Speakers from four affected countries — Cuba, Nicaragua, Palestine and Venezuela — describe the deadly toll of blockades and sanctions, particularly on children under 5.
Sanctions Kill
Category: U.N. Security Council
How a New UN Secretary-General is Chosen
A look at the complicated process that has evolved to choose the next U.N. secretary general who will assume office in 2027. Ben Donaldson reports.
Israel’s Continued Defiance of World Court & UN
Mona Ali Khalil says the U.N. chief has a duty to take further measures to restrain Israel as it escalates and expands its violations of international humanitarian and rights law.
RAY McGOVERN: The Neocon-Realist War Over Ukraine
Trump holds the cards to end this war but he has to find the fortitude to stand up to the Europeans and the neocons he appointed.
Craig Murray: How Britain Can Lose Its UN Veto
The U.S. abuse of its veto power at the U.N. to continue the Gaza genocide has intensified interest in cracking open the structure of the Security Council. Here’s the tool.
Trump’s Gaza Colonization Coming To Fruition
Colonizers will take over 58 percent of Gaza, the rest will be left in ruins, writes Lee Camp.
Hedges Report: UN Members Complicit in Genocide
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese discusses why, in her most recent report, she called out more than 60 nations for their collective-crime roles in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
UN Security Council Gives US ‘Mandate’ Over Palestine
The council endorsed Donald Trump’s neo-colonial governing board over a territory that he said should be depopulated to make way for his resort fantasy to be built on the bones of the victims of Israel’s genocide, reports Joe Lauria.
Western Backlash to Ireland’s New President Over Israel
The outspoken new Irish president on Israel and NATO was inaugurated today and already the knives are out for her, writes Mick Hall.
VIPS on Dick Cheney: Intelligence Unglued
The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) sent this memo to George W. Bush about Dick Cheney’s deceptive role in the Iraq invasion, published by Consortium News in 2003.