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United Nations
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UN Defers Safety of Journalists Around the World
By denying the Committee to Protect Journalists consultative status, a UN committee is doing a major disservice to reporters.
BDS and the Eternal Holocaust
It's unsettling, to say the least, that the UN should lend its facilities to an initiative equating BDS with Nazism.
The Middle East: Mother of All Humanitarian Crises
The United Nations reported more people are displaced by conflict than at any time since 1945.
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Arriving in Erbil and Wondering: What Lies Ahead?
It is somewhat eerie because I see no movement inside or around any of the buildings; none whatsoever.
The War on Drugs Failed, So Why Isn’t It Over?
Why are politicians so far behind, even as calls for legalization go mainstream?
Will the Paris Climate Agreement Deliver?
Anything above 1.5 degrees Celsius is a death sentence for us and for the planet.
Temperatures in 2016 Approach Limit Set at Paris Climate Conference
There is no evidence to lead us to believe that these dramatic planetary warming trends will not continue unabated.
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Chernobyl, 30 Years On
Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe began, the public health crisis is still underway and still worsening.
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A Shirt With a Heart Seized in a Heartless UN Building
After a nine-day hunger strike in front of the UN, Mexican activist Leobardo Santillu00e1n almost arrested for his shirt.
Dahr Jamail | UN Warns of Decline of Food Production Amidst Bee Die-Off
Global bee populations are in decline due to climate change, pesticides and habitat loss, according to a UN report.