‘Intolerable’: Global Outrage as Israeli Forces Fire on UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon
"Attacking U.N. personnel and property is a major violation of International Humanitarian Law," said the foreign minister of Indonesia.
Jeffrey Sachs: Beyond Hegemony
"The West is bemoaning its loss of relative status—the ability to dictate to others—not any real military insecurity."
Netanyahu: Israel Is Fighting a War on Seven Fronts
The Israeli leader called the UN General Assembly a ‘Swamp of Antisemitic Bile’
UN Overwhelmingly Votes to Sanction Israel, Impose Arms Embargo
The vote passed with 124 states in favor of ending the illegal Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
World Demands End to Israel’s Illegal Occupation of Palestine, in Landslide UN Vote
The vast majority of the world voted at the UN General Assembly to demand an end to Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestinian territory within 12 months, with 124 countries (64%)…
A Radical Way to Change the UN Security Council, Including Its Name
The proposal advocates UN Security Council reform for planetary sustainability. It suggests permanent members giving up veto power and a Sustainability Council. Likelihood of acceptance varies among members.
Palestine Takes Seat at UN General Assembly in ‘Historic First’
Israel’s ambassador strongly condemned ‘any action that improves’ the status of Palestinians at the UN.
The US Says It Now Supports a More Ambitious Plastics Treaty. Industry Groups Are Furious.
In a reversal, the Biden administration will back production limits as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty.
Israel Has Damaged or Destroyed 85 Percent of Schools in Gaza
Israel’s siege of Gaza “is destroying the present and the future of Palestinian children,” UNRWA said.
UN Report on Arbitrary Detention and Abhorrent Abuse of Palestinian Prisoners
By Talia Mullin / Original to Scheer Post A new report has been released from the UN Human Rights department detailing the arbitrary detention of thousands of Palestinians and subsequent…
Israeli Forces Have Killed 366 UN Workers and Family Members in Gaza: Leaked Report
Confidential figures shed additional light on what's been the deadliest-ever war for United Nations staff.
ICJ on the Legal Consequences Arising From the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
By The International Court of Justice THE HAGUE, 19 July 2024. The International Court of Justice has today given its AdvisoryOpinion in respect of the Legal Consequences arising from the…
Gaza Horror: UN Finds Israeli Forces Guilty of Sexual Abuse and Torture
A UN investigation has revealed brutal acts by the Israeli military targeting men, women, and children, with victims’ families forced to witness.
A Clubbable Admission: Palestine’s Case for UN Membership
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch “I find it rather difficult to make it clear to my children why we are not eligible, for from one point of view it isn’t…
Top UN News: A Week in Review
Palestine’s triumph; UN’s political lapse in Gaza; Summit of the Future; more genocide in Gaza? Plus: The Caribbean; Guatemala; Sudan; UNRWA.