One of the passengers on the Ukrainian jet downed by Iranian missiles earlier this month was a businesswoman who was the boss of two companies cited in a UN report for links to the shadowy arms trade supplying the protracted civil war in Libya.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/europe/ukrainian-crash-victim-olena-malakhova-libya-iran-intl/index.html
Tag: UN
Libya’s war: Who is supporting who
Libya’s war: Who is supporting who – Marsad Libya
— Read on www.marsad.ly/en/2020/01/09/libyas-war-who-is-supporting-who/
UN religious freedom monitor working with Israel lobby
UN using biased anti-Semitism definition that targets supporters of Palestinian rights.
— Read on electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/un-religious-freedom-monitor-working-israel-lobby
Humanitarian assistance to be scaled-up for millions of Venezuelans in need
The United Nations humanitarian wing launched a new Response Plan (HRP) on Wednesday, that aims to help around 2.6 million people in Venezuela through to the end of the year, almost half of whom are youth.
— Read on news.un.org/en/story/2019/08/1044221
Blatant Violation, by U.S. & Its Allies, Against the U.N. Charter By Eric Zuesse
America’s and its allies’ violation of the U.N. Charter, in regards to their recent actions to force a regime-change upon the sovereign nation of Venezuela, are baldly, and with unambiguous clarity, in violation of one of the seven founding “Principles” that are stated in the U.N. Charter.
— Read on williambowles.info/2019/05/04/blatant-violation-by-u-s-its-allies-against-the-u-n-charter-by-eric-zuesse/
Trump’s sanctions kill Venezuelan people. Why can’t UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet ‘fully acknowledge’ that?
Bachelet pulls punches with Trump
— Read on www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/03/23/trumps-sanctions-kill-venezuelans-why-cant-un-rights-chief-michelle-bachelet-fully-acknowledge-that/
Civilians ‘continue to pay highest price’ in Ukraine conflict, with peace prospects losing ‘momentum’ | UN News
“Civilians continue to pay the highest price” arising from Ukraine’s on-going conflict with separatist rebels in the east, the UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council on Tuesday, a conflict which is still claiming lives.
— Read on news.un.org/en/story/2019/02/1032581
Top UN court rules it has jurisdiction to hear Iranian claim against US over frozen assets | UN News
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday that is has the jurisdiction to hear part of a case brought by Iran against the United States, aimed at unfreezing close to $2 billion in Iranian assets being held there.
— Read on news.un.org/en/story/2019/02/1032721
John Bolton thinks that the U.S. is above International law.
Top 10 Reasons Not to Love NATO
The New York Times loves NATO, but should you?
Judging by comments in social media and the real world, millions of people in the United States have gone from having little or no opinion on NATO, or from opposing NATO as the world’s biggest military force responsible for disastrous wars in places like Afghanistan (for Democrats) or Libya (for Republicans), to believing NATO to be a tremendous force for good in the world.
US, Israel exit UN cultural agency, claiming bias
PARIS (AP) — The United States and Israel officially quit the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency at the stroke of midnight, the culmination of a process triggered more than a year ago amid concerns that the organization fosters anti-Israel bias. The withdrawal is mainly procedural yet serves a new blow to UNESCO, co-founded by the U.S. after World War II to foster peace. The Trump administration filed its notice to withdraw in October 2017 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu followed suit.
— Read on apnews.com/abfcb84a48f14f41ab1ce6b7045e6794
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