Podcast: A Lopsided Vote Against the United States Portends Big Changes At the United NationsOn Thursday, December 21 the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning the United States’ decision to recognize Jerusalem...
UN Vote on Jerusalem Tests the Power of Trump’s Threats and UltimatumsUPDATE II: The resolution passes with 128 countries voting in favor; 9 against; and 35 abstentions. As you can see...
The Well Respected UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is Leaving Because His Job Has Become ImpossibleThe United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein is resigning his post next year. In a...
The Omission of “Climate Change” from the New US National Security Strategy Could Have Broad Diplomatic ConsequencesEarlier this week, Donald Trump put out a National Security Strategy that made no mention of climate change. This struck some observers...
PODCAST: How the The International Committee for the Red Cross Shapes World AffairsThe International Committee for the Red Cross/Red Crescent, otherwise known as the ICRC, is a singularly unique international organization. It...
A UN Human Rights Official Examined Poverty in the United States. His Findings StingAs one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the United States might seem a strange destination for an official...
PODCAST: The Mental Health of Refugee ChildrenDr. Mozhdeh Ghasemiyani is a psychologist with Doctors without Borders who escaped a genocide. She is a Kurdish refugee to...
Can Everyone, Everywhere in the World Get Health Insurance? A New UN Report Shows HowUniversal Health Coverage means health insurance for everyone, everywhere on the planet. It is one of the top Sustainable Development...
This has been an Interesting 24 hours of North Korea DiplomacyLate last week the UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman visited Pyongyang, making him the first high level...