Tag / UN
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How United are the Nations?
The United Nations (UN), like its predecessor, the League of Nations, was born out of the ashes of a world war. With the advent of atomic weapons, a third world war could have been apocalyptic. And so, in a quest to quite literally save the world, the founding countries of the UN strove to create…
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The Case Against Susan Rice
For months now, the steady drumbeat of criticism against UN Ambassador Susan Rice has been focused on her bungled handling of the Benghazi attacks. However, as the New York Times reported on Monday, Rice’s failure as a civil servant extends beyond what she said in a Meet the Press interview. Rice, on the shortlist to…
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Number 194*
Yesterday, thousands took to the streets of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Facebookistan to celebrate Palestine’s acceptance in the UN as a non-member state. Some of my friends on Facebook congratulated the people of Palestine on becoming the newest state. Perhaps the UN vote is the beginning of a new chapter, giving Palestine more leverage on the international…
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Western Inaction Rubs Salt into a Fresh Syrian Wound
Have we finally reached a tipping point? The most recent government massacre of civilians in Houla, Syria, has been perhaps the most audacious yet, leaving 108 dead–including 49 children. Eyewitness accounts are heart wrenching. How long will this state-sponsored violence go on with little more than a rap across the knuckles of Syrian President Bashar…
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Mr. Mahmoud Has An Idea
As Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was making a whirlwind tour of foreign dignitaries to persuade them against supporting Palestine’s inclusion in the United Nations, President Mahmoud Abbas was contented in watching the very first seedlings of his new diplomacy take root. Over the past 60 years, the Palestinian government, in its many forms, has…
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A Veto on Palestinean Statehood
In late September, the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), the sole legitimate representative for Palestinians, made a formal appeal to the United Nations to be officially recognized as a sovereign nation. Approval of such a bid would give the Palestinian Authority voting rights and would make it possible for the Palestinians to join the International Criminal…
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The Media's Lies About Climate Change
In 2007, the Nobel Prize winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an international scientific body that reviews and assesses studies related to climate change, released a report that stated, “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal. Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due…
