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We know the UN is an ineffective body, a concept whose time has not arrived. But a number of revelations, which reveal the corruption that has seeped into its ranks, have tarnished whatever reputation it had. Let us look at some facts.
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Is any UN legislation in place as Russia is going to dig up Helium on the Moon in 2015 and Japan has found Uranium recently?
made popular Jul 1 2009
Yesterday, was World Refugee Day. Refugees are created through wars and pure ethnic cleansing and such inhumanity has not ended in the 21st century. The tragedy of...
made popular Jun 20 2009
One of the UN’s largest international relief efforts is under investigation after it emerged that thousands of sacks of food aid were being diverted from starving...
made popular Jun 15 2009
As the United Nations moves this week to sanction North Korea for its second nuclear test, there is strong evidence that a previous international squeeze did not...
made popular Jun 12 2009
Russia will rebuild its Soviet-era network of polar stations and use its icebreaker fleet to help support its claim to the vast resources of the Arctic, the man who led...
made popular Jun 10 2009
I am surprised that Africa has formed a united front in fighting one Phillip Alston who is now their sworn enemy.
SACK ALSTON!, that is the message the African...
made popular Jun 10 2009
The UN war investigation Richard Goldstone’s team wasted international taxpayer money in Gaza as Israel refuced to cooperated initially and HAMAS obstructed its...
made popular Jun 10 2009
World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.
Commemorated...
made popular Jun 5 2009
The UN’s high commissioner for human rights has called for an independent investigation into alleged atrocities by both sides in Sri Lanka’s civil...
made popular May 27 2009
A historical fact happened recently here in Brazil. For the first time in 80 years USA has ceased to be the largest trading partner of Brazil.
Guess who is now the...
made popular May 19 2009
There is an uproar in the world over indicting Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. However, nine Nobel peace prize recipients are bearing the torch...
made popular May 19 2009
Just as most militaries plan for the next war according to the lessons learned from the last one, so do international lawmakers define the rules for the next conflict...
made popular May 7 2009
The United Nations released its report on Israel’s onslaught against Gaza, an attack that killed over 900 Palestinian civilians of whom over 400 were children....
made popular May 6 2009
AP, United Nations
President Barack Obama’s pledge to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons won praise Monday from China and key developing countries, and spurred hope...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, United Nations
Russia has invited Security Council ministers to a meeting next week to give “new impetus” to the Middle East peace process.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, United Nations
The Obama administration called hydrofluorocarbons widely used in refrigerators and air conditioners “a very significant” threat to climate change Monday,...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Geneva
At the U.N. agency spearheading the fight against swine flu, key decisions are based on more than just health issues _ politics plays a big role, too.
made popular May 3 2009
AP, Rome
The U.N. and World Trade Organization said Saturday there is no justification for anti-pork trade measures as a result of the swine flu epidemic since there is no...
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Nusa Dua
The Asian Development Bank will boost lending to the region’s poorest nations by more than $10 billion over two years, warning Saturday that the global economic...
made popular May 2 2009
AP, New York
An estimated 26 million people uprooted by conflict or human rights violations remained in their own countries in 2008, far more than the 16 million who crossed borders...
made popular May 1 2009
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A 57-year-old Indian, Sanjaya Bahel, a former United Nations procurement official, has been convicted of bribery, wire fraud and mail fraud charges on Friday for...
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