Archive for the ‘THE UNITED NATIONS’ Category


Rapprochement of Cultures and Creative Education
June 17th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Special Rapporteur’s Report on Occupied Palestine, 10 June 2013
June 17th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Independent UN Panel Calls for Diplomatic Surge to End ‘Daily Reality’ of War Crimes in Syria
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
The Path to Peace in Syria
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Syria: UN Report Reveals Opposition Crimes
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Infantalizing North Korea
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Meet the ‘Friends of Jihad’
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
8 June: International Day of the Oceans
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
New World Order Secrecy: Who Will Be Attending the Bilderberg Meeting? What Will Be Discussed Behind Closed Doors?
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Bilderberg 2013: Welcome to 1984
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
The Role of Turkey in the US-NATO-Israeli War on Syria
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Humanity Imperiled – The Path to Disaster
June 10th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
It’s Time to Delist Cuba
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
(Español) Presidente Maduro Lamenta Que Colombia Pretenda Unirse a la OTAN
June 10th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Let’s Be Clear: Establishing a ‘No-Fly Zone’ Is an Act of War
June 3rd, 2013 ( No Comments »)
General and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
June 3rd, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Malaysia Supported UN General Assembly Resolution on Syria
June 3rd, 2013 ( No Comments »)
The EU Continues Targeting the Civilian Population of Syria with US-Led Sanctions While Scraping the EU Arms Embargo
June 3rd, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Syrian Militants Used Chemical Weapons: UN Investigators
May 27th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
General and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
May 27th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
(Italiano) Un Mondo Ottagonale
May 27th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Syrians Neither Need Nor Want Western Interference: The First Syrian Casualty
May 27th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
The Capone Moment: Could LIBOR Fracture the International Banking Cartel?
May 27th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Nepal: Regmi Is Becoming an Obstacle – International Community Must Help Organize Free and Fair Elections
May 27th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
(Español) Siria Reclama a la ONU Acciones Para Detener Constantes Ataques de Israel
May 27th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Global Capital and the Nation State
May 27th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion
May 20th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
India’s Child Soldiers: Thousands Recruited, Government Defends Record of Terror Groups before UN Child Rights Committee
May 20th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
Ten Years after Invasion, Iraq Continues to Import Oil Products
May 20th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
G20 Governments All Agreed to Cyprus-Style Theft of Bank Deposits … In 2010
May 20th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
U.N. Assembly Slams Syrian Government’s ‘Escalation’ of War
May 20th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
(Spanish) ONU Califica de Histórica Condena a Dictador Guatemalteco Ríos Montt
May 20th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Rethinking ‘Red Lines’
May 20th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
An Octagonal World
May 6th, 2013 ( 3 Comments »)
Babies as Young as Six Months Victims of Rape in War – U.N. Envoy
April 22nd, 2013 ( No Comments »)
UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty Full Text
April 8th, 2013 ( 2 Comments »)
“Merchants of Death” Fly under the Radar of U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
April 1st, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Muslim and Western Nations Agree on UN Landmark Code to Combat Violence Against Women and Girls
March 25th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
International Day of Happiness, 20 March 2013
March 18th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Korea: Crisis and Opportunity
March 18th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
The Green Light for Zionism’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
March 11th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
What’s The Problem With Iran?
February 25th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Man-Made Chemicals Cited in Health Scourges: UN Report
February 25th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
(Español) UNICEF Confirma que Cuba Es el Único País de América Latina sin Desnutrición Infantil
February 25th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
General and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
February 25th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
[Tragicomic] French President François Hollande Awarded UNESCO Peace Prize
February 25th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
U.N.’s Water Agenda at Risk of Being Hijacked by Big Business
February 18th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
UN Kicks Off Year Promoting International Cooperation on Water Management
February 18th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Urgent UN Press Statement: Release Palestinian Hunger Strikers Now
February 18th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Assisting in Lankan Genocide and UNdoing the UN: A Chronological Account
February 18th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
UN Body “Alarmed” by US Killings of Afghan Children
February 11th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
NATO Rejects UN Report on Death of Afghan Children
February 11th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
UNHCHR Welcomes Enabling Individual Complaints on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
February 11th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on a Draft United Nations Declaration on the Right to Peace
February 4th, 2013 ( 5 Comments »)
Israel Boycotts UN Human Rights Council
February 4th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Israel Must Remove All Jewish Settlers from Occupied West Bank – UN Inquiry
February 4th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
On a Draft UN Declaration on the Right to Peace
February 4th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
General and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
February 4th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
UNESCO Recognizes Brazilian Friar’s Contribution to Social Justice in Latin America and Caribbean
January 21st, 2013 ( No Comments »)
(Español) La Amenaza Haitiana
January 7th, 2013 ( No Comments »)
Dec 10, 2012 – Human Rights Day
December 10th, 2012 ( 2 Comments »)
Visit to Gaza: UN Press Release
December 10th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
UNHCR Welcomes Brazilian Residency for Angolan and Liberian Refugees
November 26th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
The Silent Violence against Women Worldwide
November 26th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
In-Depth: Top 10 Neglected Refugee Crises
November 26th, 2012 ( 3 Comments »)
The United Nations’ Role in Haiti Cholera Outbreak
November 26th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
UN Urges End to U.S. Cuba Embargo for 21st Year
November 19th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
US Denies Visas to Iranian UN Delegates
November 19th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
2012 – International Year of Cooperatives
November 12th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
November 5th, 2012 ( 1 Comment »)
‘Recipe for Disaster’: Group Says No Financialization of Nature!
