OII Europe welcomes UN experts’ statement on gender as a tool to advance human rights – OII Europe
47 UN Special Procedures mandate holders reaffirm central role of gender as an analytical lens to advance equality & human rights for all| OII Europe
47 UN Special Procedures mandate holders reaffirm central role of gender as an analytical lens to advance equality & human rights for all| OII Europe
On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Arab and Muslim leaders exemplified how high-level, collective visits can amplify pressure.| E-International Relations
So while the UN may deserve some credit for achieving imperfect international cooperation (better than no cooperation) on AI, the jury is out on its potential impact or influence. The post Towards Consensus on AI Science and Governance appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
The United Nations had a general assembly this week in New York City. The Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian officials were denied visas to travel to New York to attend the session, even though the State of Palestine has been a non-member observer state in the UN for over a decade now. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Israel, however, was allowed to attend and even give a keynote address, in spite of the fact that there is a criminal warrant out for h...| Health Impact News
Rest in Power: Jane Goodall, the Gentle Disrupter Whose Research on Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant to Be Human| Ms. Magazine
Comment by Lyndesy Symonds ‘Social Cohesion’ is a new code word that can not make any sense in terms of how the English language is used and how the Australian majority demographic speaks and thinks. So as part of the Marxist ideological word salad of political correctness , this term will be given a new […] The post AFP should target Labor Marxists causing high levels of harm to Australia’s social cohesion appeared first on www.cairnsnews.org.| www.cairnsnews.org
From Cossack Colonel Yuri Komonyski Russian “Geran-2” drone replicas assembled from fragments of downed Russian drones some appearing to be held together with duct tape were launched by the Ukro’s into foreign countries. To disguise the replicas, the drones are assembled visually to resemble to the “Geran-2”. Even fragments of original wreckage collected after attacks […] The post Ukraine flying replica Russian drones into Poland and Romania in false flag attacks appeared first ...| www.cairnsnews.org
The NGO CAP Liberté de Conscience has formally responded to the call for input issued by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the “Experiences and perspectives of victims and survivors of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”. The call, detailed here, seeks to gather information for a comprehensive report to be presented at the 61st session of the Human Rights Council in March 2026. The post CAP Liberté de Conscience Submits...| CAP Freedom of Conscience
The UN’s 80th General Assembly| Internet Geography
In a first coordinated African-led effort at the United Nations, leaders have declared the Transatlantic Slave Trade as “the greatest crime against humanity” and called for reparations. African leaders recently took the global stage at the U.N.’s General Assembly in New York, where Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama, announced plans to submit the first formal […] The post Ghana’s President Calls Slave Trade ‘Greatest Crime,’ Pushes U.N. for Reparations appeared first o...| Capital B News
On 25 September 2025, the Commission on the Right to Health of the Asamblea Nacional approved the report for the first debate of the bill “Ley de Reproducción Humana Asistida”. This bill was initially proposed to allow surrogacy. With the… Pressenza IPA| Pressenza
34 UN states are participating in a session of the Hague Group, which will propose dramatic new measures The post UN States to Propose Tough Sanctions on Israel appeared first on Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح العالم.| Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح العالم
An Israeli security source told me that Israel’s failed assassination attempt in Qatar targeted all of Hamas’ senior The post Israeli Security Source: Failed Qatar Assassination Targeted Hamas’ Khaled Meshal appeared first on Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح العالم.| Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح العالم
Benjamin Netanyahu is committing crimes that amount to genocide in Gaza, yet he continues to act with impunity on the global stage due to US political support, weakening international accountability and endangering human life. The post UN Might Tolerate Netanyahu, and White House Might Welcome Him, But He’s Still Guilty of Genocide appeared first on The Globe Post.| The Globe Post
