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United Nations

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Tibetan Hunger Strikers Enter Day 23 Of Fast Outside United Nations

    Today brings Day 23 of the fast outside the United Nations by three Tibetan monks protesting Chinese occupation of their homeland. Protesters will gather at Times Square this morning at 8, the Chinese Embassy at 11, and then meet with the hunger strikers at 3 p.m., organizers say. People close to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    United Nations Hunger Strike By Tibetan Monks Enters 17th Day

    Today marks the start of the 17th day of a hunger strike outside the United Nations building in midtown for three Tibetan monks who are protesting China's repression of Tibet, and demanding that the UN recognize their homeland as an independent country and address Chinese human rights abuses. Wrapp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2011

    Find Out Where You Fit Into Earth's 7 Billion People

    ​The UN Population Division estimates the world's 7 billionth person will be born tomorrow. How do they know this? The UN says the number is "derived from the annual series of world population estimates obtained by interpolating the results of the 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2011

    U.N. Discusses Libya Sanctions; Charlie Sheen's Meltdown Could Lose CBS $250 Million (Weekend Links)

    via CNN ​A U.N. security panel is meeting today to discuss how to go about fixing the situation in Libya. They're discussing whether or not to impose international sanctions on the Libyan government, including travel bans on Muammar Qaddafi and those who are close to him. The U.S. has already clos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Earth Will Be Crowded, Hungry, and Full of Human-Robot Porn in 2050

    ​The United Nations is predicting that Earth may be "unrecognizable" in 2050 due to the rise of population and the increase in demand for food. The population is expected to jump from seven billion to nine billion by that year. Yahoo quotes Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Fund as saying, "We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Bedbugs (Back) at the U.N., Where "Diplomatic Immunity" Jokes Are No Longer Funny

    ​Continuing in their reign of New York City terror, bedbugs have infested the UN. In fact, it seems that bedbugs have been hanging around the UN since at least 2009, causing all sorts of unwanted issues with international diplomacy and feeling itchy.

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    New York Post, Rupert Murdoch Media Empire Fooled by the Old "UN Ambassador to Aliens" Hoax

    ​If you're anything like the many New Yorkers who pick up the New York Post on Sunday mornings, you might have noticed a pretty fun story in those first few pages: in the event we're ever contacted by aliens -- as opposed to "met with DESTRUCTION TERROR AND MAYHEM by Aliens" -- the United Nati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2010

    Hope for Haiti raises $58 million

    HeraldScotland​Friday's telethon for disaster relief in Haiti raised $58 million dollars as of Saturday, according to organizers, who say that they haven't counted all the donations yet. The total also doesn't include money from iTunes sales of the concert ($2.99, by the way, and totally worth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Things We Hate: Brand Ambassadors

    ​ In the food world, one is exposed to all sorts of asinine PR speak -- "lifestyle consultant" and "food personality" come to mind -- but few terms stoop to the depressing depths of "brand ambassador." What exactly is a brand ambassador? So far as anyone can tell, it's publicistese for "paid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    U.N. Rapporteur For Housing Visits Tenants Facing Foreclosure In The Bronx

    By Aaron Howell. ​ Followers of the Times' City Room blog may have seen that the United Nations has dispatched Raquel Rolnik (pictured), its Special Rapporteur for housing issues, to America. She'll visit various U.S. cities on her trip, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans. Right no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Stop the presses! Jews, Arabs eat in the same general vicinity in NYC!

    By Aaron Howell. ​ Followers of the Times' City Room blog may have seen that the United Nations has dispatched Raquel Rolnik (pictured), its Special Rapporteur for housing issues, to America. She'll visit various U.S. cities on her trip, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans. Right no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    Daily News Treats Public to Sarah Palin Imposter

    By Aaron Howell. ​ Followers of the Times' City Room blog may have seen that the United Nations has dispatched Raquel Rolnik (pictured), its Special Rapporteur for housing issues, to America. She'll visit various U.S. cities on her trip, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans. Right no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Get the PS Out of the UN! City Schools Shun Fire-Trap Landmark

    By Aaron Howell. ​ Followers of the Times' City Room blog may have seen that the United Nations has dispatched Raquel Rolnik (pictured), its Special Rapporteur for housing issues, to America. She'll visit various U.S. cities on her trip, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans. Right no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    What to Eat at the UN Summit on Hunger

    By Aaron Howell. ​ Followers of the Times' City Room blog may have seen that the United Nations has dispatched Raquel Rolnik (pictured), its Special Rapporteur for housing issues, to America. She'll visit various U.S. cities on her trip, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans. Right no ... More >>

  • News

    August 7, 2007

    Darfur Betrayed

    China, naturally, supports a UN resolution with no teeth

  • News

    May 29, 2007

    Diplomatic Decor

    The U.N.'s feng shui club ventures to change the Security Council's energy

  • NYC Life

    February 27, 2007

    Don't Tell Bloomberg

    But New Yorkers can smoke to their lungs' content at the U.N.'s Vienna Cafe

  • News

    January 2, 2007

    The Black Holocaust

    After hundreds of thousands of black Muslim corpses, is the genocide at last over?