October 22nd, 2012 ( No Comments »)
UNHCR Issues Guidelines on Protection of Male Rape Victims
October 15th, 2012 ( 1 Comment »)
Former UN Envoy Jean Ziegler on Third World Hunger: “We Let Them Starve”
October 15th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
10 October: Abolition of the Death Penalty
October 8th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
Asylum Seeking Not Criminal – UNHCR
October 1st, 2012 ( 1 Comment »)
UN: The 1503 Procedure
September 3rd, 2012 ( No Comments »)
UN Should Get Rid of Cholera Epidemic That It Brought to Haiti
August 13th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
The Nuremberg Principles and Individual Responsibility
August 6th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
U.S., Russia and China Stick to Their Guns
August 6th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
U.N. Showcases South-South Successes
July 16th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
Human Rights Council Establishes Working Group to Negotiate a Draft Declaration on the Right to Peace
July 9th, 2012 ( 1 Comment »)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
July 2nd, 2012 ( No Comments »)
New Report to Expose How Corporations ‘Capture’ the U.N.
July 2nd, 2012 ( No Comments »)
Africa Human Development Report 2012: Towards a Food Secure Future
May 21st, 2012 ( No Comments »)
UN Rights Expert Raises Alarm Over Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
May 7th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
World Bank Supports Harmful Water Corporations, Report Finds
April 23rd, 2012 ( No Comments »)
The Battle over Development-Led Globalisation
April 16th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
The UN Embraces the Economics of Happiness
April 16th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
ICC Rejects Palestinian Bid to Investigate Israeli War Crimes during ‘Cast Lead’ Gaza Operation
April 9th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
The UN’s Chequered Record in West Papua
March 26th, 2012 ( 1 Comment »)
Sri Lanka Angered By U.N. Vote to Investigate War Abuses
March 26th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
Global Financial Crisis as a Human Rights Issue
March 19th, 2012 ( 1 Comment »)
Millennium Development Goal Drinking Water Target Met
March 19th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
U.N. Chastises Mexico’s Support for Agribusiness
March 12th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
The Continuing Saga of UN Impunity
March 12th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
UN Official Slams WikiLeaks Suspect Manning’s Treatment
March 12th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
8 March: International Day of Women – Women as Peacemakers
March 5th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
WikiLeaks Banned From UN Conference on WikiLeaks
February 20th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
World Day of Social Justice: The People’s Revolution is On the March
February 20th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
With Arabs Taking Control of Their Fate, Is the UN Still Relevant?
February 13th, 2012 ( 1 Comment »)
Haitian Cholera Victims to UN: Practice What You Preach
February 13th, 2012 ( No Comments »)
How the U.S. Manipulates Key U.N. Appointments
January 23rd, 2012 ( No Comments »)
The Cooperative Spirit and Its Many Manifestations
January 23rd, 2012 ( No Comments »)
Security Council Remains Grounded by Political Manipulation
December 26th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Palestinian Flag Flies at UN Agency
December 19th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Stateless Finally Arrive On the World Political Map
December 19th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Native Peoples under Siege around the Globe
December 12th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Canada Should Push For A UN Parliamentary Assembly
December 12th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
UN and Brazil Launch Initiative to Combat Hunger Among School Children
November 14th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Alarming Rise in Mercenary Activities Calls for Attention
November 14th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Long Overlooked, Cooperatives Get Their Due at United Nations
November 7th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Palestine: UNESCO Becomes a New Battleground
October 31st, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
UN: Despite Western Boycott, Racism Meeting Gets Overwhelming Support
September 26th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Disintegrating European Diplomacy and the Necessary Rise of NGO Mediators
September 26th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
The Legal Flaws of the Palmer Commission Flotilla Report
September 19th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
UNHCR Launches Campaign to Combat Statelessness
September 12th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Another UN Failure: The Palmer Report on the Flotilla Incident of 31 May 2010
September 12th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
UN Challenges Slavery Conditions for Domestic Workers
August 8th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Concern about U.S. Plan to Cut UN Funding
July 25th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
South Sudan Becomes Newest U.N. Member State
July 18th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
World Population to Hit Seven Billion by October
July 11th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Palestinian Status at the UN: Breaking the Logjam
July 4th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
ICC Urged to Accept ‘Ecocide’ as an International Crime
June 20th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
“The U.N. Overlooks Native Rights in Developed Countries”
June 13th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
8 June: Day of the Oceans
June 6th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
U.N. to Launch International Year of Cooperatives
May 23rd, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Press Release-UN High Commission for Human Rights: Palestinian Nakba
