More evidence that taxpayer funds are not required for climate research – UN Environment and Google announced today a global partnership that promises to change the way we see our planet. Combining environmental science, big data and unprecedented accessibility, this joint effort aims to expand what the world knows about the impacts of human activity […]
U.S. Pulls Out of UN Human Rights Council…
Trump administration officials on Tuesday said the U.S. has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, saying that the international body is “not worthy of its name.” U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley announced the withdrawal alongside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, following multiple news reports that the move was imminent. Haley […]
UN Chief Nuclear Inspector Abruptly Resigns as Iran FM Embarks on Global Tour to Salvage Deal…
Just days after President Trump announced the US withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal brokered under Obama, the U.N.’s top nuclear inspector has abruptly and unexpectedly resigned after a tense week in which Iran’s facilities have again become the focus of the organization’s mission. Veteran nuclear weapons inspector Tero Varjoranta announced his resignation as […]
Oxfam’s ‘Aid For Sex’ Scam Exposed…
Oxfam. I’m wondering if I should warn this is not for the faint of heart, or say don’t read on an empty stomach. If so, hereby. I know I found it hard. The first and foremost thing the BBC last week felt its audience should know about the sleaziest scandal to come out of Britain […]
Rape, Sex Trafficking and the Spread of Disease on the UN’s Watch…
There was a gift you may have missed. On Christmas Eve, Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, announced a sizeable cut for the U.N. operating budget to the tune of $285 million dollars. That sounds like a lot, and it’s a good start, but that’s all it is. Ambassador Haley called the […]
UN Member States Vote to Reject U.S. Recognition of Jerusalem…
UN member-states voted on Thursday in favour of a motion rejecting US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, after President Donald Trump threatened to cut funding to countries that back the measure. One-hundred and twenty-eight member states voted in favour of the motion with nine opposing and 35 abstaining. The nine countries which opposed were […]
Haley Takes on World Government…
Full text of Nikki Haley’s speech to UN General Assembly on Jerusalem…
Trump Withdraws U.S. from UN’s Global Compact on Migration…
The United States will no longer participate in the U.N.-organized Global Compact on Migration (GCM), the U.S. Mission to the U.N. informed the secretary-general on Sunday. That decision was informed by concerns about threats to the United States’s sovereignty, with administration officials citing the need for the country to define its own immigration policy independent […]
Israel to Join U.S. in Withdrawing from UNESCO…
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