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A community portal about United Nations with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. It was founded in 1945 at the signing of the United Nations Charter by 51 countries, replacing the League of Nations founded in 1919.
Prince Albert II of Monaco opens the 2nd Annual Peace & Sport Forum His Excellency Mr. Wilfried Lemke, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development & Peace (UNSDP) was the first to put his signature on an agreement to enact a Sport and Education Plan which creates a powerful alliance between the United Nations and the Olympic Movement... Read Full Story
The UN has covered up claims that its troops in Democratic Republic of Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory, the BBC has learned.
UN troops ‘armed DR Congo rebels’
The allegations, based on confidential UN sources, involve Pakistani and Indian troops working as peacekeepers.
The UN investigated some of the claims in 2007, but said it could not substantiate claims of arms dealing.
UN insiders told the BBC’s Panaroma they had been prevented from pursuing their... Read Full Story
Awad al-Qiq was the headmaster at the Rafah Boys' Preparatory School, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) run elementary school for boys in Gaza. At night the headmaster, who doubled as a science teacher, worked as the lead rocket builder for the Palestinian terrorist group, Islamic Jihad. This news was revealed after the Israelis struck a weapons factory in Gaza last week and killed al-Qiq. Israel has long accused the UN of empowering Palestinian terrorists. Below, we detail... Read Full Story
Today, November 25, is the beginning of an international effort by activists to raise their voices and bring attention to the issue of gender-based violence and its damaging effects on women all over the world. The effort begins today, which is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women , and culminates 16 days later on December 10, International Human Rights Day. The "16 Days Campaign" originated from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute in 1991. They chose the... Read Full Story
China developed an Anti Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) capable of destroying U.S Navy Supercarriers in one go. The tension was already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, now this development will only worsen the issues between China and U.S.
Initially posted on a Chinese blog viewed as credible by military analysts then translated by the naval affairs blog Information Dissemination. According to the... Read Full Story
Yes, it’s a long, long read, but I think it is worth it to understand exactly where the world stands on the issues that face us today. This one focuses on the three major F’s of the world right now — Food, Fuel, and Finance — with all of them completely and totally tied together.
Read it. Study it. There are points to it that betray and underlying lack of understanding. I will be breaking it down and posting more about the subject very soon, but for now, here is the raw information... Read Full Story
Iraq: Five years on A war of utter folly Responsibility for this spectacular tragedy must lie with those who ignored the facts five years ago Hans Blix, former UN weapons inspector. The Guardian , Thursday March 20 2008 This article appeared in the Guardian on Thursday March 20 2008 on p41 of the Comment & debate section. It was last updated at 00:15 on March 20 2008. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a tragedy - for Iraq, for the US, for the UN, for truth and human dignity. I can only see... Read Full Story
Just when you thought it was safe to pull your head out of the sand and embrace the “global community”…
I received an alarming email from the CEI yesterday, alerting me to the LOST, which up until then I had never heard of. LOST, or Law Of the Sea Treaty, is a UN pet project that has been floating around for more than 60 years and was rejected by President Ronald Regan in 1982 because it was not in America’s best interests. Not to much surprise, the Treaty was revived by the Clinton... Read Full Story
A very important UN press conference today. The UN is criticized by some journalists for failing to define " legitimate target ", " civilian causalities " and giving the accurate numbers of civilians massacred by Israeli war criminals. On the other hand, UN explains the difficulties and danger they are facing to provide their aid and safe shelters, which they are entitled for Palestinians in Gaza. John Ging says he "lost confidence in Israel due to their continues false promises." Source... Read Full Story
Once again, there was another example yesterday of how the United Nations has become center stage for the clowns of the world. The circus started with General Assembly president Ali Abdussalam Treki introducing Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi as the “king of kings” and “leader of the revolution”. Perhaps Treki, who is also Libyan, may have thought that the dictator would have had him whacked with anything less. The circus continued when Gadhafi ignored has assigned 15 minutes for his speech... Read Full Story
