United Nations

URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Support the UN Resolution Against Unilateral Coercive Measures

November 9, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Posted by People’s Mob Dear Friends of Peace and Justice, As you are well aware, for decades the U.S. government and its European allies have been illegally using unilateral economic sanctions (“Unilateral Coercive Measures”) as a weapon of war and mass destruction to topple governments that do not submit to the U.S. and European states’ domination of their country. The[…]

Syria Forming a New Constitutional Draft Committee

August 6, 2019 UNAC Editor Soft Power Imperialism, Syria, United Nations

Steven Sahiounie, Published on the Middle East Observer, August 5, 2019 UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said, “I’m very pleased that now we seem to be closer to establishing the constitutional committee,” Syria’s post-war government and new constitution are seen as crucial components of the Syrian peace process which could see the end of the 8-year conflict. A 150-member committee made up[…]

UNGA Overwhelmingly Votes Against Cuba Blockade, All US Amendments Defeated

November 7, 2018 UNAC Editor Cuba, Economic Blockade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Image: Billboard in Havana, Cuba that reads in Spanish: “Blockade, the longest genocide in history.” Nov. 1, 2018 | Photo: Reuters TeleSUR reported the following on November 1, 2018. Israel and the United States were once again the only two countries to vote in favor of the brutal economic blockade against Cuba. United Nations member states voted 189 to 2[…]

The US Led Genocide and the Destruction of Yemen

October 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Middle East Wars, Yemen

by David William Pear, from CounterCurrents Blog, October 15, 2018 “Only God can save our children”, say Yemeni fathers and mothers as they can do nothing but watch their children die, try to comfort them in their final agonizing hours, and pray for God to spare them from death. The fathers and mothers watch and pray, as one by another their children[…]

Todays Wars Have Roots in Tragic 1993 US Intervention in Somalia

October 5, 2018 UNAC Editor Militarism, Somalia

By Ann Wright, previously published on CodePink.org and WorldBeyondWar.org Several days ago, a journalist contacted me about a memorandum titled “Legal and human rights aspects of UNOSOM military operations” I had written in 1993, twenty-five years ago. At the time, I was the chief of the Justice Division of the United Nations Operations in Somalia (UNOSOM). I had been seconded[…]

If There Are No Refugees . . .

September 3, 2018 UNAC Editor Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Refugees

Image: Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against a U.S. decision to cut aid, outside its offices, in Gaza City, on Aug. 02 2018. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajour/ APA Images) If there Are No Refugees, There Will Be No One to Return: Understanding Trump’s War on UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees by Marilyn[…]