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28Oct

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Palestine Affairs, UN, ZIO-NAZI

UN Finds the Nazi regime Intentionally Shot Children, Journalists and Disabled People

UN Finds Israel Intentionally Shot Children, Journalists and Disabled People BYAmy Goodman, Democracy Now! AUnited Nations inquiry has found Israeli forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by targeting unarmed children, journalists and the disabled in Gaza. The report, released by the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday, looked at Israel’s bloody response to weekly Great March of Return demonstrations, launched by Palestinians in Gaza nearly a year ago, targeting Israel’s heavily militarized separation barrier. The report found Israeli forces have killed 183 Palestinians — almost all of them with live ammunition. The dead included 35 children. Twenty-three thousand people were injured, including over 6,000 shot by live ammunition. We speak with Sara Hossa...

14Oct

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Brazil, UN

Unified Action to Fight Deforestation

The Amazon is burning and global deforestation accelerating - we need unified international action. By Nicole Polsterer Global Research, Jair Bolsonaro defied his critics at the UN General Assembly in New York this month – as expected – denouncing those maintaining that his policies have fanned the flames of the Amazon fires. Brazil’s President declared: “We all know that all countries have problems. The sensationalist attacks we have suffered due to fire outbreaks have aroused our patriotic sentiment.” This echoed his repeated claim that the fires in the world’s largest tropical rainforest were being used as an “excuse” to attack his government by countries who want to “control” the Amazon and get their hands on its riches, and that ...

2Oct

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UN, USA

US plan to bug Security Council: the text

Online document: The text of the memorandum detailing the US plan to bug the phones and emails of key Security Council members, revealed in today's Observer Talk about it: dirty tricks? Iraq: Observer special Sun 2 Mar 2003 18.40 GMTFirst published on Sun 2 Mar 2003 18.40 GMT Shares6To: [Recipients withheld]From: FRANK KOZA, Def Chief of Staff (Regional Targets)CIV/NSA Sent on Jan 31 2003 0:16Subject: Reflections of Iraq Debate/Votes at UN-RT Actions + Potential for Related ContributionsImportance: HIGHTop Secret//COMINT//X1 All, As you've likely heard by now, the Agency is mounting a surge particularly directed at the UN Security Council (UNSC) members (minus US and GBR of course) for insights as to how to membership is reacting to the on...

1Oct

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North Korea, UN, USA

UN Works with Intelligence Contractors to Destabilize North Korea Dialogue

By William CRADDICK Just a few days after NBC News and National Public Radio (NPR) launched propaganda attempts to undermine the peace process between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations has waded into the fray with a new attempt to build a case for retaining sanctions that have proven to be a sticking point between the negotiation teams. Much like previous reports, the United Nation’s Panel of Experts (PoE) on North Korea utilized misleadingly interpreted satellite footage provided by private firms who have contractual connections to the CIA and Pentagon. The panel’s findings will ultimately be used to support policies that are aimed at playing on North Korean fears and make them more likely to withdraw or en...

13Sep

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Environment, UN

'World Has Never Seen a Threat to Human Rights of This Scope,' UN Rights Chief Says of Climate Emergency

"The window of opportunity for action may be closing—but there is still time to act." byAndrea Germanos United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, listens to the meeting introduction before delivering opening remarks while hosting a debate on key human rights issues in the country at ICS—Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa on April 29, 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo: Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) "We are burning up our future—literally," the United Nations human rights chief said Monday, as she called the climate crisis a "rapidly growing and global threat to human rights." In fact, said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, "The world has never seen a threat to human rights of this scope...

3Sep

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Environment, UN

Leaked UN Draft Report Warns Rising, Warming Oceans 'Poised to Unleash Misery' Worldwide

The assessment details anticipated declines in fish stocks as well as increases in damage by superstorms and displacement due to rising seas by: Jessica Corbett A dock sits damaged near the Statue of Liberty, which remained closed to the public six weeks after Hurricane Sandy on December 13, 2012 in New York City. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images) A draft United Nations report warns "the same oceans that nourished human evolution are poised to unleash misery on a global scale unless the carbon pollution destabilizing Earth's marine environment is brought to heel," according to Agence France-Presse, which exclusively reported on the 900-page scientific assessment Thursday. The forthcoming report from a U.N. body that assesses science related to the human-cause...

29Aug

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India, Pakistan & Kashmir, UN

UN experts urge India to end ‘collective punishment’ in Kashmir

By Agence France-Presse A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday urged India to end the communications blackout imposed on Kashmir, warning it amounted to “collective punishment” and risked exacerbating regional tensions. They voiced alarm over the measures imposed by India since it revoked autonomous rule in occupied Kashmir on Aug 5, including a near-total communications blackout. “The shutdown of the internet and telecommunication networks, without justification from the government, are inconsistent with the fundamental norms of necessity and proportionality,” the five experts, who are independent and do not speak for the world body, said in a statement. “The blackout is a form of collective punishment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, without even a pretext of a pr...

29Aug

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Russia, UN, USA

US and Russia trade barbs at UN over ‘new arms race’

By Agence France-Presse Russia and the US traded accusations at the United Nations on Thursday of risking a new arms race as China said it would play no part in any new missile deal. The United States and Moscow ditched the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty after blaming each other for violating the accord. Deputy Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy told the Security Council that Washington’s testing of a ground-launched missile earlier this week showed “America is ready for an arms race.” Russia had requested the meeting after the US tested a type of missile that was banned under the 1987 INF agreement, which restricted such medium-range weapons. Polyanskiy added that Russia, on the other hand, was ready for “serious dialogue” over arms c...

6Jul

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UN, USA

To Prevent 'Climate Apartheid Scenario'

NOVANEWS To Prevent 'Climate Apartheid Scenario' Where Rich Escape and Poor Suffer, UN Report Issues Urgent Call for Global Economic Justice "While people in poverty are responsible for just a fraction of global emissions, they will bear the brunt of climate change, and have the least capacity to protect themselves." by: Jake Johnson The Blue Cut Fire roars along side Highway 138 burning vegetation and power poles on August 16, 2016 in Phelan, California. (Photo: Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) A scathing United Nations report released Tuesday warned that the world is hurtling toward a "climate apartheid scenario" in which the wealthiest members of society will be able to buy their way to safety while hundreds of millions suffer from environment...

5Jul

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UN, Venezuela

Lying by Omission Is Still Lying

NOVANEWS By Nino Pagliccia Global Research There is no doubt that lying in any form and for questionable reasons is not an accepted value. It can cause serious consequences on those who are the object of lies. It some cases it can cost lives. A person caught lying on a witness stand in court can face criminal charges. Lying by omission – that is willfully withdrawing important factual information – is no less serious than outright disinformation. When it comes to Venezuela today any form of omission of relevant information must be considered reckless. The Washington Post in its article of 21 June titled “UN human rights chief meets with Venezuela’s Guaidó, Maduro” [1] provides a good example of lying by omission. In its 22-paragraphs long article clearly the focus is on Guaidó. H...