That year, 20 state legislatures passed resolutions endorsing world government, while 111 members of the House of Representatives and 21 Senators sponsored a congressional resolution declaring that the new United Nations should be transformed into “a world federation.” ..…
A new United Nations human rights report focusing exclusively on anti-Semitism, rather than grouping it together with other forms of bigotry, is encouraging, Lipstadt says. . ..…
In addition, Debka is also reporting that officials from the Obama administration have actually traveled to France to help draft this new UN resolution… . ..…
The founders’ vision for a new United Nations was much closer to the one that President Trump has articulated. ..…
The latter possibility is highlighted in a new UN report. A 900-page draft was obtained by AFP news, the report to be released on September 25 by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). . ..…
More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen topping the casualty list, according to a new UN report. . ..…
New York: More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number, according to a new UN report. . ..…
The new UN report documents other widespread violations of Palestinian children’s rights by Israel including arrests, detention and mistreatment, and disruption to their education. . ..…
A new UN Women report released today (25 Jun) examines how transformations in families impact women’s rights and puts forth policy agenda to end gender inequalities within families. . ..…
The world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050, according to a new United Nations report launched on 17 June 2019. ..…
The world’s population could swell to 10.9 billion by the end of the century, a new United Nations analysis found, raising concerns that adding more than 3 billion people to the planet could further deplete natural resources and accelerate global warming. . ..…
Projections show that urbanization, the gradual shift in residence of the human population from rural to urban areas, combined with the overall growth of the world’s population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban areas by 2050, with close to 90% of this increase taking place in Asia and Africa,..…
GENEVA, May 28, 2019 – People in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are trapped in a vicious cycle, in which the failure of the State to provide for life’s basic necessities forces them to turn to rudimentary markets where they face a host of human rights violations in an uncertain legal..…
Development that’s led to loss of habitat, climate change, overfishing, pollution and invasive species is causing a biodiversity crisis, scientists say in a new United Nations science report released Monday, May 6, 2019. ... Development that’s led to loss of habitat, climate..…
Both those countries said they opposed sexual violence in conflicts, but denounced 'lax interpretations' in the text and a 'manipulated' struggle to create new UN structures and 'override' mandates already approved. . ..…
New UN Women report puts forth policy agenda to end gender inequalities within families . . New UN Women report puts forth policy agenda to end gender inequalities within families . . . ..…
One more justification for that demand, BDS activists assert, was provided by the new UN report on the Gaza March of Return which found that Israel may have committed and crimes and crimes against humanity by killing close to 200 unarmed Palestinian protesters and injuring thousands. ..…
Methamphetamine – known as shabu in the Philippines, ya ba in Thailand, ya ma in Cambodia, ice and speed elsewhere – is increasingly becoming known as the drug of choice across Asia, according to a new United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report released earlier this..…
The world economy remains tepid and unstable a decade after the 2008 financial crisis, while growing trade conflicts are symptoms of deeper economic malaise, according to a new United Nations publication. . . ... Trade liberalization, a key dimension of recent globalization, has..…
02/28/19 New UN Report on Iran Notes Decline in Executions, Ongoing Executions of Child Offenders . ..…
#SouthSudan New UN report highlights high levels of brutal Unity, with at least 134 women & girls raped, while 41 suffered other forms of sexual & violence just between September and December 2018. ..…
TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem held his first meeting with new UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen in order to discuss a political settlement of the crisis in the country. . ... TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem held his first meeting with new..…
With a new UN Syrian envoy soon to be in place, and an apparently strong international desire to end the war, here are three essential elements of a workable post-war Syria: . ..…
As the West Bank Palestinian Cabinet welcomes the adoption five new UN resolutions in favor of the Palestinian people, the European Union Representative and the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah, Tuesday, condemned the death sentences issued in the Gaza Strip, on Monday, against..…
More than half of female homicide victims worldwide – 137 every day – were killed by a member of their own family last year, according to a new United Nations study. . ..…
“The figures are unacceptably high,” Virginia Gamba, the new UN chief for children and armed conflict, said during a recent visit. . ..…
Moscow: New UN-OPCW Agreement Being Drafted with Violations . Trump to Visit as over 1,000 Missing in California Fire . ..…
A new United Nations report on the situation of poverty and austerity in the UK is “a disgrace” for the British government and shows London treats its own citizens like that of other nations, a political analyst in London says. . ..…
Salame was speaking to Reuters before the start of a conference in Palermo organized by Rome with the aim of pushing forward a new UN plan. ..…
Santiago de Chile/Panama City, Nov. 7, 2018 – Hunger, malnutrition, lack of micronutrients, overweight and obesity have greater impact on people with lower income, women, indigenous people, Afro-descendants and rural families in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a new UN..…
The fascinating question of whether 5 USC 3110 (the Anti-Nepotism Act) would apply were President Trump to attempt to make his daughter the new UN Ambassador, and whether application of the statute in that context would raise constitutional problems. . ..…
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY: The world economy remains tepid and unstable a decade after the 2008 financial crisis, while growing trade conflicts are symptoms of deeper economic malaise, according to a new United Nations publication. ..…
The new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed concern that a potential cut of US funding for her office would affect a key resource for victims of torture around the world. ..…
A new UN resolution on war crimes in Yemen has infuriated Saudi Arabia and its allies. . ..…
LONDON - Under intense political pressure to secure a new United Nations resolution before leading his country into war, British Prime Minister Tony Blair affirmed yesterday his willingness to fight alongside the United States and proposed tough new conditions that Iraqi leader..…
A new United Nations report shows about 50,000 women were killed globally last year by their 'intimate partner' or family member. . ..…
(New York) – Governments should ensure that their laws criminalizing membership in foreign terrorist groups meet the human rights standards laid out in a new United Nations report. ..…
. © 2014 Lewis Mudge/Human Rights Watch (Amsterdam) – The new United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic should urgently improve protection for civilians in eastern and central parts of the country where sectarian violence is increasing, Human Rights..…