United Nations

New York 02/01/21, 03:53

A published New York author whose family fled Communist China was surprised to find herself being force-fed liberal thinking in the United States. Amelia Pang considers herself lucky that she was born and lived her whole life in the Land of the Free. However, the New Yorker of Uighur descent was ...

U.S. 01/03/21, 22:49

A federal executive department that is responsible for foreign policy criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for recording forced confessions before trial. The U.S. Department of State has accused the CCP of recording dissenters publicly confessing to crimes under duress before the matter can be heard in court. The department's worldwide portal ...

United Kingdom 12/21/20, 04:11

Hundreds of elected representatives expressed deep concerns about the decadeslong eradication of millions of people in communist China. A combined 921 lawmakers from a total of 35 countries around the world have condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for arbitrary arresting, jailing, torturing, killing, and organ harvesting of untold numbers of ...

U.S. 10/14/20, 16:22

The United Nations Human Rights Council admitted countries to their membership that commit genocide, routinely abuse religious freedom, and suppress citizens' political participation. U.N. General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir, welcomed China, Cuba, Russia, and Pakistan, among other countries, to the seats on the council that the United States abandoned in 2018, ...

World 07/08/20, 13:58

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has caused outrage in various quarters by joining with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in passing the new law that represses Hong Kong, and by supporting other developments contrary to its mission. The recent vote taken at the OHCHR ...

News 07/08/20, 01:55

An agency that oversees international public health was put on notice that the United States will formally end relations because it allegedly is spreading Chinese "disinformation" about the deadly Asian disease. The Trump administration has decided to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2021 because the United Nations-controlled agency ...

U.S. 04/02/20, 04:04

A dictatorship allegedly concealed the real number of patients and deaths linked to the deadly Asian disease, U.S. intelligence has found. A classified report to the White House has accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of underreporting the number of infections and deaths caused by the CCP Virus. Three U.S. officials, who ...

U.S. 03/14/20, 07:34

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has asked all staff at its New York headquarters to work from home, a spokesman announced late on Friday, March 13, after a diplomat from the Philippine mission to the U.N. tested positive for the coronavirus. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that all 3,000 staff members ...

South America 10/29/19, 04:50

Fresh protests and attacks on businesses erupted in Chile Monday despite President Sebastián Piñera's replacement of eight key Cabinet ministers with more centrist figures and his attempts to assure the country he has heard calls for greater equality and improved social services. Thousands of protesters crowded again into central Santiago, and ...

Europe 10/21/19, 03:51

Firefighters say a fire has burned about one-fourth of the roof of Turin's Cavallerizza Reale, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the center of the northern Italian city, hitting an area of the building once used for the royal stables. Firefighters rushed to the scene early Monday and managed to put ...

Asia & Pacific 10/18/19, 09:22

An explosion rocked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan as dozens of people gathered to offer Friday players, causing the roof to collapse and killing 62 worshippers, provincial officials said. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, said the militant attack wounded 36 others. He said it was not immediately clear ...

World 09/30/19, 17:14

There is now Irrefutable evidence the Chinese government is murdering spiritual followers of Falun Gong and other prisoners of conscience for their organs. It was presented at the United Nations in Geneva on Sept. 24. Findings from the final independent China Tribunal in June were presented by international human rights lawyer ...

U.S. 09/24/19, 04:09

President Trump took another step in advancing religious freedom for all people when he hosted a religious freedom summit on Sept. 23 in New York instead of attending a climate change summit with other world leaders. Evangelical leaders applauded his decision, and one said it took 'real guts' for him ...

U.S. 09/23/19, 17:17

President Trump's passion for religious liberty for everyone of faith around the world was apparent as he hosted the historic Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom. The event was held at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, Sept. 23 in New York. He was the first U.S. president to host ...

U.S. 09/22/19, 13:50

Deafening drums marked the entrance of President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi as they clasped hands and walked across the stage in a packed Texas stadium Sunday, sending a message of unity between the world's two largest democracies despite trade tensions. Instead of dwelling on trade, Trump highlighted ...

World 08/21/19, 14:21

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked the UN Security Council on August 20 to stop Iran's belligerent actions in order to prevent consequences that could cost human lives. "Greater cooperation in the Middle East is needed more than ever," he said. Pompeo mentioned among other challenges in the region the one ...

Politics 08/16/19, 10:33

The Trump administration is mulling $4.3 billion foreign aid cuts, including $1.7 billion spending for the United Nations programs. A White House official confirmed to Politico that the Office of Management and Budget is proposing a spending cut of about $2.3 billion to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—an ...

Europe 06/25/19, 13:26

Speaking at a meeting in Geneva on Monday, June 24, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet emphasized human rights violations in several regions of the world. Bachelet expressed disappointment at Saudi Arabia's response to a report by an independent U.N. human rights expert last week criticizing the ...

U.S. 05/28/19, 17:34

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution designating Aug. 22 as the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.The 193-member world body adopted the resolution by consensus Tuesday. It was co-sponsored by Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland and the ...

U.S. 05/28/19, 15:56

The U.N. deputy humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that further military operations in northwest Syria's Idlib province will overwhelm aid efforts, stressing that an estimated 3 million people are caught up in crossfire in the last rebel stronghold.Assistant Secretary-General Ursula Mueller told the Security Council that humanitarian operations in many areas ...