United Nations (UN) Archives

Boorloo/Perth rally for Palestine on Sunday 24th August as part of the national day of action in support of Palestine.

Issue #2205

‘Gaza has ignited a revolution’

Addressing the Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress via video link from Palermo, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese argued that the genocide in Gaza has evolved into...

ACFS Boorloo/Perth action outside US consulate 17 March 2026.

Issue #2191

Blackouts and shortages disrupt healthcare across Cuba

Shortages of electricity, fuel, medicine and medical supplies are severely disrupting emergency care, blood banks, laboratories, immunisation programs, and maternal and child health services, Edem...

Issue #2180

UN defends Albanese

The United Nations has stepped up its support for the world body’s special rapporteur on Palestine who is facing calls to resign. UN Human Rights...

Issue #2182

Women’s rights ‘regressing worldwide’

As an increase in conflicts leads to a significant spike in gender-based violence, women across the world face a “justice gap” with discriminatory laws reported...

Rally in support of Palestine, Boorloo/Perth, 14 September 2024.

Issue #2117

Israeli barbarism and the West Bank

With Gaza turned to rubble, and the rubble bombed, with tens of thousands lying dead and hundreds of thousands traumatised, the Israeli military is turning...

IPAN Conference 2024 – Sleepwalking into War? – October 4-6

Issue #2115

Nuclear weapons for a nuclear war

The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force in 2021. With its preamble on the “catastrophic consequences” of a...

Perth rally for Palestine on Saturday 8 June.

Issue #2103

Palestine: the genocide continues

The killing in Gaza goes on. The only difference in the past weeks has been the intensity of Israeli attacks and the indiscriminate killing of...

Issue #2095

Iran, Israel, and the threat of war

Iran’s drone and missile attack against Israel on 14 April was immediately condemned by the USA and its allies. Israel has vowed to “retaliate.” There...

Issue #2162

The United Nations turns 80

There is only one treaty in the world that, despite its limitations, binds nations together: the United Nations Charter. Representatives of fifty nations wrote and...

Issue #2091

Paths to Palestinian statehood

Israel continues to ignore entreaties from countries around the world, and international bodies. Its plans for Rafah are still going ahead despite increasing multilateral resistance....

Russian soldiers of the International Mine Action Center in Aleppo.

Issue #2128

Who are the Syrian Jihadist Rebels?

On 27 November, Jihadists attacked Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city. Hundreds have been killed and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said...

Issue #2102

GLOBAL BRIEFS

Peru: According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the ‘Special Team of Prosecutors’ for cases involving victims during anti-government protests has launched 62 investigations into officials...

Issue #2160

World Youth Peace Initiative

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations. Eighty years ago, in...

Boorloo/Perth rallies for Palestine in commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, Saturday 17 May 2025.

Issue #2146

Nakba: 77 years of apartheid and resistance

Nakba is the Arabic word for ‘catastrophe.’ The term is used to mark the act of dispossession in Palestine which began in 1948 and continues...

Issue #2169

The genocide will not end unless Palestinian leaders are free

Slowly, a full picture of the devastation of Gaza by Israel is becoming clear. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) released a report around...

Issue #2183

GLOBAL BRIEFS

OMAN: Oman has declared that it has no intention to join Trump’s “Board of Peace.” “We affirm our solidarity with the countries in the Gulf...

Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on October 2023.

Issue #2119

Gaza: 12 months of terror

It is now 12 months since Israel’s blood-letting in Gaza began. That awful anniversary comes as Israeli bombs rain down on Lebanon. Every day since...

Issue #2145

GLOBAL BRIEFS

NORWAY: Norwegian unions voted for an economic boycott of Israel, and the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has sold all of its shares in Israel’s...

Issue #2198

United Nations votes for Cuba

The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of debating US sanctions on Cuba. In a heated session on 7 July, the Assembly...

Issue #2137

GLOBAL BRIEFS

SYRIA: Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa announced the formation of an “independent committee” to investigate armed clashes and massacres that killed more than 1,300 people,...

Issue #2128

COP 29’s – $300 billion insult!

The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) was held from 11 to 22 November 2024. Its aim was to meet the Paris Agreement...

Issue #2097

GLOBAL BRIEFS

SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa celebrated the 30th anniversary of the end of the racist system known as apartheid on 27 April. It is marked as...

Issue #2093

LETTERS

Genocide Dear Editor, The terrible ongoing genocide continues in Gaza. I’m utterly astounded that after mere allegations by Israel against a few staff out of...

Issue #2182

GLOBAL BRIEFS

GERMANY: Thousands of students protested against a recently adopted law that could reinstate compulsory military service. The ‘School strike’ against the draft brought out more...

Issue #2173

GLOBAL BRIEFS

HUNGARY: The current corruption scandal in Ukraine is “one of the most serious corruption scandals in the history of European politics,” the Hungarian Foreign Minister...

