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Trump Administration Announces Withdrawal from International Institutions, Highlighting Selective Global Engagement
The Trump administration announced today that the United States will withdraw from a range of international organizations, treaties, and global cooperation frameworks, marking a renewed shift toward unilateral foreign policy and reduced participation in multilateral governance. The decision affects several…
The UN’s Financing Crisis: Who Pays, Who Doesn’t, and Why China’s Delays Matter
The UN is being systematically starved of funds while the money goes to the insatiable military. If this is not short-sighted, irresponsible and shameful, what is? The United Nations is facing one of the gravest financial crises in its history.…
Thousands of Aid Trucks Needed Weekly to Avert Gaza Catastrophe, UN Warns
As the fragile ceasefire holds, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza remains on a knife-edge. Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and top emergency relief coordinator, told Reuters that “thousands of humanitarian vehicles must enter weekly to avert…
Gaza in flames, Israel in front of the mirror of genocide
The United Nations has called things by their name: genocide. It did so today, with a searing report documenting mass killings, planned starvation, and the deliberate destruction of Palestinian life. The accusation is not rhetorical: it describes the intent to…
The UN can stop genocide
By invoking United Nations General Assembly Resolution 377 (also known as the Union for Peace), passed on November 3, 1950. This resolution empowers the UN General Assembly to take action if the UN Security Council fails to do so due…
Can the UN Trusteeship Council be an Important Part of the Solution in the Middle East?
Many feel desperation and anger that the genocide of the Palestinians is not being stopped. How can the US, Germany and others continue to pour funds and weapons into Israel despite decisions in the UN’s highest bodies indicating complicity in…
Condemn all UN member states: They spend 100 times more on militarism than on the entire UN system
But did you know? Is this discussed now when the UN turn 80 in October? No, politicians, media and scholars generally focus on war and ignore humanity’s most important peace-maker. By Jan Oberg “UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 2025 (IPS) –…
International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations : Answer Hate with Humanity, Choose Discussion over Division
UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations, observed on 10 June: The United Nations was built on a fundamental conviction: dialogue is the path to peace. On this First International Day for Dialogue among…
Pressure Builds on UN to Uphold Court Rulings on Gaza
Almost 200,000 emails have been sent to the UN missions of a couple of dozen nations reading “I urge your country to move to convene an emergency session of the UN General Assembly and use Uniting For Peace (Resolution 377) to impose…
When Nothing Else Works to End Israeli Genocide of Gaza, Urge Governments to Use UN General Assembly Res 377 “Uniting For Peace” for Peace in Palestine
The crime of genocide is happening. The intentional destruction of a people, in whole or in part, is genocide. The law is meant to be used to prevent it, not just review it after the fact. We sent over half a…
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