United Nations General Assembly

A Plan to Recover Momentum for Palestine

John V. Whitbeck | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Palestinian Authority, State of Palestine, Palestine, Palestinian Statehood, Palestinian State, UN General Assembly, Palestine Un, United Nations General Assembly, United Nations, World News

The Palestinian leadership must show courage and wisdom by again seizing the initiative and setting the agenda so as to achieve, finally, some measure of justice and a decent future for the Palestinian people.

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End the Slaughter in Syria While Isolating Iran

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Turkey, United Nations General Assembly, Middle East, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Iran, Israel, Syria, Russia Syria, China Syria, Syria Violence, Syria Protest, Foreign Affairs, Arab Spring, World News

For all intents and purposes, Syria has turned into the battleground between the forces of moderation and the forces of extremism in the Middle East.

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The U.N.'s Return on Syria

Jeffrey Laurenti | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Syria, United Nations General Assembly, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, Russia, Arab League, Iran, UN Security Council, Peacekeeping, World News

The aggressiveness with which the Arab states along the Persian Gulf are pressing for the ouster of Bashar al-Assad from Damascus is really aimed at crippling his Iranian ally.

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Harmony Among Religions At The United Nations?

Katherine Marshall | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: United Nations General Assembly, World Interfaith Harmony Week, Syria, Religion News

Theologian Hans Kung often repeats his maxim that there can be no peace among nations without peace among religions.

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The United Nations Must Become the Arsenal of Democracy

Daniel Furr | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Syria, United Nations General Assembly, Arab Spring, Syria Violence, World News

For the sake of the region, the democratic movement of Syria cannot fail.

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UN Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Talks About Palestine's Bid for Statehood (Part 2)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 03.10.2012

If I remember correctly, didn't President Bush, the father, at one point make an appeal to the American people on television?

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UN Special Rapporteur: Abortion Restrictions Don't Work

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Amnesty International, United Nations General Assembly, Abortion Laws, Abortion Debate, Women's Health and Rights, United Nations, Politics News

Sure, the criminalization of abortion might be an impediment to getting a safe and timely abortion, but never a real barrier to getting one at all. Spread the word: abortion restrictions just don't work.

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Supporting Netanyahu Imperils Israel

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, United Nations General Assembly, Rick Perry, Barack Obama, World News

Regardless of all the protestations by Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu to return to peace negotiations if only the Palestinians would agree, one simple fact cannot be masked: Mr. Netanyahu does not want a two-state solution. He wants only to delay decision-making at all costs.

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Central American Leaders Warn Of Drug Trafficking Threat At UN

www.un.org | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: El Salvador, Drug Trafficking, United Nations General Assembly, Central America, Costa Rica, Latino Voices News

Costa Rica and El Salvador, two countries highly affected by drug-related violence in recent years, have urged the United Nations to help fight drug c...

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A Disturbing and Dangerous Week at the U.N.

James Zogby | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Arab World, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine Statehood Bid, Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, International Affairs, Barack Obama Un General Assembly, UN General Assembly, United Nations General Assembly, Politics News

It was a week of speeches and exhausting meetings and deliberations over what to do about the Palestinian bid for statehood. In a way, it was the speeches that told the story.

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Dramatic Bid For Palestinian Statehood On Hold At U.N.; Major Powers Buy Time

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Susan Rice Un Ambassador, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, United Nations General Assembly, Haaretz, President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Quartet, United Nations Security Council, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, World News

The speeches from Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu illustrated the gulf between Israelis and Palestinians -- a fear their existence is at stake and widely disparate accounts of a painful shared history.

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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Quartet Offer Seeks To Bridge A Gaping Divide

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, United Nations General Assembly, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Palestinian Statehood, West Bank, Tony Blair, United Nations, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, United Nations Security Council, Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Statehood Bid, Israel, World News, World News

UNITED NATIONS -- Palestinian officials submitted a bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations General Assembly Friday, on a day of frenetic ...