The United Nations turns 80 this month. Alas, even as the world uses the anniversary for high-profile events and expensive review processes, the UN’s failures meet us at every corner and in every headline and the organisation receives a steady stream of flak. It has not been spared even at the General Assembly! Founded in […]| The Standpoint
In a meeting with US antiwar figures, Iranian Pres. Masoud Pezeshkian forecasted a more intense round of conflict with Israel and the US, and slammed Washington’s intransigence. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived late to a September 24, 2025 meeting with American antiwar figures on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. He had come from a fateful tete-a-tete with Emmanuel Macron, where he attempted to cajole his French counterpart into delaying expiration of the JCPOA nuclear de...| The Grayzone
It is surely in the interest of the public to know if their local representatives were in Israel networking with parties to what the UN has labeled a genocide.| FAIR
From September 21–26, the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) joined civil society in New York City for Climate Week — a week of urgent dialogue,| Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN)
The WHO Pandemic Accords, the first part of which came into effect last month, consolidate the power of the Covid clerisy on a global scale, warns Professor Ramesh Thakur. Expect more of the same. The post The WHO Pandemic Accords Consolidate the Power of the Covid Clerisy on a Global Scale appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.| The Daily Sceptic
The UN General Assembly meeting has seen a growing number of states recognizing a state of Palestine, including Western powers like France, the United Kingdom and Canada. Debate has swirled over why they are doing this: is it a principled stand, an attempt to gain international or domestic clout, etc.? But there’s a bigger question […]| The Duck of Minerva
The United Nations rebuked British barrister and international lawyer Natasha Hausdorff, after she called out their Human Rights Council for being a “catastrophic failure for humanity and the civilized world.” Testimony by Natasha Hausdorff before the United Nations Human Rights Council, on behalf of UN Watch: “Chair, The United Nations was intended to be […] The post U.N. Can’t Handle the Truth From Natasha Hausdorff appeared first on UN Watch.| UN Watch
UN Watch was quoted in media outlets around the world in August 2025 on numerous topics, including Hillel’s viral speech in which he called out Pakistan as a state sponsor of terror. Featured in NZZ, “The UN critic Hillel Neuer wants a Palestinian self-administration for Gaza,” September 18, 2025: Our report documents in detail how […] The post UN Watch in the News – September 2025 appeared first on UN Watch.| UN Watch
UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer was interviewed on Fox News Radio’s “The Brian Kilmeade Show” to discuss the current U.N. General Assembly, including speeches by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump, as well as the international recognition of a Palestinian state, and UN Watch’s new 200-page report detailing how UNRWA […] The post Hillel Neuer on the Brian Kilmeade Show: UN General Assembly is Anti-Western “Catwalk for Dictators” app...| UN Watch
SHARE: YouTube | X (Twitter) | Instagram Full Transcript: Mr. President, last week the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released the ten-year assessment on the DPRK following the 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry that described it as “a state without parallel.” The report’s conclusion is devastating. No other population is under such restrictions in […] The post Former North Korean Political Prisoner Asks the UN: “How much longer must my people suffer?” appeared first on UN W...| UN Watch
The UN’s high-level conference on the two-state solution in New York, co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France was held on July 28-29, 2025, after having been rescheduled from mid-June. The purpose of the conference was to obtain recognition of a Palestinian state from UN member states. On July 25, 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron announced […] The post UPDATED: UN Two-State Solution Conference July to September 2025 appeared first on UN Watch.| UN Watch
SHARE: YouTube | X (Twitter) | Instagram Today at the United Nations, dictatorships praised the Maduro regime’s record on human rights. Former political prisoner and Venezuelan activist, Leopoldo López, struck back with a scathing rebuttal. Highlights from the U.N. Human Rights Council debate: Venezuela: “As a country, we believe profoundly in human rights and practice them […] The post Maduro praised by dictators at the United Nations Human Rights Council — Leopoldo López strikes ...| UN Watch
