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Editorial: The U.N. suicide vest

The Palestinian Authority’s bid for U.N. recognition has substantial downsides, including wrecking the peace process and increasing regional instability. The upside is that it could drive the United States out of the United Nations. On Monday, the United Nations Educational, … Continue reading

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Rosett: U.S. Taxes and the United Nations Money Pit (1)

Whether you love or hate the United Nations, one thing all Americans ought to be able to agree on is that sloshing billions of American tax dollars into the UN, with little accountability and regardless of UN performance, is a … Continue reading

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John Baird bares teeth in offering Canada’s defence of Israel at UN

Canada used its United Nations speaking slot Monday to lambaste opponents of Israel as no better than the appeasers who allowed fascism and communism to flourish before the Second World War. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird delivered Canada’s views to … Continue reading

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Simon: Bibi Grows Up and Other Thoughts from the United Nations

I haven’t always been the biggest fan of Benjamin Netanyahu. He seemed something of a careerist with the capacity to talk out of both sides of his mouth. In other words, a politician. But who could decry anyone with the … Continue reading

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For Obama at U.N., another troubled Mideast moment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dreaming big, President Barack Obama once envisioned this would be the moment when world leaders would gather to herald a new state of Palestine. What waits for him instead at the United Nations this coming week is … Continue reading

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Editorial: Palestinians and the U.N.

In little more than a month, the Palestinians are expected to ask the United Nations to recognize their state. We have sympathy for their yearning and their frustration. For years, they have been promised a negotiated solution — President Obama … Continue reading

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North Korea criticizes Canada for boycott

OTTAWA — Now this is rich. Canada has been blasted at the United Nations by none other than the brutal and dangerous dictatorship of North Korea for boycotting the Conference on Disarmament while the backwards terrorist state is the temporary … Continue reading

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UN security council to consider climate change peacekeeping

A special meeting of the United Nations security council is due to consider whether to expand its mission to keep the peace in an era of climate change. Small island states, which could disappear beneath rising seas, are pushing the … Continue reading

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Editorial: Taking sides with tyranny

When the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded this Friday to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, he will not be in attendance. Mr. Liu is currently serving an 11-year sentence in a remote Chinese prison for his role in creating Charter 08, … Continue reading

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Black: The U.N. – Symptom of Global Chaos

The conduct of the United Nations seems to be becoming more and not less bizarre and outrageous. The human-rights performance of both the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly has confirmed that, more than ever, the U.N. is a … Continue reading

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Hawkins: UN Proposal to Prosecute the U.S. for "Ecocide"

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference, which opened in Cancun, Mexico on Monday, has yielded another example of how supposedly idealistic notions concocted by Western liberals, no matter how daft, can be transformed into weapons for international power … Continue reading

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