May 16th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Translating Southern Successes into LDC Solutions
May 9th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Child Victims Have ‘Leading Role’ in Creating a Nonviolent Society
May 9th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Fukushima, Chernobyl Raise Questions about WHO’s Role
May 2nd, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Syria: The Downward Spiral
May 2nd, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
World Citizens Call For a Thai-Cambodian Peace Zone: From Periodic Flair-Ups to Permanent Cooperation
April 25th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Russia: NATO Has Overstepped UN Mandate on Libya
April 25th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Libya: Use of Depleted Uranium, Partition and Regional Risks
April 25th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
WikiLeaks: Great Power Rivalry at the UN
April 18th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
World Citizens Call For a Cease Fire in Libya and Start of Negotiations on a Broadly-Based New Libyan Republic
March 21st, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Groundbreaking New UN Report on How to Feed the World’s Hungry: Ditch Corporate-Controlled Agriculture
March 21st, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Women’s Day: A Historic Opportunity Unveiled
March 7th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
March 8: Women and the People’s Revolution
March 7th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Restorative Justice after Mass Violence: Opportunities and Risks for Children and Youth
February 28th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
February 28th, 2011 ( 2 Comments »)
United Nations, an Organisation on Life-Support?
February 21st, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Report of Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council on Occupied Palestinian Territories
February 21st, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
UN Falling Apart Under ‘Ban Ki-Who’
February 7th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
Earth is Our Common Home: The Forest Year
February 7th, 2011 ( No Comments »)
2011 Higher Prices for Food: World Citizens Call for Coordinated World Food Policy
January 10th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Universal Decriminalization of Homosexuality a Human Rights Imperative — Ban Ki-moon
December 27th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
‘War Criminal’ Gets a UN Job
November 29th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
UN: Defining Terrorism
November 29th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
The Privatization of War: Mercenaries, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC)
November 15th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Moldova Becomes Latest State Party to International Criminal Court
October 25th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
UN Warns of Global Refugee Crisis
October 11th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
UN-Backed Anti-Corruption Academy Inaugurated in Austria
October 4th, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907): The Buddhist Bridge
September 13th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Fractured Justice: The UN Secretary-General’s Gaza Flotilla Enquiry
September 13th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Jean Giono (1895-1970): The Energies of the Earth
September 6th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
United Nations Emits Report of “Harmony with Nature” Bolivia’s Initiative
September 6th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Earth is Our Common Home: UN Desert Decade
August 30th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
U.N. Declares Water and Sanitation a Basic Human Right
August 2nd, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Leopold Sedar Senghor (1906-2001) – Who will teach rhythm to the world laid low?
July 19th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Water as Human Right Threatens to Split World Body
July 19th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
James H. Cousins (1873-1956)
July 12th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888—1975)
July 5th, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
Scrap Dollar as Sole Reserve Currency: U.N. Report
July 5th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Lalon Shah (? – 1890) Men are vessels made for holy uses
June 28th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Icons, of Peace
June 28th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Aimé Césaire: (1913 – 2008) A Black Orpheus
June 21st, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
ICC Adds Aggression to List of Crimes Despite US Opposition
June 21st, 2010 ( No Comments »)
W.H. Auden: (1907-1973) Poet of the Age of Anxiety
June 14th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
UN orders Israel to lift Gaza blockade
June 7th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) The Highest mountains stand as the witnesses of the Great Reality
June 7th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Israel Averts International Probe on Gaza Atrocities
June 7th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950) The World stands out on either side, no wider than the heart is wide
May 31st, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Alliance of Civilisations “Bridging Cultures” for Peace
May 31st, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Gary Snyder: (1930- ) A Zen View of Nature
May 24th, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
Velimir Khlebnikov: The Futurian (1895-1922)
May 17th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
G.W. Russell (1867-1935): “The highest minds building one upon another”
May 10th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982): The Poetry of Relevance
May 3rd, 2010 ( No Comments »)
U.N. Blasted for Sequestering NGOs and Media
April 26th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Ondra Lysohorsky (1905—1989)
April 26th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
April 19th, 2010 ( No Comments »)
JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (1207-1273)
April 12th, 2010 ( No Comments »)