SHARE: YouTube | X (Twitter) Pakistan called an urgent debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council over Israel’s strike on Hamas terror chiefs in Qatar. On cue, brutal regimes such as the Islamic Republic of Iran, Venezuela, Russia and China lined up to bash the Jewish state. Then UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer took the floor […] The post Hillel Neuer Exposes the Truth About Qatar at the U.N. Human Rights Council appeared first on UN Watch.| UN Watch
ROME, Sept. 18, 2025 – A Geneva-based watchdog said Thursday it has filed a legal memorandum to the United Nations arguing that the reappointment of Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, was carried out in violation of UN rules and is therefore invalid. In a 20-page submission to UN Legal Counsel […] The post UN Watch legal memo disputes Albanese’s UN status amid US sanctions dispute appeared first on UN Watch.| UN Watch
The 80th annual meetings of the United Nations General Assembly come at a risk-filled turning point in global affairs. The United States and other leading member states are reducing their commitmen…| Climate Civics
In 2015, the U.N. established sweeping gender goals. Ten years on, they’re not even close to being met.| The Persistent
UN chief António Guterres warns nuclear threat is accelerating, urging disarmament as new technologies raise global risks of conflict escalation The post UN Chief Warns of Rising Nuclear Threat appeared first on The Nigerian Inquirer.| The Nigerian Inquirer
In archetypal literature, the Fool is vulnerable and illuminating but never outwardly mean. Trump the Fool hardly fits this description.| CleanTechnica
The speech was also broadcast in Gaza on loudspeakers, with a message to the hostages still held there. The post Netanyahu vows at UN to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza, after dozens of representatives walk out appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News.| The Canadian Jewish News
OII Europe Press Release On the 15th of September 2025 the milestone panel discussion on combating discrimination, violence and harmful practices against intersex persons took place at the 60th United Nations Human Rights Council. This historic event is a testament to the progress made in past years on UN level to recognize the human rights […] The post First ever panel on intersex people’s human rights at the UN Human Rights Council appeared first on OII Europe.| OII Europe
The Assad family dynasty’s autocratic, repressive 50-year rule in Syria abruptly collapsed in December, when then-President Bashar Assad was ousted in a lightning insurgent offensive led by al-Sharaa.| PBS News
President Donald Trump spoke at the U.N. General Assembly, where he ranted about "open borders," climate change and war.| NewsOne
As Trump’s speech to the United Nations slides into grievance and solipsism, a sharp observer of global affairs explains the real and very unnerving message the rest of the world will take from this utter disaster.| The New Republic
State of the Union: Trump used his 60-minute speech to criticize the intergovernmental organization.| The American Conservative
Instead, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will address global leaders on the government's behalf from the green marble podium.| Global News
On July 7 the U.N. Human Rights Council approved without dissent a resolution stressing the close link between the advancement of human rights and the fight against corruption. It unequivocally and without qualification proclaims what advocates of each have long … Continue reading →| GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog
Clock is ticking as Beijing moves to control the technical rules governing the next generation of the internet| DFRLab
For first time in its history, Poland calls emergency UN Security Council meeting on what it calls ‘destabilising escalation’ by Russia.| DailyNewsHungary
Bioethics has been a key beneficiary, even an exemplary product of the post-World War II international order, which is now undergoing an accelerated dissolution. The post Putin, Xi, and Me: Bioethics in the New World Order appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
This is an excerpt of an article that the UN staff magazine published from me earlier this year. In it I talk about a new context for future efforts at international cooperation. If interested, con…| Prof Jem Bendell
The world's foremost racial discrimination committee says Canada must work with Indigenous communities to find an alternative to the $10.7 billion hydro project in B.C.| The Narwhal
