By OnTheWeb Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Greenacres, Florida, one year after Haitian Priorities Project recommended that Preval’s Government replace UN troops in Haiti, with police officers capable of speaking in Creole and French, nothing has been done to meet this demand.
Time for U.S. to reject U.N.’s anti-democratic conferenceBy Claudia Rosett Tuesday, March 11, 2008
If a group of despotic governments wants to organize a global mega-conference dedicated to fueling hatred of Jews, Israel and the United States, the United Nations might not be able to stop it. But surely the U.N. would at least refuse to organize, bankroll and host such an outrage?
Flowserve Corporation to pay $4 Million penalty for kickback paymentsBy OnTheWeb Friday, February 22, 2008
Flowserve Corporation (Flowserve) has agreed to pay a $4 million penalty as part of an agreement with the U.S. government regarding charges brought in connection with an ongoing investigation related to the United Nations Oil for Food program, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
UN police ‘refused to help’ injured Ramos HortaBy OnTheWeb Monday, February 11, 2008
East Timor’s Government says United Nations forces failed to help President Jose Ramos Horta after he was shot in an assassination attempt in Dili this morning.
The Islamists’ Best Friend at the UNBy Joseph A. Klein Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will be presiding over Durban II - the UN’s 2009 follow-up to its controversial 2001 ‘anti-racism’ hatefest in Durban, South Africa.
Arbour backs Arab charter calling for end to ZionismBy OnTheWeb Wednesday, January 30, 2008
UNITED NATIONS—Louise Arbour, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, has thrown her support behind a major pan-Arab human rights charter that commits to the elimination of Zionism.
Oppose UN Resolution Condoning Hamas Rocket Attacks TODAYBy OnTheWeb Wednesday, January 23, 2008
As Israel struggles to defend its civilians from deadly Hamas rocket attacks—200 in the past few days alone, averaging nearly one per hour—the Arab and Islamic states have called an emergency “Special Session” of the UN Human Rights Council for this Wednesday.
UN Gag OrderBy Joseph A. Klein Saturday, January 12, 2008
The Islamic propaganda machine has turned Western democratic values inside out to the Islamists’ advantage.
UN Enters the War on Terror—On Whose Side?By Nathan Tabor Thursday, January 10, 2008
After years of speaking out of both sides of its mouth on the issue of terrorism, the United Nations has finally staked out a clear position: Any negative portrayal of Islam will not be tolerated.
‘Tis the season to bankroll hatred of Israel and America.By Claudia Rosett Friday, December 21, 2007
At the United Nations, ‘tis the season to bankroll hatred of Israel and America — via pricey preparations for a 2009 gathering dubbed the “Durban Review Conference,” or Durban II.
Back to the U.N.By Claudia Rosett Wednesday, December 12, 2007
In its abuse of American taxpayer dollars and trust, the United Nations has come up with many creative projects over the years, ranging from terrorist schoolhouses in Gaza, to procurement fraud, to per diems for pedophiliac peacekeepers. Now, the U.N. is on the brink of channeling millions in U.S. funds to pay for an encore of its notorious America-bashing, Israel-trashing conference held six years ago in Durban, South Africa.
The U.N’s Massive AIDS ScandalBy Cliff Kincaid Sunday, December 2, 2007
A massive 2,800-word article in Monday’s Washington Post paying homage to Bono quotes the rock star as saying he puts “flesh and blood on statistics” about AIDS. The problem is that, only six days earlier, the paper noted that the U.N.’s estimate of AIDS cases has been vastly overblown by millions.
Bloggers Beware! The UN Internet Grab Continues… Right Now, In RioBy Claudia Rosett Tuesday, November 13, 2007
UN beachside conferencing goes way beyond plans for a December blowout on Bali, and the UN agenda goes way beyond taxing us in the name of controlling the weather. Live, right now, the UN is continuing its grab to control the internet, with a Nov. 12-15 conference in Rio de Janeiro
The Three Eyed Watchma - Diplomatic tourism: what do we ‘eat’ from itBy OnTheWeb Tuesday, November 6, 2007
There is a saying in Bor oral tradition, “Achin ke rec e bii e kaman”, implying that the coming of the visitor is a blessing. As small radical rats and cats in the house with my ever sipping, nibbling siblings, that proverb was my favourite, ever praying for any distant relative not to pass past our homestead. God, why don’t you send one today? And of course, s/he must be a heavy-stomached one, an idiom meaning a dignified guest so that the next worry--but what we have to eat from him--is answered.
