Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist


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

United Nations on an unacceptable collision course with the self-government of the American people

Ambassador Craft will have her own style in dealing with her peers at the United Nations

When UNRWA’s mandate comes up for renewal later this year, the door should finally be closed. It is time to dismantle UNRWA once and all and start fresh with a workable and accountable model

Iranian regime’s continued illicit development and launching of ballistic missiles designed to carry nuclear weapons

A piece of paper signed by a brutal killer and protégé of al-Bashir will not achieve “the long-standing aspiration of the people of Sudan for democracy and peace”

It is time to pull the plug on UNRWA and move its functions to agencies that truly want to solve humanitarian problems effectively rather than to perpetuate them

Israel-bashing: Yet another shameful example of UN hypocrisy and double standards

For Zarif to complaint that these restrictions impose “inhuman conditions” on the Iranians is a joke

The UN’s brand of multilateralism is a perversion of its original mission - to achieve solutions to global problems through cooperation among sovereign nations rather than through the imposition of global governance “rules” and “norms” written and in

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The UN and Anti-Semitism June 28, 2019
UN's failure to clean its own house

What is clear is the prospect of further damage to the UN's already shaky credibility

The Elders Chair Mary Robinson is a firm believer in a global governance structure that exalts transnational institutions and the notion of global citizenship over the sovereignty of self-governing nation-states

Any Palestinians who yearn for peace and economic advancement for themselves and their families are suffering because of their leaders who traffic in violence, propaganda, absurd demands, and incitement of hatred

Dictatorial regimes shamefully have been able to blue wash their image and do it with relative ease

The United Nations continues to turn a blind eye to the JCPOA’s fundamental flaws and the unenforceability of the ballistic missile restrictions in the Security Council resolution that endorsed the JCPOA.

UNESCO’s actual record of distorting history and turning a blind eye to abuses of journalists by members of its executive board falls far short of its self-proclaimed lofty principles

China First policy known as the Belt and Road Initiative

Vice President Pence reminded his audience that, while the U.S. was focusing on economic and diplomatic pressure to restore democracy to the people of Venezuela, all options remain on the table

Trump’s announcement reinforces recognition of the realities on the ground. Those who choose to criticize the president’s decision, relying on bogus UN Security Council, General Assembly resolutions to bemoan violation of so-called international law

The International Criminal Court is an illegitimate globalist institution being used by enemies of the United States and Israel as a political lawfare weapon

The time is drawing near when the Palestinians’ lawfare strategy against Israel is likely to fully bloom

An official Security Council visit hosted by the Palestinian inciters of violence against civilians and masterful purveyors of anti-Semitic propaganda must not go forward

The Venezuelan people would have appreciated such moral support

Venezuela’s descent from prosperity to abject poverty under two socialist leaders demonstrates that socialism is a sure path to economic ruin and political oppression.

Palestinians’ ultimate version of the two-state solution is two Palestinian majority states from river to sea, in addition to Jordan, which has its own majority Palestinian population

Just as the United Nations failed to condemn Hamas’s terrorist activities, it will undoubtedly fail to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization as Israel has requested, let alone take any action to stop Hezbollah’s aggressive behavior

The United States has nothing to apologize for in standing up for its national sovereignty and opposing global compacts that do not serve the interests of the American people

Genocide against Jews is Hamas’s definition of “resistance"

United Nations "International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People"

Ukrainian Ambassador Yelchenko said the Ukrainians had done nothing wrong. "What are they claiming, that Ukrainian sailors committed a crime by crossing the Russian border?” he asked rhetorically. “Where is this border? It does not exist."