International Diplomacy

COVID-19: US Pulls Plug on Global Ceasefire Resolution

May 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, International Law, United Nations, US Government Action

by Dali ten Hove, published on Consortium News, May 11, 2020 After six weeks of negotiations, the United States shot down hopes for a resolution to be approved in the United Nations Security Council on May 8, refusing to back worldwide ceasefires as the U.S. continues to castigate China and the World Health Organization for the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, momentum[…]

China Breaks the Western Debt Stranglehold on the World

November 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Austerity, China, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Peter Koenig, published on Countercurrents, November 3, 2019 The west has colonized, exploited, ravaged and assassinated the people of the Global South for hundreds of years. Up to the mid-20th Century Europe has occupied Africa, and large parts of Asia. In Latin America, though much of the sub-Continent was “freed” from Spain and Portugal in the 19th Century –[…]

On the Brink with Russia in Syria Again, 5 Years Later

September 14, 2018 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Featured, Political Analysis, Syria

White Helmet activists in Khan Sheikhoun made a video of themselves collecting evidence at the site of the execution of the supposed sarin gas attack. It is notable that they are not wearing adequate protective gear. By Ray McGovern, originally published on Consortium News, September 12, 2018 he New York Times, on September 11, 2013, accommodated Russian President Vladimir V.[…]