Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist

Most Recent Articles by Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist:

Africa Feels Slighted by the UN Security Council November 18, 2013
The Kenyans, with help from the African Union, had instituted reforms to bolster more transparency in the electoral process and to foster reconciliation
The UN’s Failed Fight to Stop Polio Imported from Pakistan to Sudan November 12, 2013
Polio vaccination campaign,
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back in Syria November 6, 2013
Obama admin. should stop trying to obtain some sort of grand bargain to replace Assad with a transitional government while the opposition remains so fractured and increasingly jihadisT
Israel Agrees to Participate in UN Human Rights Council Circus October 31, 2013
World inhabited by the hypocrites who denounce Israel while abusing the human rights of their own residents, Israel is expected to look the other way while “resistance fighters” launch their rockets
Samantha Power Faces A Moral Decision On Rwanda October 23, 2013
Is Ambassador Power willing to put her own career on the line for the sake of the Rwandan people today?
Saudi Arabia Turns Down UN Security Council Seat October 19, 2013
As long as an even worse country such as Iran does not replace Saudi Arabia on the Security Council, it is a very positive development
New High-Level UN-OPCW Coordinator for Syria Mission Lacks Relevant Experience October 16, 2013
Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as Special Coordinator of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Obama’s Naive Hopes for Peace Deal with Sham “Moderate” Rouhani September 30, 2013
Obama’s problem is that there is no real new leadership in Tehran, only a new figurehead. The real leader remains Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei
Russia and Iran Roll Over John Kerry September 27, 2013
Obama and Kerry can boast that “peace is at hand,” until they are faced with having to deal with likely non-compliance
President Obama’s Speech to the UN General Assembly September 25, 2013
Obama’s make-believe state of mind
UN Security Council Role in Implementing Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal September 16, 2013
Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons
Obama Ignores UN: Poised to Attack Syrian Regime August 27, 2013
There is no good outcome that can be expected to emerge from the Syrian conflict
Security Council Punts Again On Syria August 22, 2013
Chemical weapons attack
Secretary General Admits UN Bias Against Israel – Or Did He? August 20, 2013
The same anti-Israel bias applies to condemnations of Israel's defensive actions to contain Hezbollah's mounting threats to Israeli civilians
United Nations Expert Challenges UN’s Pet Development Project August 12, 2013
Effectiveness of its 15 year Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
Argentina’s Neo-Colonialism August 8, 2013
It is Argentina that is acting like a neo-colonial power with respect to the Falklands, not the United Kingdom.
Latin American Foreign Ministers Bash U.S. Surveillance Program August 6, 2013
Latin American Southern Common Market
Syrian Opposition Lobbies UN For Support July 28, 2013
Syrian National Coalition
John Kerry’s Day At The UN July 26, 2013
John Kerry at the United Nations: Israel and the Palestinians – the two “countries” as he called them
Obama’s State Department Unfairly Condemns U.S. Ally Rwanda July 24, 2013
Obama admin. sorry track record in bashing our allies, taking sides in conflicts it does not fully understand provides little cause for optimism
The United Nations Re-Opens Rwanda Wounds July 22, 2013
UN owes the Rwandan people its full measure of cooperation, UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO
UN Security Council Continues To Dither On Syria July 16, 2013
Obama’s obsession with regime change in Syria is blinding it to the graver danger that jihadists pose to international peace and security
Russia Submits Expert On-Site Syria Chemical Weapons Report To The UN July 9, 2013
Russian team was investigating an alleged incident of chemical weapons use last March in Khan al-Assal
The United Nations’ Confusion About Terrorism June 27, 2013
Hezbollah now has more than 50,000 deadly missiles aimed at Israeli civilian population centers
North Korean UN Envoy Blames the United States For All His Country’s Problems June 22, 2013
North Korean ambassador ranted on for over an hour from his UN-provided soapbox with the kind of propaganda, vicious anti-U.S. rhetoric and self-congratulatory praise
UN Special Envoy Confirms Dire Situation In Libya June 18, 2013
Tarek Mitri's bleak report to the Security Council on the troublesome state of affairs in post-Gaddafi Libya
Susan Rice’s Talking Points: The Syrian Chapter June 15, 2013
Obama is willing to lead from behind, but he did not want to be left completely behind
UN Ignores Hamas Training Of Child Soldiers June 12, 2013
"Like this our children play, they love Shahada 'martyrdom.'"
The Grenade-Throwing President of the Palestine Olympic Committee Comes To The UN June 9, 2013
Palestinian Major General Jibril Rajoub, Deputy Secretary Fatah Central Committee, president of the Palestinian Football Federation, Palestine Olympic Committee
President Obama Chooses Left-Wing Samantha Power For UN Ambassador Post June 6, 2013
Radical left-wing Samantha Power representing the United States at the United Nations