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Category: United Nations

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US attempts to abort UN resolution on conflict-related sexual violence

April 25, 2019 Renee Shur Civil Rights, International, Trump, United Nations Leave a comment

Another day. Another outrage by the Trump administration. This time the outrage happened on the floor of the United Nations. While the attention of

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Nauert: Another unqualified Trump appointee, another step backward in world affairs

January 3, 2019 Renee Shur Foreign Policy, International, Trump, United Nations Leave a comment

Sometime in early 2019 Heather Nauert, Donald Trump’s appointee for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, will go before the Senate for confirmation hearings.

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A New Deal for US foreign policy

October 21, 2018 Bojan Francuz Foreign Policy, International, Trump, United Nations Leave a comment

Instead of grieving for the past, or focusing on whether world leaders laughed at or with President Trump at the United Nations, grassroots progressives

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UNA-USA

Unanswered Questions at a United Nations Association Conference

July 15, 2018 Adam Levin Foreign Policy, International, United Nations Leave a comment

I was not looking forward to The United Nations Association Leadership Summit. What concerned me was not the seminars or panels with veteran US

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Australian refugees: Who are they, and what are the terms of the deal?

February 3, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Immigration, International, Refugees, Trump, United Nations 4 comments

About 1,200 Afghani, Iraqi and Iranian refugees—currently housed in terrible conditions on islands near Australia—are supposed to come, over time, to the US, under

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Trump applies his usual logic to the United Nations

April 5, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Foreign Policy, History, International, Politics, United Nations One comment

I can see why perhaps Donald Trump has little love for the United Nations. After all, since its inception in 1945 and his birth

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20 years after Rwanda, genocide remains a “problem from Hell”

March 16, 2016 Adam Levin International, United Nations, Violence Leave a comment

I just finished reading a book worth writing about in light of recent events in Africa and Iraq: Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire’s Shake Hands

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Iran Nuclear Deal too complicated for TV commercials

July 29, 2015 Arthur Lieber Climate Change, Foreign Policy, Labor and unions, Media, Obama, Politics, Public safety, Science, United Nations, War Leave a comment

A new CNN / ORC poll just revealed that the majority of Americans want Congress to reject the nuclear deal with Iran that the

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UN Treaty on Disability Rights: Obama says yes; so should Congress

December 17, 2013 Renee Shur Civil Rights, Congress, Government, History, Human Rights, International, Obama, United Nations Leave a comment

Perhaps you haven’t noticed. Our current president is an unwavering optimist. Whether we see Obama’s optimism as a character trait or a belief system

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