  • News

    December 19, 2006

    See You Annan

    Leaving the United Nations, the Secretary General tells us why it's not working.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2006

    Lebanon: Peace Group's 'Dear John' Letter

    Leaving the United Nations, the Secretary General tells us why it's not working.

  • Books

    December 27, 2005

    Truth Squad

    Ill communication: Intelligence expert explains the WMD situation

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2005

    Morning Report 9/17/05
    Hugo Batters Bush

    Ill communication: Intelligence expert explains the WMD situation

  • News

    August 2, 2005

    U.N. to Investigate Alleged Haiti Massacre

    Local Red Cross tells of handing out body bags and shovels

  • News

    July 12, 2005

    Haitians Accuse the U.N. of Massacre

    Demonstrators say peacekeepers fired on slum dwellers in Cite Soleil

  • News

    June 7, 2005

    Bush's Last Quacks

    Demonstrators say peacekeepers fired on slum dwellers in Cite Soleil

  • News

    November 23, 2004

    Bush's Far-Right-Hand Man

    Demonstrators say peacekeepers fired on slum dwellers in Cite Soleil

  • News

    November 2, 2004

    Kofi Annan vs. Me

    The United Nations is useless to blacks in Darfur. China will veto any meaningful action.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2004

    Art Openings and Closings

    The United Nations is useless to blacks in Darfur. China will veto any meaningful action.

  • Books

    August 10, 2004

    Love Actually

    Multitude's kooky, brilliant model for global democracy

  • News

    May 18, 2004

    U.N. Disgraces Itself

    'Never again,' said secretary general Kofi Annan after Rwanda. Corpses are back.

  • News

    November 11, 2003

    What Would Demos Do?

    The Contenders' Exit Strategies

  • News

    August 26, 2003

    Hacks vs. Flack

    UN Press Takes Aim at U.S. Mission Spokesperson

  • Art

    August 5, 2003

    Road Scholars

    Continuing-Ed Students Have Chances to Study Abroad

  • News

    June 10, 2003

    The UN: Unplugged

    You're in the Private Army Now

  • News

    March 18, 2003

    Send the Bill to Kenya

    Developing Nations Feel the Weight of War

  • News

    March 11, 2003

    Bush: The Blissful Dopester

    The President Trips Out on Iraq at Press Conference

  • News

    December 31, 2002

    Nation

    The President Trips Out on Iraq at Press Conference

  • News

    May 7, 2002

    Saviors of the Children

    Far-Right Bush Delegates Ally With Religious Conservatives at UN Conference

  • Music

    October 30, 2001

    Music

    Far-Right Bush Delegates Ally With Religious Conservatives at UN Conference

  • News

    September 11, 2001

    The Conference that Wasn’t

    The Fight Over Zionism-Equals-Racism Pushed Aside Many Issues

  • News

    September 4, 2001

    Scenes From the UN Conference Against Racism

    The Fight Over Zionism-Equals-Racism Pushed Aside Many Issues

  • News

    September 4, 2001

    A Summit of Their Own

    Youth Demand Action Outside the World Conference Against Racism

  • Theater

    November 14, 2000

    The Killing Fields

    Youth Demand Action Outside the World Conference Against Racism

  • News

    September 12, 2000

    A Mad, Mad World

    The UN's Millennium Summit Brings a Globe's Worth of Protest to New York's Streets

  • News

    September 5, 2000

    United Nations, Inc.

    As World Leaders Plot the UN’s Future, Activists Warn of Increasing Corporate Influence on Its Agendas

  • News

    July 25, 2000

    Buzz Kill

    Club-Drug Publishers Could Face Prison Terms

  • News

    May 30, 2000

    Worldwide Women

    Beijing+5 Looks at the Global State of Women’s Rights

  • News

    February 23, 1999

    A Most Unusual Collection Agency

    How the U.S. undid UNSCOM through its empire of electronic ears

  • News

    September 8, 1998

    The Un-Gerry

    At the United Nations, Ferraro turned her back on Blacks, Jews, Latins, and Liberals

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