The U.N. is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide.
Vijay Prashad: The United Nations Turns 80
Category: U.N. Security Council
Jeffrey Sachs: How to Stop Israel Starving Gaza
Even in the face of American intransigence, the world can act — and the U.S. government will stand naked and alone in its criminal complicity with Israel.
‘Putin Will Play Trump Like a Stradivarius’
ALASKA SUMMIT: CN Editor Joe Lauria joined Jackson Hinkle’s Legitimate Targets to discuss the Putin-Trump meeting and the Middle East.
Russia Says Israel Has Forgotten Lessons of the Holocaust
Russia’s deputy representative to the United Nations told the Security Council on Sunday that Israel is putting “Palestinians in ghettos” and seeks their “complete annihilation.”
BRICS Forges Ahead Building a Different Order
At their summit in Brazil, members of the expanding Global South group condemned recent Israeli-U.S. attacks on Iran and Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Gaza, Abdul Rahman reports.
Why Limit Iranian Enrichment Peacefully When You Can Bomb Them Instead?
A deal was limiting Iran’s enrichment of uranium until Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of it. Instead the Dealmaker bombed Iran, threatening to set the region on fire, writes Joe Lauria. With a ceasefire what does he do now?
WATCH: US Attack on Iran Condemned at UN Security Council
The U.N. secretary-general, China, Russia, Pakistan and other nations condemned the U.S. bombings of three Iranian nuclear sites, with Russia calling it “irresponsible, dangerous and provocative.”
WATCH: UN Security Council Debates Israel’s War on Iran
The United Nations Security Council met on Friday to debate Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran and Tehran’s response, with the Iranian and Israeli envoys clashing.
WATCH: UN Security Council on Israel’s War
The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session on Friday to debate Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran and its potential consequences.
Atomic Energy Chief Condemns Israel’s Bombing of Iran
“Nuclear facilities must never be attacked, regardless of the context or circumstances” — Rafael Grossi issues a grave warning.