IPS Writers in the Blogosphere

Currently viewing the tag: "United Nations"

AIPAC Directs Congressional Punishment of Palestinians After UN Vote

From On November 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

The US government has swept into action in the aftermath of the Palestinians’ overwhelming victory at the United Nations on Thursday. No less than three amendments were brought in the Senate, to be attached to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — a bill which has nothing to do [...]

Continue Reading →

Israel, UK and US fail to get Palestinians to Withdraw or Blunt UN Resolution

From On November 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

The vote in the United Nations General Assembly on the Palestinian application for non-member status is a foregone conclusion. They’re going to win and it’s not really going to matter much, at least in the short term. Nonetheless, the decidedly warped world of diplomacy around the Israel-Palestine conflict has managed to [...]

Continue Reading →

Meanwhile in Iran

From On October 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

This lonely press briefing issued today by the United Nations about ongoing political imprisonment in Iran reminds us that the more the international community focuses on Iran’s nuclear program, the less attention is given to Iranian human rights. These rights are consistently endangered and violated not only by the Iranian [...]

Continue Reading →

The Strategic Logic of Netanyahu’s “Iranian Bomb”: Rules of the Road (Runner?)

From On September 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

In making his case against Iran in his United Nations speech, Benjamin Netanyahu held up a crude graphic intended represent an Iranian bomb. The Israeli Prime Minister drew a line with a red marker to emphasize the urgent need for action against the Islamic Republic and sound the alarm bells.

Instead, the [...]

Continue Reading →

Will Iran be the United States’ Melos?

From On August 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

One of the most depressing aspects of all the talk about Israel or the United States destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities (and much else besides, no doubt) is the near absence of any reference to international law. Even so distinguished an expert as Anthony Cordesman seems to take it for granted [...]

Continue Reading →

U.N. Defends Increased Use of Private Military and Security Companies

From On August 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Last month, I wrote on a new report that showed the U.N. is increasingly using Private Military Security Contractors (PMSCs) for its field missions – a practice which is endangering the U.N.’s legitimacy as an organisation championing human rights, according to the author.

A number of these companies, like Dyncorp International, have been [...]

Continue Reading →

Ros-Lehtinen Wants To Break U.S. Laws On Hosting The U.N.

From On September 1, 2011 · 1 Comment

Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress

In a statement released yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) called for the U.S. to violate its own laws and ratified international treaties governing the U.S. role as host to the United Nations.

In the statement, which focused on sanctioning officials [...]

Continue Reading →

AIPAC Bills Opposing Palestinian Statehood Drive Sail Through House And Senate

From On July 8, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Senate passed a resolution last week threatening repercussions if the Palestinians press on with their bid for statehood. A similar House of Representatives resolution passed this week.

The two bills, very likely drafted by AIPAC, cite a number of statements by President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to support a [...]

Continue Reading →

Foreign Policy Luminaries Urge Obama to Support UNSC Settlements Resolution

From On January 19, 2011 · 1 Comment

As the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) moves to consider a resolution condemning continued Israeli settlement activity in the Palestinian occupied territories, a group of prominent foreign policy analysts issued a letter today urging the Obama administration to support the resolution. While such exhortations are familiar when coming from the human rights community, what [...]

Continue Reading →

The Daily Talking Points

From On August 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 17th, 2010:

The National: Michael Theodoulou reports that new sanctions will exacerbate corruption and mismanagement in Iran’s economy but do little to change Tehran’s nuclear policy. However, the sanctions could give the White House the “political space” domestically to attempt engagement again, said Sir Richard [...]

Continue Reading →