January 26, 2012
UN says violent crime and fighting between rival armed groups have become part of Libyan life [File: GALLO/GETTY] Detainees from Libya‘s war held by fighters continue to be subjected to torture despite efforts by the provisional government to address the issue, according to the UN human-rights chief. Navi Pillay told the UN Security Council on Wednesday she was extremely [...]
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January 20, 2012
UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos speaks during a news conference in Khartoum on Jan. 4, 2012. (REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah) UNITED NATIONS (Ma’an) — The UN humanitarian chief has told the Security Council that Israel’s settlement building in the West Bank and blockade of Gaza is harming Palestinian economic development. Israel’s dismantling of [...]
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January 18, 2012
The UN must be reformed to live up to its own ideals. (UN) By Ramzy Baroud Theodore MacDonald was too ill to attend the launch of his book, Preserving the United Nations; Our Best Hope for Mediating Human Rights. Less than three weeks later, on March 7, 2011, the longtime champion of human rights [...]
Tags: Africa, George W. Bush, Human Right, Iraq, Non-governmental organization, UNESCO, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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December 24, 2011
The Two Faces of the United Nations: The Power of Israel and its Lobby by MOHAMED KHODR on 12/23/2011 Truth and Justice have been a historical anathema to all Empires and the powerful oligarchies throughout history. From all divine revelations to the necessity of humanity’s coexistence in peace, Justice has been the highest and noblest [...]
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December 21, 2011
US Blocks UN From Condemning Israeli Settlement Expansion 14 UN Security Council Members Issue United Statements Slamming US by Jason Ditz, December 20, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In a move Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin termed “historic,” all 14 other members of the United [...]
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December 21, 2011
The settlement of Halamish is seen in the background as demonstrators walk past tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes at a weekly protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. (REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — Most members of the UN Security Council voiced deep concerns on Tuesday about the impasse in [...]
Tags: Israel, Israeli settlement, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Mark Lyall Grant, middle east, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, United Nations, United States
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December 13, 2011
Who Will Watch the (Pro-Israeli) Watchdog? By Maidhc Ó CathailOn December 2, the Geneva-based UN Watch welcomed that day’s ‘strong condemnation’ of Syria by a UN Human Rights Council emergency session, and its establishment of a special rapporteur to monitor the situation there following what it called “a global campaign to [...]
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December 5, 2011
Thirteen votes in favour and two abstentions saw the UN Security Council toughen sanctions on Eritrea The UN Security Council has passed a resolution toughening sanctions against Eritrea after East African governments accused the state of plotting terrorist attacks and supporting rebel groups. The action, adopted on Monday, with 13 votes in favour [...]
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December 2, 2011
The UN General Assembly passed six resolutions on Wednesday it says will “re-energize efforts to resolve old regional conflicts,” between Israel and the Middle East. (MaanImages/File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The UN General Assembly passed a series on resolutions on Wednesday it says will address core issues in the conflict between Israel and the Arab World. [...]
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November 21, 2011
Yemeni soldiers who joined sides with anti-regime protesters wave during a demonstration calling for the overthrow of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli, File) SANAA (AFP) — A United Nations Security Council meeting on Yemen scheduled for Monday has been postponed, the UN envoy to the country said on Sunday as he [...]
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October 31, 2011
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki delivers a speech on Oct. 31 at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris. (AFP/Miguel Medina) WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States said on Monday it had stopped funding UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, following its vote to grant Palestine full membership. US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told [...]
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, middle east, Palestine, UNESCO, United Nations, United States, Victoria Nuland, Washington
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October 15, 2011
UNITED NATIONS (Ma’an) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized Israel on Friday over reports that it plans to build 2,600 more housing units in East Jerusalem, saying further settlement activity was “unacceptable.” “The Secretary-General is deeply concerned at continued efforts to advance planning for new Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem,” Ban’s press office [...]
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September 25, 2011
Interim Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril speaks at a news conference during the General Assembly at the United Nations on Sept. 23, in New York. (AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt) UN summit acclaims Arab Spring leaders Published yesterday (updated) 25/09/2011 16:54 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — Libya and Egypt brought the Arab Spring to the annual UN [...]
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September 25, 2011
The US pays nearly 25 per cent of the total UN budget [EPA] Has the UN been designed to fail? The UN seems to have been designed to fail, due to bureaucracy and the exclusive power of the Security Council. Danny Schechter Last Modified: 25 Sep 2011 16:17 One of the most astute [...]
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September 24, 2011
The one-sided US veto: an astounding display of hypocrisy By Neve Gordon and Yinon Cohen US President Barack Obama’s decision to use the USA‘s veto prerogative if the United Nations votes to recognize a Palestinian state will constitute a blow to those seeking peace in the Middle East. The Obama administration’s claim that peace can be [...]
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September 13, 2011
Israeli guns and degrading treatment did not deter us. (FreeGaza) By Audrey Bomse, Legal Adviser to the Free Gaza Movement Almost all the factual findings, as well as the legal analysis and conclusions of the recently leaked UN Secretary General’s Panel of Inquiry into the ‘Flotilla Incident’ on May 31, 2010 (Palmer/Uribe Panel) directly contradict [...]
