Category: The United Nations

The Director of the Division of Public Information at UNESCO – Mr Neil Ford – has made it clear that UNESCO still refuses to approach the Imternational Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion on the legality of …

UNESCO’s deficit has skyrocketed from an estimated $120 million to $167 million for 2012-2013 as a result of its decision to admit Palestine as its 195th member in breach of UNESCO’s own Constitution.

UNESCO has paid a high price for hoisting the flag of “Palestine” among the 194 other flags flying at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters this week.

The decision to admit Palestine has come at great financial cost to UNESCO and has threatened the abandonment or postponement of many of its worthy and worthwhile programs.

The PLO application seeking admission of Palestine to the UN has been dealt a serious blow – after 86 of its 193 members failed to support a mirror application for Palestine to join UNESCO.

A recent article from “Bloomberg” entitled: “U.S. Decries Salaries, Staffing in New UN Budget” by Bill Varner and Flavia Krause-Jackson – Sep 29, 2011 begins: “The Obama administration told the United Nations that too few of its 10,307 workers are …

The horrendous news of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Nigeria’s capital – Abuja – reportedly by a radical Islamist group – killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 60 other persons – has been rightly described …

“The overarching goal of Agenda 21 is to establish international norms of personal behavior that are dictated by a group of the world’s so-called ‘enlightened elite’ who believe they know best how people ought to live therefore they should be …

Question—if an international organization falls in the forest does it make a sound?  File it under “manufactured crisis,” but back in 2005, long before Climate-gate and a succession of brutal winters, the United Nations warned that “catastrophic climate …

By: David Singer

Any decision by the United Nations General Assembly to recognize a Palestinian State next September could signal the beginning of the end for the United Nations as a credible organization pledged to uphold the rule of international …

Richard Goldstone now faces bitter condemnation from Israel following his belated admission that his infamous Report was wrong in finding that Israel had intentionally targeted civilians during its invasion of Gaza in December 2008.

Somalia’s Prime Minister, Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed announced yesterday that he has been promised United Nations support in his government’s ongoing battle with terrorist group Al Shabaab and the marauding Somali pirates.

Israel is to be applauded for its agreement to participate in the Inquiry announced yesterday by UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon into the aborted attempt by a flotilla of six ships to break the naval …

United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon came to visit Jerusalem this past week.

In the best traditions of Ko Ko – the Lord High Executioner in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado – Ki-moon set Jerusalem alight as his entourage trumpeted …

There’s a radical idea that has been making its way through the political chat underground. Growing in support, some mainstream political parties are beginning to take notice.