In Year of Sanitation, U.N. should clean its own houseBy Claudia Rosett Monday, November 5, 2007
The United Nations has declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. What this portends was heralded last week by a four-day conference in New Delhi, awash in bureaucrats from about 40 countries and dubbed the “World Toilet Summit.”
Ingersoll-Rand agrees to pay $2.5 Million fineBy OnTheWeb Friday, November 2, 2007
As part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing investigation of the United Nations “Oil for Food” program, the Department of Justice has agreed to defer the prosecution of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited, to pay a $2.5 million penalty, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today. The agreement calls for Ingersoll-Rand and two of its subsidiaries to pay a $2.5 million penalty.
Commemorating Alger Hiss DayBy Cliff Kincaid Thursday, October 25, 2007
On every October 24 since he’s been President, George W. Bush has issued a proclamation recognizing “United Nations Day.” Typically, Bush calls upon the people of the United States “to observe this day with appropriate programs and activities.” The appropriate thing to do would be to acknowledge the basic truth that communist spy and State Department official Alger Hiss laid the groundwork for the U.N. and became its first acting secretary-general, causing it to be dubbed “the house that Hiss built.” Hiss also advised President Franklin Roosevelt at the Yalta conference, which defined post-World War II Europe and betrayed Eastern European nations to Soviet control.
By Cliff Kincaid Monday, October 22, 2007
On the eve of a Senate vote on the U.N.’s Law of the Sea Treaty, a former senior staffer in one of the key institutions created by the treaty says that U.S. senators should have the complete and honest truth about mismanagement and financial corruption there. The International Seabed Authority, which is one of the main organizations created by the treaty, stands to receive millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars if the Senate ratifies the pact.
Scandal rocks UN Sea Treaty OrganizationBy Cliff Kincaid Thursday, October 18, 2007
The dramatic case, Sam-Thambiah against the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, involves allegations of sexual harassment and pornography. One side charges “distortions and fabrications.” The other side alleges “mismanagement and irregularities.” What makes this case unique is that it involves the shadowy world of a U.N.-affiliated agency that the U.S. Senate is poised to provide with millions of dollars through ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Bald-Faced Lies About the U.N.By Cliff Kincaid Thursday, October 11, 2007
Do you think our “adversary press” is on the lookout for government lies? Consider the false testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte on behalf of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This is a treaty that our media want passed by the Senate. So they are letting his lies go completely unchallenged.
U.N. should keep tyrants off the stageBy Claudia Rosett Sunday, October 7, 2007
In Burma, an ominous silence has fallen. The ruling military junta has been answering the peaceful protests of dissident monks with beatings, arrests and untold killings. Even United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour, too often reticent about criticizing tyrannies, issued a statement Monday deploring the repression and asserting that in the current crackdown, Burma’s protesters “have become invisible.”
An Oil for Food ExposeBy Claudia Rosett Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Having stood trial for almost a month in a Manhattan federal courtroom, 83-year-old Texas tycoon Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. struck a deal Monday. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United Nations’ former Oil for Food program for Iraq.
The LOST ColonyBy Malcolm Kline Tuesday, October 2, 2007
In promoting their latest cause, liberals have managed to enlist a member of a small group getting smaller by the year--conservatives in academia. “Academics did not get anywhere near this,” John Norton Moore of the University of Virginia told an audience at the Heritage Foundation on June 22 of the the United Nations’ Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) that would give the UN control over seven-tenths of the earth’s surface.
Dating Yourself: Fear and frustration in GenevaBy Claudia Rosett Monday, September 24, 2007
While all eyes are on the circus surrounding the trip by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a quiet but important showdown over misconduct is shaping up at high levels of a major United Nations agency in Geneva. In this case, one of the whistleblowers is none other than Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
