IAEA asks Israel to give up nuclear arsenal
/GIN Israelis urge nuclear disarmament (Al Jazeera, 01/01/2004) Nearly half of Americans say Israel is threat to world peace (AP, 12/17/2003) VIENNA (IPS/GIN) (FinalCall.com) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief has asked Israel to give up its secret arsenal of nuclear weapons to head off an arms race in the Middle East, asserting that nukes would not bring...
Kofi Annan unveils his UN reform plan
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Bio Sketch (UN)Lynch Mob's Real Target Is the U.N., Not Annan (Infowars.com) UNITED NATIONS - Observers are referring to the March 21 address by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 191-member General Assembly as a call for action. Mr. Annan laid before the world body his plan for UN reform, ranging from investment in developing...
Sudan peace agreement welcomed at the UN
One-sided Reporting That Is Delaying An End To The Killing (UK Guardian/ZNET, 05-06-2006)Sudan needs help, not sanctions - A report from Darfur (FCN, 09-23-2004) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Although CNN had been reporting since early afternoon on May 5 that there was a peace agreement signed between the government of Sudan and the main rebel group the Sudanese Liberation Army...
Somalia: a clear case of ‘blood oil’ in Africa
Annan: U.S. wrong to support warlords in Somalia (FCN, 06-29-2006)Qadhafi: Oil is behind Darfur, Sudan crisis (FCN, 12-08-2006) Bush's Goal: Bring African leaders in line with U.S. policy (FCN, 12-08-2006) U.S. covets Africa's black gold (FCN, 10-01-2002)Oil Junkie: Bush will act globally to lock in U.S. supply (FCN, 04-30-2002) (FinalCall.com) - As the world took note of blood diamonds through...
Islam is not the enemy!
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Is Islam a Religion of Violence? (FCN Webcast, Minister Farrakhan, Press Conf. 05-25-2005) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - A coalition of Muslims, totaling dozens of participants from Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina is angry after they were turned away from a pre-approved forum in a Capitol Hill meeting room August 11. The group had scheduled a six-hour conference in the Canon...
Does Iran Have Bush Over a Barrel?
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS) - If U.S. President George W. Bush wants to boost Republican chances of holding on to the White House and keeping Democratic gains in Congress to a minimum in the November elections, he might consider taking an attack on Iran before the end of his administration "off the table". Of course, that's probably the last thing Bush...
Donors promise Haiti $324 million to rebuild
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - International donors have pledged $324 million over the next two years in additional aid to help Haiti recover from food riots and damage to roads and other key infrastructure caused by four hurricanes that ravaged Latin America's poorest nation last summer. The commitments were made during an all-day, all-star meeting April 15 that featured former...
Secret detention a problem around the world
/GIN GENEVA (IPS/GIN) - What was already an open secret, detentions in secret prisons in the fight against terrorism since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in the U.S., has been clearly documented in a report on these abuses that was discussed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. And despite the controversial nature of the report, debate on...
US veto could derail Palestine as new UN member state
/GIN UNITED NATIONS (IPS/GIN) - If the General Assembly is called upon to recognize Palestine as a new sovereign nation state, the resolution is expected to garner the required two-thirds majority among the 192 members in the world body, come September. But a single veto in the 15-member Security Council–most likely by the United States–will derail Palestine's membership in...
Death, water and UN action in Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The Center for Economic and Policy Research argued in a recent position paper that “cholera is arguably Haiti's most urgent humanitarian crisis killing more people every day.” The Caribbean nation, home to nearly 10 million people, had not seen the dreaded disease for a least a century, but 10-months after the January 2010 earthquake, cholera struck...