U.S. Veto

The UN Must Use the “Uniting for Peace” Process to Stop Israel

October 22, 2024 UNAC Editor Genocide, Human Rights, Indigenous peoples, Interview, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, United Nations

by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, October 20, 2024 The international community is united in their condemnation of the actions of Israel upon the civilians in Gaza, with a death now well over 40,000, and the attacks on Lebanon which have killed and injured civilians who have no connection to Hezbollah. The UN General Assembly has voted for a[…]

A Veto From Hell

October 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, United Nations, Zionism

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, October 25, 2023 On October 16, the Russian Federation introduced a draft resolution at the UN Security Council (UNSC) calling for an “immediate, durable and fully respected humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.” In hopes of getting it passed, they avoided placing blame on either Israel or Hamas. Twelve Arab nations and eight more[…]

Demanding China’s exclusion: U.S. blocks world access to vaccines

June 2, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Global Economics

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, May 31, 2022 Just how far is the U.S. government determined to go in the protection of corporate profits? For the past two years the Biden administration and earlier the Trump administration have blocked every effort to make medicines for the COVID-19 virus widely available. U.S. control of the patents has been ruthlessly[…]