You remember UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, a.k.a. the UN outfit with schools in Gaza that have doubled as rocket depots for terrorists attacking Israel. Opened in 1950 as a temporary jobs and aid program for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA has become an ever-expanding fixture of the UN and the Middle East, a de facto patron of Hamas in Gaza, and welfare-dispenser for what is today a population of some 5 million “registered Palestinian refugees” — a project that down the generations has helped foster both a Palestinian culture of grievance and dependency, and money and jobs for UNRWA itself. At the UN, all other refugees come under the aegis of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which seeks to resettle them. Only the Palestinians have a dedicated agency that has turned refugee status into a bizarre form of hereditary entitlement.
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UN Watch’s Top 10 Worst U.N. Decisions of 2015
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US quietly maneuvers to cut UN dues
There is cautious hope among diplomats that the U.S. can chip away at least marginally at the U.N.’s “scale of assessments”– a dues system loaded in favor of many poor and not-so-poor countries that pay less than their fair share, and saddle the small number of rich countries — especially the U.S. — with the difference.
h/t peterj
Emulating A Corrupt, Third World Dictator To The End
Ding, dong. “There were no immediate details about where and when Strong died.”
Say, @SusanDelacourt – can you point me to obit mentioning Strong's ties to UN Oil For Food corruption scandal? #journalism #cdnpoli
— Katewerk (@katewerk) November 29, 2015
Background here.
Capitalist dogs
and fermented cabbage.
I wonder if beer and pizza count as an “intangible cultural heritage”.
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“This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history,” Figueres, who heads up the U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, told reporters in February.
“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for the at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution,” Figueres said.
It could work.
h/t Robert of Ottawa
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The United Nations Foundation created by billionaire Ted Turner, along with a branch of media giant Thomson Reuters, is starting to train a squadron of journalists and subsidize media content in 33 countries–including the U.S. and Britain–in a planned $6 million effort to popularize the bulky and sweeping U.N.-sponsored Sustainable Development Goals, prior to a global U.N. summit this September. where U.N. organizers hope they will be endorsed by world leaders.
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Defund this monkey cage: The UN Just Condemned a Single Nation for Women’s Rights Violations. Can You Guess Which One?
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Oh, NOW they’re concerned. The U.N.’s World Food Program says it is “extremely concerned” about images circulating on social media showing Islamic State labels affixed to its food aid boxes in Syria.
Flashback: Evidence of UNIFIL’s Assistance to Hezbollah
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The head of the United Nations inquiry into the 2014 Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas announced on Monday that he was stepping down.
Canadian international law professor William Schabas sent a letter to the UN commission, citing Israeli allegations of bias over consulting work he did for the Palestine Liberation Organization, Reuters reported.
Via UN Watch with the rest of the story.
Why did William Schabas finally step down as chair of the UN inquiry on Gaza?
The latest revelation that he was paid by the PLO for legal advice in 2012 was the last straw, but the decision came in wake of a sustained campaign by UN Watch starting from the day of his appointment, which included videos of Schabas calling for the indictment of Israeli leaders, a formal UN Watch legal brief demanding his recusal that was submitted to the UN in an official filing, and UN Watch op-eds urging legal scholars to speak out against the absurd appointment of Schabas. Many did so.
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CNS News; Islamic Bloc Raises UN ‘Anti-Religious Intolerance’ Measure Backed by Obama Administration
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Meet the 'neutral' UN Human Rights referee who will investigate Israel's 'crimes'. http://t.co/YutbvBVOyJ @Commentary pic.twitter.com/OUMYlXgOZH
— Tarek Fatah ਤਾਰਿਕ (@TarekFatah) August 14, 2014
Hamas Rocket Launcher Found Next to UN Building in Gaza
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They’re Not Anti-War
They’re on the other side: UN agency returns rockets to Hamas
They’re Not Anti-War
They’re on the other side: 20 rockets were found Wednesday in a school in Gaza operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the organization confirmed Thursday.
Of course they do.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said: “China has always upheld the principles of diplomacy and the fundamental norms of international relations.
“At the same time we also take into consideration the history and the current complexities of the Ukrainian issue.”
That would be code for Taiwan and the South China Sea.
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