The Future is Now: Addressing Multidimensional Poverty for Sustainable Development| MPPN | Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network
From housing, transport, the arena, Colston and more, a lot has changed since the mayor was first elected| Bristol Live
European powers have activated a process to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran's nuclear programme, a move which brings about increased tension.| Impakter
As one of the World’s leading football organizations for people with and without intellectual disabilities, Special Olympics is proud to become a member of the United Nations Football For The Goals initiative.| SpecialOlympics.org
Written by Yenting Lin. This article examines the misinterpretation and misuse of UN Resolution 2758, which defines China’s representation in the UN but not the status of Taiwan. But it has b…| Taiwan Insight
Every June 26, the United Nations commemorates the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, a date that has historically been used to reinforce discourses of control and punishment surrounding psychoactive substances. However, in recent years, this day has been reappropriated by civil society organizations around the world to highlight the devastating consequences of repressive policies and demand approaches focused on health, human rights, and social justice. The post In...| ICEERS
GENEVA, August 21, 2025 — A watchdog organization called on the World Bank to fire one its senior economist Massimiliano Cali — husband of controversial UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese — accusing him of antisemitic hate speech, and releasing a video of his anti-Israel tirade in the Italian Parliament. Click here for New UN Watch Complaint […]| UN Watch
Worker productivity drops by 2-3% for every degree above 20°C, with half of the world’s population already suffering the adverse consequences of high temperatures| RAPPLER
The UN-affiliated Integrated Food Security Phase Classification is […]| The Media Line
The transparency of donations to the WHO Foundation -- which raises funds and gives grants to the WHO -- has sunk over its first 3 years of operations.| U.S. Right to Know
SHARE: YouTube | X | Instagram A new UN Watch video showing “human rights expert” Francesca Albanese openly defending the Hamas terrorist organization has gone viral with over 4 million views on X, formerly known as Twitter. In the shocking footage exposed by UN Watch, from an event in Sicily on August 8, 2025 Albanese said: “People continue […]| UN Watch
As the 80th UNGA session approaches, Modi may speak on Sept 26, following Trump’s opening address; bilateral trade talks continue despite recent US tariffs on India| thefederal.com
The major force for peace in the world today is not the United Nations (UN), it is President Donald Trump. In his four ½ years as President, he has accomplished more to end wars and save lives than the organization that is supposedly “the world’s best hope for peace.” In his first term, President Trump […]| The Hayride
The UN disability rights committee warned France’s euthanasia bill enables the killing of disabled citizens under ‘ableist assumptions,’ ignoring alternative support for dignity in life.| LifeSite
Censored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.| bsnorrell.blogspot.com
GENEVA, August 12 – UN Watch, the Geneva-based non-governmental organization that monitors the United Nations, has called on World Bank President Ajay Banga to fire their senior economist Massimiliano Cali, accusing him of grossly violating World Bank neutrality rules by publishing years of inflammatory social media posts inciting antisemitism, promoting jihadist terrorism, and attacking Israel and […]| UN Watch
[Prefatory Note: The text below was published in The Nation on July 15, 2025, appears here unmodified. The delay due to a weak Internet here in Turkey. There has been much critical reaction to this…| Global Justice in the 21st Century
SHARE: Twitter | Instagram | Youtube | Facebook Faced with compelling evidence of Hamas’s sexual violence on October 7th, Francesca Albanese engages in systematic rape denialism. Mass Rape is Fabrication: “Look, there are different views on what happened on October 7, but the thing is, the violence of that day, which was brutal for the […]| UN Watch
A year after releasing a damning report against Hamas, a senior UN official sought to “balance” the issue by criticizing Israel for its actions in Gaza and| www.israelhayom.com
The UN's Albanese has long opposed Israel’s genocide of Palestinians—but what broke US warmongers was her naming corporations profiting from that genocide.| FAIR
