Erico Platt looks at the disarmament exhibition that she staged, “Three Quarters of a Century After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Hibakusha—Brave Survivors Working for a Nuclear-Free World.” Credit:…
Read more 79 Years After Hiroshima & Nagasaki: A Grim Reminder of Nuclear AnnihilationA view of the Earth and a satellite as seen from outer space. Credit: NASA via UN News by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, May 07, 2024 Inter Press…
Read more A Russian Veto Threatens to Trigger a Nuclear Arms Race in Outer SpaceRobert A. Wood, deputy permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations, vetoes Palestine’s U.N. membership during the Security Council meeting on April 18, 2024. Credit:…
Read more Will a Two-State Solution include Palestine as a UN Member State?by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (IPS) – The UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution for a temporary cease-fire in…
Read more Will Israel Defy Another Security Council Resolution?UN General Assembly meets on the question of equitable representation– and increase in membership of the Security Council. November 2023. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe by Thalif Deen (united nations)…
Read more Is the Reform of the UN Security Council a Good Try in a Lost Cause?Mahmoud Abbas (centre right), President of the State of Palestine, addresses an event to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Nakba, held by the Committee on the Exercise…
Read more Is it Time for Palestine to be Voted UN Member State?Displaced families in a school in Gaza. 21 December 2023 Credit: WFP/Arete/Abood al Sayd by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, December 22, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Dec…
Read more Catastrophic Shortage of Food in Gaza—Starvation as a Weapon of WarThe Secretariat building in New York City, where staff of the UN Secretariat carry out the day-to-day work. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, December…
Read more UN Staffers Face Threat of Being Forced Out of the US – at RetirementOn Oct. 19, 2023, Ahmad, 9, stands in the ruins of his house, destroyed by an aerial bombardment in Rafah city. “Here was my room, my bed, my…
Read more Israel’s 2,000-pound Bunker-Busting Bombs, Supplied by US, May Have Annihilated GazaLockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II : a Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter aircraft- (Wikipedia) by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 17…
Read more US has Provided Over 130 Billion Dollars in Aid & Weapons to Israel – the Largest Everby Thalif Deen (united nations) Thursday, November 09, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 09 (IPS) – The killings of thousands of civilians in the ongoing Middle East…
Read more Arms Suppliers to Israel & Hamas Should Face War Crime ChargesBut Will They?Credit: United Nations Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, October 16, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (IPS) – When the United Nations commemorated the 75th…
Read more UN Chief Urged to Create Civil Society Envoyby Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, October 04, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) – The UN’s high-level appointments have mostly been on the basis of…
Read more UNs High-Level Appointments Should be on Gender Rotation, not Geographical Rotationby Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 12 (IPS) – Everyone in this world is entitled to 15 minutes of fame–…
Read more World Leaders Offered 15 Minutes of Fame at UNs High-Level MeetingErnesto “Che” Guevara, Minister of Industries of Cuba, addresses the General Assembly on Dec. 11, 1964. Credit: UN Photo/TC by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, September 05, 2023 Inter…
Read more When the UN Came Under Attack from a Mis-Guided Rocket LauncherThe 2023 SDG Summit will take place on 18-19 September 2023 in New York. It will mark the beginning of a new phase of accelerated progress towards the…
Read more UN Summits & High-Level Meetings: More Promises, Less DeliveriesOpinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, August 25, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (IPS) – A coalition of civil society organizations, (CSOs), including climate activists,…
Read more A Plea for a UN Summit on the Global Food CrisisCredit: United Nations Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Thursday, August 17, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (IPS) – The artificial intelligence (AI) platform ChatGPT, whose…
Read more Artificial Intelligence Faces Charges of Left-Wing Political BiasOpinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, August 11, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (IPS) – Going back to the 16th century and continuing through the…
Read more Russia Upstages Neo-Colonialist France in West Africaby Thalif Deen (united nations) Thursday, July 27, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 27 (IPS) – The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the creature of—and subservient…
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