Thalif Deen

3 days ago | ipsnoticias.net | Thalif Deen

NACIONES UNIDAS – Francia, miembro permanente con derecho a veto del Consejo de Seguridad, el órgano político más poderoso de las Naciones Unidas, planea romper filas con los otros dos miembros occidentales, Estados Unidos y Reino Unido, y reconocer a Palestina como Estado-nación.

5 days ago | sundaytimes.lk | Thalif Deen

By Thalif deen in New YorkIn cost-cutting move, Trump administration set to close down several missions, threatens to withdraw from more UN bodiesView(s): UNITED NATIONS – At a press briefing last week, Sri Lanka was singled out for paying its UN dues in full for 2025—one of only 93 countries on a list of honourees (out of a total of 193 member states). “We say thank you to our friends in Colombo for their full payment to the regular budget.

6 days ago | ipsnews.net | Thalif Deen

Democracy, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, Middle East & North Africa, TerraViva United Nations Reprint | | Print | UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 2025 (IPS) - France, a veto-wielding permanent member of the Security Council, the most powerful political body at the UN, is planning to break ranks with the other two Western members, the US and UK– and recognize Palestine as a nation state. French president Emmanuel Macron was quoted as saying that France would recognize a Palestinian state...

1 week ago | ipsnoticias.net | Thalif Deen

NACIONES UNIDAS – La creciente hostilidad del gobierno de Donald Trump hacia las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones internacionales llevó a un columnista del diario The New York Times a describir la situación un poco frivolamente como «algo un poco incendiario».

1 week ago | allafrica.com | Thalif Deen

United Nations — As the Trump administration's hostility towards the United Nations and other international organizations keeps growing, a New York Times columnist last week proposed what he frivolously described as "something a little incendiary". Maybe Trump could follow up on his non-appointment of Elise Stefanik as US Ambassador to the United Nations--who has been virulently anti-UN--by withdrawing the US from the United Nations entirely.