Update: UN Approves Resolution on Syria
The United Nations General Assembly's committee on human rights today overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning the violence in Syria and attacks on...
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NewsUnited Nations to Consider New Resolution on Syria
The United Nations, after failing to approve a resolution condemning the violence in Syria last month, is expected to vote on another...
Global JusticeSenators Coons and Collins Speak Out on Genocide Prevention
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter in the Senate, asking their fellow Senators to...
NewsSenate Appropriations Update: Where We Are
The annual game of hurry-up-and-wait has begun in earnest for those of us who follow the congressional appropriations process. Although Fiscal Year...
Rep. Ros-Lehtinen Asks Supercommittee to Cut UN Funding
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has taken another step in her anti-UN campaign--asking the leaders of the...
Rep. Wolf Speaks Out on Malawi Hosting ICC Indictee Bashir
Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) has called for Malawi to be dropped from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) aid program, in the wake...
Global CooperationHouse Foreign Affairs Committee Approves Anti-UN Bill
The House of Representatives took yet another regrettable step today to disengage the U.S. from the United Nations, as the House Foreign...
Global JusticeA Watered-Down Resolution on Syria?
This week, it was announced that a United Nations draft resolution on Syria--written by France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Portugal and...
Global JusticeObama’s UN General Assembly Speech: “Peace is Hard”…But It’s What “Makes Life Worth Living”
President Obama took to the podium today at the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and spoke to that...
United NationsA New Threat to the UN from the House of Representatives
August is usually a quiet time in Washington, but not this year for those who advocate in support of the United Nations....
Closing Arguments in ICC’s Lubanga Trial Begin Today
Today and tomorrow, the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be hearing closing arguments in the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, accused by...
NewsUN Human Rights Council Calls for Action on Syria
For the second time this year, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) held a special session on Syria, adopting a resolution...