Tag: UN Security Council

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Amy Goodman. As we continue to look at the US and Israeli war on Iran, we’re joined...

COMMENTARY: By Trita Parsi Yesterday began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended -- just ten hours later --...

OPEN LETTER: By Nureddin Abdurahman to NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters Minister, You are about to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a time...

The US objective is not the security of the American people. The objective is global hegemony. The attempt is to destroy the UN and...

ANALYSIS: By Shannon Brincat and Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres The joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran represent a further erosion of the international legal order. Under...

COMMENTARY: By Ro Naulu Mataitini An invitation from a distant warzone landed in Suva earlier this month. The United States, with Israel’s endorsement, has asked...

The UN Security Council passed a regime change resolution against Gaza on Monday, effectively issuing a mandate for an invasion force to enter the...

Asia Pacific Report Israel and the US are now dictating their terms over Palestine, and Hamas and various Arab partners are at the receiving end...

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has challenged Defence Minister Judith Collins over her "can't be trusted" backing for controversial BlackSky Technology...

Why the recognition of the State of Palestine by Australia is an important development. Meanwhile, New Zealand still dithers. This article unpacks the hypocrisy...

ANALYSIS: By John Hobbs Aotearoa New Zealand once earned praise for its “principled” and “independent” foreign policy. Think nuclear-free Pacific, for example. Yet that reputation doesn’t...

Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the Israeli military's "disgraceful tactic" to cover up war crimes in...

COMMENTARY: By Bruce King Almost two months ago, a UN special rapporteur, Dr Michael Fakhri, penned an opinion article in The Guardian newspaper warning that...

By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter Prominent lawyers are joining opposition parties as they call for the New Zealand government to denounce the United...

ANALYSIS: By Joe Hendren Had Israel not launched its unprovoked attack on Iran on Friday night, in direct violation of the UN Charter, Iran would...

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs In the absence of any measures taken by the New Zealand government to respond to the genocide being committed by Israel...

ANALYSIS: By Robert Patman New Zealand's National-led coalition government’s policy on Gaza seems caught between a desire for a two-state diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian...

The New Arab Implementation of Israel's ban on the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA will be disastrous, the aid agency's chief has told the Security...

COMMENTARY: By Chris Gunness 'In Gaza, only UNRWA has the infrastructure to distribute aid to scale, such as vehicles, warehouses, distribution centres and staff. However,...

Asia Pacific Report The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip -- but three of the...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle   Iran may be about to launch a "proper" missile strike on Israel for the first time ever -- in retaliation for...

Asia Pacific Report The decision of the International Court of Justice that Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are illegal demands immediate action from the New...