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  • Watch "President Trump Addresses the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly" on YouTube

    09/25/2018 7:31:38 PM PDT · by Phillyred · 37 replies
    Watch "President Trump Addresses the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly" on YouTube https://youtu.be/q6XXNWC5Koc This speech is so damned incredible, I must post the link in case anyone here has not watched it. Unbelievable clarity and conviction.
  • Obama to world: Don't Expect America to fix it all

    09/23/2009 8:49:28 AM PDT · by Personal Responsibility · 31 replies · 894+ views
    Yahoo News via AP ^ | Sept. 23 2009 | Ben Feller, AP
    In an era where our destiny is shared, power is no longer a zero-sum game," Obama said. "No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed. That is the future America wants."
  • UN troops face child abuse claims

    11/30/2006 5:35:07 AM PST · by bondjamesbond · 14 replies · 318+ views
    BBC News ^ | 11/30/06 | BBC Staff
    Children have been subjected to rape and prostitution by United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti and Liberia, a BBC investigation has found. Girls have told of regular encounters with soldiers where sex is demanded in return for food or money. A senior official with the organisation has accepted the claims are credible. The UN has faced several scandals involving its troops in recent years, including a DR Congo paedophile ring and prostitute trafficking in Kosovo. The assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping operations acknowledges that sexual abuse is widespread. "We've had a problem probably since the inception of peacekeeping - problems of this...
  • U.N. Award to Venezuela's Chavez Sparks Criticism From America (Barf)

    02/07/2006 8:31:12 PM PST · by proud_yank · 15 replies · 567+ views
    The New York Sun ^ | Feb 7, 2006 | BENNY AVNI
    UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. agency is in the middle of an escalating war of words between Washington and Caracas after awarding President Chavez of Venezuela its $5,000 Jose Marti prize, bestowed in Havana by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. The prize, given by the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and, according to its Web site, intended to promote the heritage and values of Latin America, has been obscured from the public eye for more than a decade. As Friday's awards ceremony became an occasion for spreading anti-American sentiment, the Marti prize, and Unesco's choice of Mr. Chavez as its...
  • UN Staff vote "no confidence" in Kofi

    11/19/2004 1:22:45 PM PST · by canadianally · 54 replies · 2,388+ views
    U.N. Staff: 'No Confidence' in Top Leaders Friday, November 19, 2004 UNITED NATIONS — A union representing United Nations (search) staff has voted "no confidence" in senior management, including Secretary-General Kofi Annan.....
  • Top UNICEF official calls for legalized and unionized prostitution

    06/05/2003 4:17:21 PM PDT · by Canticle_of_Deborah · 14 replies · 318+ views
    Catholic World News ^ | June 5, 2003
    New York, Jun. 05 (C-fam.org/CWNews.com) - On Tuesday, a high-ranking UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) official called for the legalization of prostitution and for UNICEF to make condoms available "for everybody, everywhere and at all times." Speaking at the annual session of UNICEF's Executive Board, Urban Jonsson, UNICEF Eastern and Southern African Regional Director, said that UNICEF would need to pursue such "controversial ideas ... in the near future if we are to win the war against HIV/AIDS." Specifically Jonsson urged that UNICEF take actions to "de-criminalize sex-work and facilitate the organization of sex-workers." Jonsson did not elaborate on how UNICEF...