On AlterNet: united nations
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "united nations"
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. July 25, 2008.
The former interim PM criticized the surge, the constitution, and warned that Iraqi forces are not loyal to Iraq, but to sectarian militias.
Ali Gharib, IPS News. June 26, 2008.
A new report takes a stab at answering the question of how to leave Iraq. Will Congress pay attention?
Tammy Johnson, ColorLines RaceWire AlterNet: PEEK. June 9, 2008.
A UN report says yes, but others beg to differ.
Sanjay Suri, IPS News. May 29, 2008.
From police tasers to Gitmo, a recent report by Amnesty International takes the United States to task on human rights.
Mirela Xanthaki, IPS News. May 7, 2008.
Murder is the ultimate form of censorship. The more killings of media workers go unpunished, the more the press is silenced.
Paul Armentano, NORML AlterNet: PEEK. March 13, 2008.
UN Drug Czar Antonio Maria Costa made a rare appearance before the drug law reform community last November. He made quite an impression.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 20, 2008.
After more than two years, Inner City Press disappears from Google News.
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: War on Iraq. February 9, 2008.
At CPAC, Bolton also revealed that McCain covertly pushed his nomination to the United Nations.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. January 24, 2008.
As Canada apologizes for putting the U.S. on a list of countries that torture, its own government stays silent on the case of Omar Khadr.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 13, 2007.
Gore drew a loud ovation when he “reminded delegates that President George W. Bush has only one year and 40 days left in the White House.”
Joshua Holland, Raed Jarrar, AlterNet. November 9, 2007.
Bush needs the U.N.'s cover to justify the occupation, but the only way he can renew the expiring U.N. mandate is to cut Iraq's frail democracy out of the process.
Amy Goodman, Truthdig. September 26, 2007.
Focusing on whether Columbia University should have invited Iran's President Ahmadinejad to speak, Bush's drumbeat for war with Iran goes unchallenged. Let this not be a reprise of the war on Iraq.
Steven Reynolds, AlterNet: PEEK. September 26, 2007.
Steven Reynolds: Why don’t they help him with the word “nuclear?”
Michael McCarthy, Stephen Castle, Independent UK. April 9, 2007.
Humanity will be divided as never before by climate change, with the world's poor its disproportionate victims, according to the latest United Nations report.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. January 22, 2007.
The second casualty of the U.S.-led war in Iraq is the meaning of the word sovereignty.
