RT | 1 Oct 2014 Abby Martin speaks with RT Correspondent Marina Portnaya, about a new UN resolution that is being compared to the US Patriot Act, going over how the text could allow countries to increase surveillance under the name of counter terrorism, as well as giving states new tools to crack down on…
By Ulson Gunnar | Global Research | October 05, 2014 For the past several years, the United Nations has served as a platform for Syria’s enemies to air allegations of human rights abuses and even attempts to use such allegations to justify military aggression against Syria itself. Tales of “barrel bombs” being used against civilians, the…
Gamal Nkrumah | Al Ahram | 2 Oct 2014 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyShGogzIn4?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360] Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner deserves acclaim and commendation from the international community. At the UN Security Council brainstorming session on “terrorism”, Fernández de Kirchner did not mince her words. Her candour was breathtakingly courageous. Fernández set the record straight, much to the consternation…
Telesur | 9 August 2014 The General Secretary of United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-Moon collaborated in secret with Israel and the United States to weaken the effects of a Board of Inquiry’s report accusing Israel of human rights violations in Gaza in Dec. 2008 – Jan. 2009. Wikileaks released documents on Friday that revealed that Ban wrote a letter to the UN Security Council asking its members not to take recommendations by the…