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September 5, 2011
The report condemned flotilla organizers. (Via PressTV) By Richard Lightbown The report of the UN Panel of Inquiry on the Gaza Flotilla Incident which was finally released on 2 September is an example of how dangerous thing ‘a little learning’ can be. Put into an ivory tower in New York far away from the scene [...]
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August 21, 2011
Assad to address the nation as UN team arrives in Syria Published yesterday (updated) 21/08/2011 19:08 An image claiming to show Syrian anti-government protesters in the coastal town of Jableh, August 19. [AFP/File] DAMASCUS (AFP) — A UN humanitarian team was in Syria on Sunday to assess crisis needs as President Bashar Al-Assad prepared [...]
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August 17, 2011
The wreckage of Dag Hammarskjöld‘s plane near Ndola, now Zambia. Eyewitnesses claim they saw a second plane fire at the UN chief’s plane. Photograph: TopFoto New evidence has emerged in one of the most enduring mysteries ofUnited Nations and African history, suggesting that the UN secretary general, Dag Hammarskjöld‘s plane was shot down over Northern Rhodesia [...]
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August 11, 2011
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian leaders have drawn up a plan to keep their rallies in September peaceful, officials said Wednesday, hoping that violence-free demonstrations would boost their drive for a U.N. recognition. The rallies, set for Palestinian territories and abroad, are to coincide with a hoped-for U.N. endorsement of a Palestinian state. Palestinians adopted the [...]
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August 11, 2011
The Obviously False Objections to Palestinian Statehood at U.N. John Glaser, August 10, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Harry Siegman has a brilliant takedown at the National Interest of U.S.-Israeli objections to a September bid for Palestinian statehood at the U.N. I wrote a bit about the false arguments against Palestinian statehood last [...]
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July 26, 2011
Poll shows majority of Palestinians support UN bid Published today (updated) 26/07/2011 19:14 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A public opinion poll released Tuesday has found that a majority of Palestinians support going to the United Nations in September to ask for recognition of a state. The results of the poll showed that 65.4 percent of [...]
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July 26, 2011
For those interested in the cancer of the voodoo economic rhythm this editorial should be illuminating. But consider this. The US elite that wishes to rule the planet has been putting what it feels is necessary to achieve this goal for at least a century. What has always driven this march to hegemony is that the people [...]
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July 26, 2011
The war in Iraq created another ‘puppet’ regime. (Zoriah.net) By James Petras Empires are built through the promotion and backing of local collaborators who act at the behest of imperial rulers. They are rewarded with the outward symbols of authority and financial handouts, even as it is understood that they hold their position only at the tolerance [...]
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July 25, 2011
For too long, Western governments have believed they could earn a cheap victory by using air power alone. But experience shows this is not enough EPA Nato planes bomb a Gaddafi compound in Tripoli last month. Air strikes by allied forces have become increasingly ineffective ENLARGE Air strikes are becoming the main Western means of [...]
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July 25, 2011
UN’s Flotilla Investigation Report Delayed Yet Again Another Round of Delays as Israel, Turkey Continue Talks by Jason Ditz, July 24, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Early this month, the UN’s official report on their investigation into the 2010 Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara aid ship was delayed, nominally for [...]
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July 24, 2011
UNRWA responds to Gaza protests Published yesterday (updated) 24/07/2011 14:08 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The UN agency for Palestinian refugees was forced to close its offices in Gaza City last week as protesters blockaded its entrances, angry at the slashing of UNRWA’s emergency programs. Demonstrators physically blocked the entrances of the agency’s offices with large [...]
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July 24, 2011
The imperial project as we have seen it unfold on the part of the US and other countries around the world has always come hand in hand with the destruction of any and all existing free, democratic or libertarian institutions that exist in the target countries. In order to strip these countries of the resources [...]
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July 23, 2011
Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN. (UN Photo) By Martin Waehlisch ‘Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states,’ notes the UN Charter. The admission depends on ‘a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council,’ the Charter continues. The process for gaining membership [...]
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July 22, 2011
Somalian children who have fled the famine look out from their tent in the Dagahaley refugee camp in Kenya. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images The United Nations is to convene an emergency meeting to discuss the response to Horn of Africa drought, which it says has already killed tens of thousands of people. Famine was declared in two [...]
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July 20, 2011
Small island states, which could disappear as sea levels rise, want the UN security council to intervene. Photograph: Matthieu Paley/ Matthieu Paley/Corbis A special meeting of the United Nations security council is due to consider whether to expand its mission to keep the peace in an era ofclimate change. Small island states, which could disappear beneath [...]
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July 13, 2011
Phyllis Bennis is director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is also a fellow of the Transnational What follows is in the form of a letter by Phyllis Bennis the author of the article beside this one on this page. It summarises thoughts, actions, initiatives and the continuing [...]
