Letter to America Letter to America
Resentment of US policies is growing.
Nov 26, 2002 / Feature / Jürgen Habermas
Inspections: The White House Fallback Position Inspections: The White House Fallback Position
If nothing shows in spyplane pics And Blix finds nothing in the sticks, That still won't put us in a fix. We'll blame it on Iraqi tricks,
Nov 26, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Humanitarian Temptation The Humanitarian Temptation
In 2000, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan posed a question to the Millennium Summit of the UN: "If humanitarian intervention is, indeed, an unacceptable assault on s...
Nov 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ian Williams
Half a Victory at the UN Half a Victory at the UN
Iraq's decision to accept the United Nations Security Council resolution, passed unanimously on November 8, sets in motion a tightly scripted plan for UN arms inspectors to ret...
Nov 14, 2002 / Phyllis Bennis
Making 34 Million Friends Making 34 Million Friends
The night after the Bush Administration announced its refusal to grant the United Nations Population Fund $34 million dollars, Jane Roberts was so outraged she couldn't sleep.
Nov 12, 2002 / Feature / Emily Biuso
Subverting the UN Subverting the UN
As a healthy response to the Bush Administration's war policies, the number of people taking to the streets in protest is increasing with each step toward war.
Oct 17, 2002 / Richard Falk and David Krieger
Human Rights at the UN Human Rights at the UN
The day after Mary Robinson stepped down as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, forced out by determined pressure from Washington, George W.
Oct 17, 2002 / Ian Williams
US Double Standards US Double Standards
The effort by the Bush Administration and Congress to portray the planned invasion of Iraq as simply an effort to enforce United Nations Security Council resolutions reaches a ...
Oct 10, 2002 / Stephen Zunes
The UN Gambit The UN Gambit
George W. Bush's decision to "involve" the United Nations in his plans to attack Iraq does not indicate a conversion to multilateralism on the road to Baghdad. Washington's con...
Sep 12, 2002 / Ian Williams
Keeping the UN in Line Keeping the UN in Line
So far this year, US diplomats have secured the removal of Mary Robinson, High Commissioner for Human Rights; José Bustani, head of the Organization for the Prohibition of ...
Jun 27, 2002 / Ian Williams