。
愛默生(Ben Emmerson)一年來走訪了遭遇無人機襲擊的國家，例如巴基斯坦，並與美國及其他參與無人機襲擊的國家的官員對話。在巴基斯坦，他表示，政府告訴他，至少400名平民被殺害，也可能是上千人或更多。但是他表示，CIA在襲擊中發揮的作用導致資訊透明遇到難以克服的障礙，美國沒有披露自己統計的平民傷亡數字。愛默生說，他認為隱瞞這些資訊沒有任何安全需要。國際刑事法庭宣佈，肯雅總統肯雅塔(Uhuru Kenyatta)審判的大部分時間可以待在家中。肯雅塔被指控在有爭議的2007年選舉後暴力風暴中踐踏人權。
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Saudi Arabia’s refusal to take up its seat on the United Nations Security Council a day after it was elected for the first time has provoked a mixed response. The Gulf kingdom explained its decision by saying that the council had failed in its duties towards both the Palestinians and Syria. Nada Tawfik reports.
Russia said it was surprised by the announcement and called Saudi Arabia’s criticism of the council on Syria strange. Russia along with China has long used its veto power to block resolutions aimed at punishing its ally President Assad and the Syrian regime for its use of force in the conflict. France has proposed a reform to the veto right and on Friday its UN ambassador Gérard Araud told reporters that he understood Saudi Arabia’s frustration.
A United Nations investigator has called on the United States to publish details of the number of civilian casualties caused by US drone strikes. Ben Emmerson, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, is assessing whether the strikes are legal and proportionate. Gordon Corera has more.
Ben Emmerson had spent a year travelling to countries which have seen drone strikes like Pakistan as well as talking to officials in the US and elsewhere involved in carrying them out. In Pakistan, he says he was told by the government that at least 400 civilians had been killed and possibly many hundreds more. But he says the role of the CIA in carrying out the strikes has created an almost insurmountable obstacle to transparency with the US failing to reveal its own data on civilian casualties. Mr Emmerson says he can see no security need to withhold this information.
The International Criminal Court has announced that the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta can stay at home for large parts of his trial. Mr Kenyatta is accused of crimes against humanity, allegedly perpetrated during the violent aftermath of the disputed 2007 elections.
