by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, August 03, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 03 (IPS) – A spike in state-sanctioned executions worldwide – including in Iran, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and more recently Myanmar – has triggered strong condemnations from the United Nations and several civil rights and human rights…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 20 (IPS) – The French writer and philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778), once famously remarked: “I disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend unto death, your right to utter them.” But that political axiom…
Mahmoud Abbas, President of the S tate of Palestine, addresses the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, July 15, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 (IPS) – Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, July 11, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (IPS) – India and China, two Asian nuclear powers who are also longstanding rivals embroiled in the geo-politics of the Indian Ocean region, have remained two of the world’s most populous nations accounting for over…
When the UN votes by secret ballot… Credit: United Nations by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, July 06, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) – A 2.0 version of an ancient Biblical saying reads: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 29 (IPS) – The United Nations has continued to crackdown on sexual harassment system-wide since 2017 while its “whistle blower protection policy” has provided “protective status” for nearly 68 UN staffers who reported wrong doing. But…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, June 20, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) – The 164-member World Trade Organization (WTO) has implicitly rubber-stamped a widely-condemned policy of “vaccine apartheid” which has discriminated the world’s poorer nations, mostly in Africa and Asia, depriving them of any wide-ranging intellectual…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, June 06, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) – The United Nations, which has failed to help resolve some of the world’s ongoing and longstanding civil wars and military conflicts—including Palestine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Western Sahara, Myanmar, Syria, and most recently, Ukraine—was rightfully…
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting mid-May. by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, May 30, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (IPS) – The four-month-old Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered a hefty increase in military spending among Western…
Women in Nigeria collect food vouchers as part of a programme to support families struggling under the COVID-19 lockdown. Credit: WFP/Damilola Onafuwa by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, May 23, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 23 (IPS) – Michael Bloomberg, the three-term Mayor of New York city and a…
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