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July 12, 2011
Obama’s Bush-League World Is the Obama National Security Team a Pilotless Drone? By Tom Engelhardt George W. who? I mean, the guy is so over. He turned the big six-five the other day and it was barely a footnote in the news. And Dick Cheney, tick-tick-tick. Condoleezza Rice? She’s already onto her next memoir, and yet it’s as [...]
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July 6, 2011
This article exposes the true US attitude to the use of drones and the nature of the lies needed to justify their use anywhere. These awful killing machines masquerade as surveillance vehicles, soldiers guardian angels, tactical defence weapons and a never ending stream of lies and deceit to cover up what is happening. What they [...]
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July 5, 2011
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
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July 5, 2011
Editor’s Note: Australian participant on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Michael Coleman has been arrested by Greek Police for attempting to block their pursuit of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” as it left port. Michael and Soha, another Canadian Flotilla team member, were in two kayaks beside the “Tahrir”. As soon as the boat’s [...]
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July 4, 2011
Years of violence in Iraq has left a severe shortage of doctors, nurses and the most basic medicines. Areas outside Baghdad particularly suffer from the frail state of the country’s healthcare system. And, as Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf reports, children are often the most vulnerable There is a video available at the [...]
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July 3, 2011
Asian markets search for a new model consumer after the American economy tanked, which has yet to recover [Getty] Asia needs a new model consumer. A post-crisis generation of “zombie consumers” in the United States is likely to hobble growth in global consumption for years to come. And that means that export-led developing Asia now [...]
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July 3, 2011
Time and bailouts do not cushion anemic post-crisis recoveries from the inevitable next shock [GALLO/GETTY] The global economy is in the midst of its second growth scare in less than two years. Get used to it. In a post-crisis world, these are the footprints of a failed recovery. The reason is simple. The typical business [...]
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June 26, 2011
Treasury urges British banks to take big losses to help Greece avoid meltdown Effort to persuade banks to take hit comes despite David Cameron’s assurance that UK taxpayers will not foot the bill Share121 reddit this Comments (244) Heather Stewart and Toby Helm guardian.co.uk, Saturday 25 June 2011 19.48 BST Article history Demonstrators protest in front [...]
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June 26, 2011
“A Moment in the Sun”: An Extended Interview with Independent Filmmaker, Author John Sayles Share1172 We spend the hour with legendary independent filmmaker and author, John Sayles. Over the past three decades, he has directed 17 feature films, including Return of the Secaucus Seven, Matewan, Lone Star, and Eight Men Out. He has often used [...]
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June 25, 2011
Perhaps all the talk after the so called drawdown in Afghanistan, may well amount to concealed laughter by the military. The numbers being removed, if any real decease is actually going to happen are extremely small. Then the replacement mercenaries become yet another US army. If you have been just shot and killed by a [...]
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June 22, 2011
La Nation Building du Jour by Philip Giraldi, June 16, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Critics of Washington politics have often noted that there is a huge disconnect between the thinking on Capitol Hill and what is clear to most Americans who live in the rest of the country. [...]
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June 22, 2011
Poll: Americans Who Favor Withdrawing Troops Quickly at All-Time High CHRIS HONDROS/GETTY IMAGES Lt. John Paszterko, with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, talks with a local farmer while on patrol last year near Kandahar, Afghanistan. By Sara Sorcher Updated: June 21, 2011 | 6:30 p.m. June 21, 2011 | 1:51 p.m. Americans in record [...]
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June 13, 2011
Washington Post Wants Endless War By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58137 The Pentagon Washington Post has yet to mention Section 1034 of the Defense Authorization Act of 2012, but you can expect it — if it passes the Senate — to show up in many a future editorial, as it will give presidents the “legal” (although unconstitutional) [...]
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June 9, 2011
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Washington. This is the third in our series of interviews with Lawrence Wilkerson, who joined the American Army in 1966 to go to Vietnam to fight for truth, justice, and the American way and in 2011 is one of the [...]
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June 8, 2011
Unraveling the Emperor’s Speech to Write Our Own Story Palestinians have not forgotten, nor will we. (Photo: Rich Wiles) By Susan Abulhawa Anger was my first reaction after listening to Obama‘s two speeches, one to the world and another to AIPAC – the powerful Israeli lobby in the US. I went around to my friends [...]
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June 7, 2011
Arab Revolution, Western Intervention – Interview Tripathi: I have several misgivings about the NATO military operation in Libya. Interview by Kourosh Ziabari (Deepak Tripathi is a British historian, journalist and researcher who specializes in South and West Asia affairs, terrorism and the United States foreign policy. Deepak Tripathi worked with BBC for almost 23 years. [...]
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June 5, 2011
The position that the US and Pakistan finds itself in is becoming intolerable to Pakistan. It would only be a fool who would not recognise that a renewed push to kill anyone that remotely looks like a terrorist by the US is being done to continue the nehancement of the election prospects of Obama. No thought is [...]
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June 4, 2011
The whole drive behind both the Capital and Imperial Projects is the need for profit and for that profit to keep growing. It is the most vicious of circles as it demands more and more space on the planet and more and more money to give the appearance that it works. The US response to [...]
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Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
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