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Indigenous Leaders Call for an End to Environmental Destruction at Day...
By Jenna Kunz
April 19, 2023
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, and Native News...
UN Has Plan to Curb World Hunger, But EU Won’t Lift...
by Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman
Mar 23, 2023
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is attempting to persuade the European Union to lift sanctions on the...
The Ukraine War in the Light of the UN Charter
by Alfred de Zayas
Feb 6, 2023
The war in Ukraine did not start on 24 February 2022, but already in February 2014. The civilian population...
UN expert calls for lifting of long-lasting unilateral sanctions ‘suffocating’ Syrian...
Statement by Ms. Alena Douhan Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rightsAt the meeting...
NATO’s “Death Wish” Will Destroy Not Only Europe but the Rest...
by Alfred de Zayas *
Sep 14, 2022
It is difficult to understand why Western politicians and the mainstream media fail to perceive the existential danger...
‘Collective Action or Collective Suicide’: UN Chief Pleads for Real Climate...
"We need a concrete global response that addresses the needs of the world's most vulnerable people, communities, and nations," said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.
By...
UN Warns of ‘Total Societal Collapse’ Due to Breaching of Planetary...
By Nafeez Ahmed
26 May 2022
When the United Nations published its 2022 ‘Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction’ (GAR2022) in May, the world’s attention...
The War between East and West, the Non-Aligned and the Struggle...
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos (*)
Second of two parts. Here you can read the first part The War between East and West, the Non-Aligned and the struggle...
“This is apartheid”: an interview with outgoing UN human rights official...
Outgoing UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk on how Israel is practicing apartheid, and the steps the international community can take to force Israel to...
‘Horrific’: Israeli Forces Attack Mourners Carrying Casket of Shireen Abu Akleh
Israeli soldiers assaulted civilians during a funeral procession for the slain Palestinian-American journalist, "using stun grenades and tear gas and charging at them with...