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Palestinians Submit UN Statehood Bid

AP | AMY TEIBEL and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Video, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations General Assembly, West Bank, Palestinian Statehood, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Statehood Bid, Israel, World News

UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinian leader took his people's quest for independence to the heart of world diplomacy Friday, seeking U.N. recognitio...

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The Perry/Romney Israel-Obama "Shanda"

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Dennis Ross, George MItchell, Mitt Romney, Palestine, Israel, United Nations General Assembly, Republican Party, Palestinians, Rick Perry, Barack Obama, Politics News

Any Israeli military analyst (as well as Israeli diplomats in the U.S.) would agree that the Obama Administration has offered Israel an unprecedented level of unhindered, unrestricted military support and cooperation.

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Don't Dismiss Ahmadinejad's UN Speech

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, United Nations General Assembly, Speech, Iranian, United Nations, World News

It is a sad state of world affairs when there is only one person who takes the UN and its handful of leaders to task when given the opportunity. It is even sadder that that one man's words will change nothing for the devastated majority of this world who suffer from those leaders' sins.

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WATCH: Live Updates From The UN General Assembly, Day Two

Posted 11.22.2011

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The 66th Session of the U.N. General Assembly debate continues today in New York City with remarks expected from President of the European Council Her...

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Do Not Veto

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Palestine, United Nations General Assembly, Israel, Obama Middle East, Israel 1967 Borders, Benjamin Netanyahu, Two-State Solution, UN Security Council, World News

In the past, I have opposed the Palestinian move to unilaterally seek UN recognition of their state, but at this late hour the only way to avoid what will be an unprecedented period of uncertainty is for the United States and the European Union to lead the way.

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Venezuela & Cuba Defend Iran At U.N.

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.21.2011

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VIENNA — Iran was praised and Israel criticized Wednesday at a 151-nation meeting, with Cuba and Venezuela defending Tehran's right to run a nuc...

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Day Two of UN GA Week

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: United Nations General Assembly, Maternal Health, Every Mother Counts, Child Health, Impact News

As the saying goes... there is no rest for the weary... yesterday was a BIG day for maternal, newborn and child health.

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UN General Assembly: What It Means For NYC

Posted 11.19.2011

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While President Obama is expected to discuss the ever complicated Palestinian statehood question and Russia headache at this month's United Nations Ge...

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Israeli and Palestinian Self-Entrapment

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, US Foreign Policy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian-Israeli, United Nations General Assembly, Palestinian Statehood, Barack Obama, World News

The United States should preempt the Palestinian bid for UN membership by introducing its own resolution at United Nations Security Council.

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The Palestinians' UN Remains of the Day

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.14.2011

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Next week's unilateralist gambit by the Palestinian Authority to ram through a resolution on Palestinian statehood in the UN General Assembly will produce little more than the mirage of a fleeting diplomatic triumph.

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Gaddafi's Loyal-ish Translator Hangs In

MP Nunan | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Syria, Egypt, Arab Spring, Nato, United Nations General Assembly, Revolution, Qaddafi, Protests, Libya, Bahrain, Ghaddafi, Comedy News

"One point seven million? One point seven?" Gaddafi fumes. "That's all I'm worth to them?" Seif exhales. "Perhaps that's not the part we should be focusing on, Dad."

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Support Peace: Oppose Palestinian UN Gambit

David Harris | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: United Nations Security Council, Palestinian Authority, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, United Nations General Assembly, Israel, World News

Once again, the Palestinians, with the help of their international enablers, are about to shoot themselves in the foot -- or worse. Barring unforesee...

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A Chance For Common Action: The 66th U.N. General Assembly

Jonathan Gandomi | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Baha'i, World Peace, United Nations General Assembly, United Nations, Millennium Development Goals, World Politics, U.N., UN General Assembly, UN Charter, UN Security Council, World News

There is a saying that people get the government they deserve. I don't subscribe to that view, but I do think that the international community gets the U.N. it deserves.

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