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Auerbach: UNRWA Fools U.S. State Department
December 31, 2014
Jerold Auerbach writes that the U.S. State Department must cease its support of the UN Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA"), which the UN tasks with caring for Palestinian refugees, and which he argues has inflicted sustained suffering on the population it was created to protect.
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UN Group Celebrates U.S. Release of Cuban Nationals
December 24, 2014
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has praised the U.S. decision to release three Cuban nationals the Working Group argues were subject to arbitrary detention by U.S. authorities but whom U.S. officials have maintained were intelligence agents working for the Cuban Government.
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Mariaschin: Palestine Circumvents Israel with UN Resolution
December 24, 2014
Daniel Mariaschin writes that by seeking the adoption of a resolution in the UN Security Council setting a date for the creation of a Palestinian state, the Palestinian Authority is seeking to marginalize Israel in peace negotiations.
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UN Praises Treaty on Regulation of Arms Trade
December 24, 2014
The UN has hailed the entry into force of its Arms Trade Treaty ("ATT") as an instrument of global governance to regulate the international exchange of weapons.
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UN Pushes Curricula on Climate Change in Schools
December 24, 2014
At a recent UN conference on global warming in Lima, Peru, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization adopted a declaration calling on governments around the world to include climate change in school curricula in order to promote "climate awareness" among children.
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