International relations, the UN & neo-colonialism
UN conceals Picasso’s “Guernica” for Powell’s presentation
By David Walsh, February 8, 2003
In an act with extraordinary historical resonance, United Nations officials covered up a tapestry reproduction of Pablo Picasso’s anti-war mural “Guernica” during US Secretary of Sta...
What really happened to the League of Nations
By David North, September 20, 2002
In the intellectual and moral wasteland that comprises American journalism, there is no part of the territory that is as repugnant as that occupied by the syndicated newspaper columnist, also known as...
UN summit subordinates environment and development to corporate interests
By Joseph Kay, September 11, 2002
The United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development came to an end on September 4. After much haggling, the nearly 200 countries represented reached a non-binding agreement that calls in vague terms ...
UN food summit ends in fiasco
By Peter Daniels, June 19, 2002
Last week’s four-day meeting of the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in Italy ended in a fiasco after it was essentially boycotted by the wealthy countries of North...
UN human rights vote fuels US-Europe conflict
By Patrick Martin, May 10, 2001
The May 3 vote to remove the United States from the UN Commission on Human Rights has sparked a paroxysm of rage in official Washington and in the American media. Editorial and political comment has f...
Munich security conference shows mutual distrust inside NATO
By Peter Schwarz, February 7, 2001
For security and foreign policy experts, the Munich conference on security policy, which met last weekend for the thirty-seventh year in succession, is what the World Economic Forum in Davos is for ec...
UN climate summit fails amid bitter recriminations between US and Europe
By Julie Hyland, December 1, 2000
The United Nation's climate summit broke down at the weekend amid bitter exchanges between developed and developing countries, and between the major powers themselves.
