Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist

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

New High-Level UN Development Panel Report Retreads Old Left-Wing Ideas May 31, 2013
Post-2015 Development Agenda, A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development
Chief Palestinian Negotiator Displays Usual Intransigence In United Nations Speech May 20, 2013
Palestinians' intransigent and deceptive approach to negotiations with Israel. The Palestinians remain the victims of their own delusions.
The United Nations Hezbollah Protection Force May 13, 2013
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL
UN Peacekeepers In Sudan Fail to Protect Black African Tribal Chief From Arab Militia Executioners May 10, 2013
Security Council has been ineffective in stopping the killings in Sudan
The UN, Syria and Israel May 6, 2013
Chemical weapons are potentially on the loose in Syria and the UN is unable to conduct a credible investigation of chemical weapons use by either side of the Syrian conflict
Stalemate Continues On UN Chemical Weapons Investigation In Syria April 30, 2013
Developing Iranian nuclear weapons threat and the transfer of Syrian chemical or biological weapons to terrorist hands
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s Office Criticizes UN “Human Rights Expert” April 24, 2013
Richard Falk's Justification of the Boston Bombing Jihad
UN-Arab League Special Envoy To Syria Brahimi Won’t Resign - At Least For Now April 19, 2013
Deteriorating situation in Syria and the lack of UN Security Council action
UN Hypocrisy And Money Drain In Gaza April 11, 2013
UN closes its own aid facilities at the slightest hint of security problems in Gaza, blames Israel for taking steps to protect its own civilians from rocket fi
Flawed UN Arms Trade Treaty Stalled For Now But Poised For Quick General Assembly Approval March 29, 2013
The Obama administration supports the treaty and will vote for it when the treaty text comes up before the General Assembly shortly.
UN Arms Trade Treaty On The Verge Of Adoption March 28, 2013
Iran and North Korea just blocked consensus adoption of the arms trade treaty
UN Launches Investigation Into Syrian Chemical Weapons Allegations March 22, 2013
While well-intentioned, this latest gambit at an "independent" investigation with "unfettered access" is likely to fail
The Gap Between Reality And The UN Security Council Rhetoric On Afghanistan March 20, 2013
Afghanistan is likely to collapse without many more billions of dollars of U.S. financial support
UN Security Council Finally Gets Its Act Together Against North Korea March 7, 2013
Repeated pattern of sanction, provocation, sanction, provocation
Terrorists Seize UN Peacekeepers In The Golan Heights Area March 6, 2013
The Obama administration continues to play recklessly with fire in a region that is careening out of control
The UN’s Alliance Of Bigots February 28, 2013
Alliance of Civilizations is yet another in a long string of United Nations forums wasting money with false hopes
Obama Administration Causes Latest Security Council Impasse On Syria February 24, 2013
The Mazraa car bombing had all the markings of an al Qaeda-style attack
UN Punts Real Action To Another Day In Response to North Korean Nuclear Test February 12, 2013
Iran is watching how President Obama reacts to North Korea's latest provocatioN
Israel Enforces UN Security Council Resolutions Against Hezbollah February 5, 2013
Israel did no more than enforce the Security Council's own resolutions
Top UN Official In Libya Questions The Fact Of Libyan Arms Transfers To Terrorists January 31, 2013
In downplaying the reality of arms shipments out of Libya, Mitri sharply undermined his credibility. The proof of arms transfers is palpable
Egypt Erupts Against The Islamist Regime Favored by Obama January 29, 2013
The Obama administration's policies in Egypt have been an abysmal failure
Mali’s Liberation From Islamist Colonial Occupation January 28, 2013
France has taken the first bold move to roll back the jihadist occupation
Chuck Hagel Does Not Deserve A Chance December 27, 2012
We need at least one grown-up to serve on America's national security team. Chuck Hagel is not that person
The United Nations’ Year-End Message To Israel: Stop Building December 21, 2012
Hamas threatens Israel with extinction, Hezbollah has amassed at least 50,000 deadly missiles and will likely access to Syria's chemical and germ weapons
Turkey Is The World’s Leader In Jailing Journalists December 14, 2012
Committee to Protect Journalists: Turkey the world's leading jailer of journalists- even exceeding Iran and China
President Obama Gives His Blessing To Islamist Dominated Syrian Opposition Coalition December 13, 2012
Islamic jihadism, Syrian Opposition Coalition
Barbarians Versus Barbarians In Syria December 7, 2012
In a region seething with barbarian dictators and barbarian Islamist jihadists who value death over life, the one island of sanity and true democracy is Israel.
Islamic Jihadists Occupy Mali With Impunity December 6, 2012
Like a virus exploiting a weak immune system, the jihadists, mostly Arabs, are exploiting a power vacuum created by internal fighting among ethnic tribes within Mali
State of Moral Bankruptcy December 3, 2012
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian case for statehood
Abbas’s “Diplomatic Resistance” November 27, 2012
Abbas's "diplomatic resistance" at the United Nations this week appears to be a Hail Mary pass to stay relevant