The United Nations has said Keir Starmer's ban of Palestine Action could be a breach of international law as it was "disproportionate and unnecessary" to ban the group after it spray-painted an RAF aircraft red last month.| The Daily Sceptic
On Wednesday July 9, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the imposition of sanctions by the United States under a Presidential Executive Order targeting Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine. Her crime? Speaking the truth about the Gaza genocide and those who profit from it.| UN-aligned
Topline takeaways World’s highest court finds all nations have a legal responsibility to act to reduce climate risk. Climate protection and a healthy, clean environment are implicit in all ot…| Climate Civics
What has happened to homes and lives in Gaza is a stand-alone crime. Even if it is physically rebuilt, the trauma of losing homes will last for decades.| www.nytimes.com
(The New American)—Getting out of the United Nations is not enough. Americans must remove UN influence from every level of government and every area of life if humanity is going to survive and thrive, warned legendary physician and psychiatrist Dr. Rima Laibow in this episode of Behind The Deep State. Speaking of “bio-digital convergence” and […]| based underground
The secretive Bilderberg group met in Stockholm on a significant time of year for occultists to discuss Artificial Intelligence, depopulation, and much more, explained Swedish academic and research Dr. Jacob Nordengard in this interview on Behind The Deep State with The New American magazine’s Alex Newman. Dr. Nordengard, who tracked the meeting, said the media ... The post Bilderberg Meets on “Depopulation” & More in Sweden appeared first on The New American.| Video - The New American
Read Dr. Gyal Lo’s powerful remarks from a high-level UN side event in Geneva on June 27, where international experts warned of China’s growing interference in the Dalai Lama’s succession and the threat it poses to Tibetan religious freedom and identity. The event, hosted by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights during the 59th UN...| Tibet Action Institute
As Trump and Netanyahu cosy up in Washington again with fresh talks on Gaza, one thing is certain: there is no Israeli atrocity, however diabolical, that the US will not back. Here I pick at Dorothy Shea’s narrative after yet another US veto blocking moves to put an end to the genocide.| UN-aligned
India has abstained in the UN General Assembly on a draft resolution on Afghanistan, noting that a “business as usual” approach is unlikely to deliver outcomes that the global community envisions for the Afghan people.| Kashmir Observer
Exposing secrets of the Israeli national security state| Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح العالم
The United Nations Working Group (UNWGAD) on Arbitrary Detention has this week ruled that the British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah is being arbitrarily detained in Egypt in violation of international law. In a detailed 15-page opinion, the panel of independent UN experts found that Alaa’s continued detention is unlawful on multiple grounds. These include a […] The post UN body rules Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s detention arbitrary, former Ambassador calls for travel advice changes appea...| FairSquare
By Vijay Jayaraj Like many developing economies, India faces coercion from the United Nations and Europe to conform to climate policies, especially through the imposition of carbon taxes on imports into their countries. But Delhi is not about to bend to such tactics. “If they (EU and U.K.) put in a carbon tax, we’ll retaliate,” said India’s Union Minister Piyush … Read more| CO2 Coalition
By Vijay Jayaraj Much of the media’s playbook is straightforward: Push repeatedly a predetermined agenda. I was one of perhaps billions of people who fell for this tried-and-true method of mass deception. Even some of the most intelligent people came to fear a climate catastrophe on our beautiful blue planet. If you have found yourself among the deceived, be not … Read more| CO2 Coalition
Exposing secrets of the Israeli national security state| Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح العالم
By Vijay Jayaraj For too long, the conversation around energy policy in the United States has been dominated by a toxic brew of partisan rancor, media sensationalism, and international grandstanding. The far-left media are now driving a narrative that President Trump’s positions are an assault on reason itself. But the opposite is the truth. What we’re witnessing isn’t a denial … Read more| CO2 Coalition
