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The Israeli government’s decision to ban UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) from operating in Israel is...
There’s a novel change in seating arrangements for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79), which began on 10 September in New...
March is Women’s History Month, dedicated to raising issues facing women today. It’s a month that includes International Women’s Day on 8 March, when issues like...
George Orwell, one of Britain’s greatest gifts to Western literature, warned his readers about the deceptive use of language, particularly in the realm of politics. Political...
The depraved rape, barbaric acts of torture, and gender-based violence in Israel perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on 7 October was so shocking, it has left the...
Every September, speeches by heads of state at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s general debate are meant to take less than 15 minutes. Although often...
Twenty-seven nations are demanding that the United Nations (UN) Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem and Israel stop its...
It’s not every day that a South African composer’s work is chosen to be performed in the International Women’s Day programme in the United Nations (UN)...
Born in Potchefstroom and growing up in Swaziland, Wendy Fisher never dreamed that she would one day be given an award at the United Nations (UN)....
“They arrested me, hanged me from the ceiling, beat me up and interrogated me for five days,” says a gay Gaza Palestinian now living in exile...
When activist Olga Meshoe Washington spoke in Geneva, Switzerland, in mid-June, she didn’t mince her words about how South Africa’s apartheid history was being manipulated by...
The latest Israel-bashing session at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has commenced in Geneva. Meanwhile, more than 10 000 people have signed a petition...
If the United Nations (UN) is going to hold an inquiry into the clashes between Israel and Hamas last May, surely the person heading the inquiry...
The list of countries boycotting next month’s United Nations anti-racism conference is growing over concerns that the gathering in New York will promote antisemitism. This year...
“Antisemitism is an international problem that is a threat to democracy.” So said Dr Ahmed Shaheed, special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, office of...
When the United Nations (UN) Second Committee passed an Israeli resolution on “Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development” last week, it was supported by 144 nations. South Africa...
