United Nations

Sanctions Kill
Sanctions Kill
Speakers from four affected countries — Cuba, Nicaragua, Palestine and Venezuela — describe the deadly toll of blockades and sanctions, particularly on children under 5.
10.12.2025
Capitalist Climate Catastrophe
Capitalist Climate Catastrophe
As Global North countries fail to meet their climate finance obligations, the U.N.’s climate meetings have become sites of struggle for countries of the Global South.
08.12.2025
UN Security Council Gives US ‘Mandate’ Over Palestine
UN Security Council Gives US ‘Mandate’ Over Palestine
The council endorsed Donald Trump’s neo-colonial governing board over a territory that he said should be depopulated to make way for his resort fantasy to be built on the bones of the victims of Israel’s genocide, reports Joe Lauria.
18.11.2025
Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Without UN Action
Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Without UN Action
Governments of the world have the collective power to end this genocide and the brutal, illegal occupation of Palestine, writes Nicolas J. S. Davies.
13.10.2025
Power & Justice
Power & Justice
The world broke its silence at the U.N. late last month, but force alone is what counts for Trump and Netanyahu, who propose to stand astride the world like co-emperors.
07.10.2025
Israel is the main source of instability in the Middle East
Israel is the main source of instability in the Middle East
The West is finally starting to catch on, as evidenced by Israeli officials' increasing isolation at the UN last week
30.09.2025
Looney Climate Change is Not Science
Looney Climate Change is Not Science
President Trump’s U.N. speech covered a variety of topics, ranging from his peacemaking accomplishments in seven different wars.
27.09.2025
Why has Hegseth summoned military commanders to Washington?
Why has Hegseth summoned military commanders to Washington?
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of US generals and admirals to a meeting early next week at Quantico Marine Corps base, just outside of Washington.
26.09.2025
UK’s Rank Hypocrisy on Terrorism
UK’s Rank Hypocrisy on Terrorism
The admission that the U.K. government has provided aid to a proscribed terrorist group, while arresting citizens for the support of an anti-genocide group similarly proscribed is the height of hypocrisy.
24.09.2025
Escalation in the Baltics: NATO exploits alleged airspace violation by Russian jets for new war escalation
Escalation in the Baltics: NATO exploits alleged airspace violation by Russian jets for new war escalation
Last Friday, the Estonian Defense Ministry reported that three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets had entered Estonian airspace for several minutes.
23.09.2025
Europe uses Iran as pawn in transatlantic power play
Europe uses Iran as pawn in transatlantic power play
The E3's push for formally 'snapback' sanctions on Tehran was not about getting limits on its nuclear program
22.09.2025
Independent Probe for UN Says Israel Commits Genocide
Independent Probe for UN Says Israel Commits Genocide
Israeli authorities and security forces “committed four of the five genocidal acts defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,” says a new U.N. report.
17.09.2025
Can the UN GA End Israel’s Occupation?
Can the UN GA End Israel’s Occupation?
The General Assembly is not powerless in the face of genocide. It can recommend one or more of six concrete measures based on the GA’s own precedents, writes Mona Ali Khalil.
16.09.2025
The United Nations Turns 80
The United Nations Turns 80
The U.N. is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide.
11.09.2025
The State of the ‘State of Palestine’
The State of the ‘State of Palestine’
The upcoming United Nations General Assembly may show whether those nations who have pledged to support a Palestinian state really mean business.
08.09.2025
What message does China’s V-Day military parade send to the world?
What message does China’s V-Day military parade send to the world?
On September 3, in the name of the nation, we hold a grand military parade marking the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, commemorating that arduous and monumental triumph.
03.09.2025
Ending the Genocide Now
Ending the Genocide Now
A U.N. Security Council vote to grant Palestine permanent U.N. membership would end Israel’s zealous delusions of permanent control over Palestine, write Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares. But the U.S. stands in the way.
28.08.2025
Russia Says Israel Has Forgotten Lessons of the Holocaust
Russia Says Israel Has Forgotten Lessons of the Holocaust
Russia’s deputy representative to the United Nations told the Security Council on Sunday that Israel is putting “Palestinians in ghettos” and seeks their “complete annihilation.”
11.08.2025
When Time Stopped in Hiroshima — and When it Was Stolen
When Time Stopped in Hiroshima — and When it Was Stolen
The first atomic bomb burst at 8:15 a.m. over the city of Hiroshima leaving its impression on a watch that disappeared 44 years later, reports Joe Lauria.
07.08.2025
Eighty Years of Nuclear Terror
Eighty Years of Nuclear Terror
Ever since the atomic bombings of Japanese cities in August 1945, the world has been living on borrowed time.
06.08.2025
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Hiding an Ugly Truth About Israel
Hiding an Ugly Truth About Israel
US reiterates “ironclad” support for Israel, as hundreds of thousands displaced from Rafah
US reiterates “ironclad” support for Israel, as hundreds of thousands displaced from Rafah
Leak scandal sends further shockwave, complicating Ukraine crisis
Leak scandal sends further shockwave, complicating Ukraine crisis
North Korea conducts satellite launch as US-instigated tensions rise in Indo-Pacific
North Korea conducts satellite launch as US-instigated tensions rise in Indo-Pacific
China expresses strong dissatisfaction with EU probe into Chinese EVs
China expresses strong dissatisfaction with EU probe into Chinese EVs
No Respite for France as "New Africa" Rises
No Respite for France as "New Africa" Rises
Biden to Ask Congress to Include Military Aid for Taiwan in Next Ukraine War Spending Bill
Biden to Ask Congress to Include Military Aid for Taiwan in Next Ukraine War Spending Bill
Yellen’s trip likely motivated by US debt issue
Yellen’s trip likely motivated by US debt issue
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline
How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline
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