Commission on Narcotic Drugs – 68th session Tuesday March 11th, 2025 10:00 – 11:00 AM (Vienna) – ROOM : MOE05 1925-2025 : One centenary of Cannabis as a narcotic drug under international control This side event, in link with an exhibition, aims to present the long journey of cannabis from 1925 to the present day, …| ENCOD
‘Sovereigntism’ gets at the core of America First overseas.| The Dispatch
Trump should make it clear that any future U.S. participation in the U.N. will be entirely dependent on how it serves American interests.| The American Mind
Exposing secrets of the Israeli national security state| Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح العالم
EXPOSED: Meet Nur, a student at UNRWA's Jalazone Boys' School. His teachers teach him that Israel is “blowing up Al-Aqsa” and that he must return to and reconquer Israel. “Inshallah, I'll be a martyr,” he says. U.S. taxpayers directly funded the school: https://t.co/QuJjTa0ITU pic.twitter.com/k7jqXixQO8 — UN Watch (@UNWatch) November 28, 2024 In numerous interviews […]| UN Watch
The post-oil genie's out of the bottle. It ain't ever going back. Get ready for the new world that's emerging.| Age of Transformation
After decades exposing fossil fuel interests, I've realised it's not about dismantling the old. We must enable the new with finance, technology & system change. The West’s biggest carbon polluters are deflecting from this necessity, in ways that have carefully obscured what really derailed COP28.| Age of Transformation
The Association of University Presses opens another University Press Week promotion with readings and events for consumers.| Publishing Perspectives
At the World Food Forum 2024, The Hunger Project emphasized youth, innovation, and investments for sustainable food systems.| The Hunger Project
What does the advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice tell us and why is it important?| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Martin fled Cameroon when security forces imprisoned his father and started regularly raiding Anglophone villages. The U.S. government might send him back. The post ‘People Are Being Killed Like Flies’: Denied Asylum in the U.S., Cameroonians Fear Increasing Violence Back Home appeared first on Pacific Standard.| Pacific Standard
Damning evidence of the extent of UNRWA’s ties and material assistance to Hamas continues to pour in. In February, the IDF revealed its discovery of a Hamas tunnel network under UNRWA’s Gaza headquarters housing a sophisticated data center with electricity cables running straight up into the UNRWA headquarters, connecting it to UNRWA’s electricity network. This […]| UN Watch
Introduction In the immediate aftermath of Hamas’s October 7th massacre of Jewish communities near Israel’s border with Gaza, between 200,000 and 250,000 Israelis were either officially evacuated from their homes in the North and South of Israel along the borders with Lebanon and Gaza or self-evacuated due to proximity to the border. These include at […]| UN Watch
On Friday November 13th, AJung Moon from the Open Roboethics initiative delivered a statement at the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of States Parties. So what was this meeting about? And why was ORi there? The CCW actually […]| openroboethics.org
President Joe Biden did not move to renew expiring sanctions on Iran's drone and missile production at the United Nations in October.| Breitbart
Six hundred and seventy-four scholars from 53 countries, believe that “Only if policymakers begin to discuss this threat of societal collapse might communities and nations begin to prepare and so r…| Prof Jem Bendell
With over 30 years working as a climate scientist, Dr Wolfgang Knorr has been ‘blowing the whistle’ on climatology and how it is being communicated. He believes that the dangers of clim…| Prof Jem Bendell
On July 7, 2017, at a UN Conference mandated by the UN General Assembly to negotiate a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, the only weapons of mass destruction yet to be banned, 122 nations completed the job after three weeks, accompanied by a celebratory outburst of cheers, tears, and applause among hundreds of activists, [...]| Hibakusha Stories
CLICK ON SPEAKER ICON TO TURN ON AUDIO Hibakusha Stories team member Setsuko Thurlow was given the honor of giving the final remarks upon the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by the negotiations president Elayne Whyte Gómez. Transcript: Delegates, NGO colleagues, dear friends, I never thought I would see [...]| Hibakusha Stories
Heidi Hunter writes: The moment in history when the UN voted to Ban the Bomb! July 7th! 2017. Tears!!! All in favor of treaty except 1 and 1 abstention. From Robert Croonquist: "Just now the United Nations adopted a treaty for the prohibition of nuclear weapons leading to their total [...]| Hibakusha Stories