Issue #2158

GLOBAL BRIEFS

UK: London’s Metropolitan Police have arrested nearly 500 people protesting in support of the Palestine Action group, which was prescribed a terrorist organisation by the...

Rally for Palestine in Boorloo/Perth, September 2025.

Issue #2174

Palestine: the victim has been found guilty

The West is at it again – led by the US with the spineless backing of the other members of the UN security council, Palestine...

Issue #2167

GLOBAL BRIEFS

HUNGARY: Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban accused Ukrainian special services of seeking to meddle in the country’s domestic affairs and supporting the opposition. “The Ukrainian...

Issue #2163

US denies United Nations delegates visas

The Palestinian Presidency has expressed deep regret and astonishment at the decision of the US Department of State not to grant visas to the Palestinian...

Issue #2180

GLOBAL BRIEFS

UN: United Nations experts on human rights issued a joint statement on 12 February condemning the Executive Order signed by US President Trump on 29...

Issue #2152

Libya revisited

No one should be under any illusions about the intentions of Western governments and their offensive against Iran via their two nuclear-armed attack dogs, Israel...

Issue #2205

GLOBAL BRIEFS

GERMANY: Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Baden-Wurttemberg Governor Cem Ozdemir have called for the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to be banned. The...

Issue #2144

GLOBAL BRIEFS

MEXICO: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected US President Trump’s proposals to send US troops to Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking. Speaking at...

Issue #2172

No genuine peace ‘without justice for the Palestinian people’

The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution that endorses a ‘peace plan’ for Gaza put forward by United States President Donald Trump and a...

Issue #2185

GLOBAL BRIEFS

UN: On 25 March 2025, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and racialised slavery the “most grievous crime...

Issue #2116

Sudan – the world’s largest displacement crisis

Conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Response Forces (RSF), has led to a devastating humanitarian catastrophe. Escalating from April 2023, the...

Issue #2149

GLOBAL BRIEFS

United States: The US has once again vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on Gaza. The most recent resolution, introduced by a coalition...

Issue #2096

DINGO

This week Dingo focuses on the crime of the 21st century. To throw light on the blackout of news by the mainstream media of Israel’s...

Issue #2110

GREEN NOTES

Scientists at the Potsdam Institute estimate that the costs of inaction on climate change will be US$38 trillion a year by 2050, whereas climate action...

Issue #2092

Serious revelations at South Australian West Papua meeting

The recent Australia West Papua Association of South Australia (AWP SA) annual general meeting heard about the infamous 1969 “act of free choice” which ultimately...

2 women holding a placard “Unity.” Artwork by Rini Templeton

Issue #2168

Beijing declaration 30 years on: how far have women come?

The Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, China in 1995. It was the biggest UN forum ever held with over 34,000 delegates...

Issue #2116

GREEN NOTES

Under the Paris Agreement, governments set voluntary commitments for action on climate change with the aim of limiting climate warming to below 2°C above pre-industrial...

Issue #2091

DINGO

As the body count in Gaza and the West Bank continues to rise after hitting 30,000, Richard Marles and Penny Wong claim that Australia is...

Issue #2131

GLOBAL BRIEFS

USA: The Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim organisation in the United States, described as “delusional” and “dangerous” president Trump’s proposal to relocate...

Issue #2097

Water crisis adds to women’s health burden amid war on Gaza

Over 34,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since 7 October, 2023. Among them are over 10,000 women, 6,000 of...

Issue #2162

We are not doomed

The UN’s top climate scientists have issued their final warning: the window to secure a livable future is “rapidly closing.” Their 2023 AR6 Synthesis Report...

Issue #2122

Israel’s $5.5 billion stake in Australia

Australia’s relationship with Israel dates back to 1949. Australia continually supports Israel, despite countless United Nations resolutions. Less well known is the trade relationship, especially...

Issue #2192

Climate change: UN landmark resolution

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last week voted with overwhelming support to adopt a landmark resolution led by Vanuatu and 12 other countries which...

Rally in support of Palestine, Perth 2024.

Issue #2103

Stop arming Israel Rally – Borloo/Perth

This rally was based on the very simple premise that if the capitalist countries of the West stopped arming Israel, peace and justice could happen...

Issue #2101

Israeli war crimes

Two events have damned Israel’s genocidal campaign and further exposed the criminal role of the United States in supporting the slaughter in Gaza. The decision...

Issue #2126

GREEN NOTES

COP 29 carbon-market con The first day of the 29th climate negotiations (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan opened with a much applauded ‘decision’ on international...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in Den Haag.

Issue #2132

Some background on the ICC

In 2002, in yet another slap in the face to the world community and the United Nations, the US government announced that it would not...

Palestine rally condemning Israeli's genocide.

Issue #2094

Criminal Israel – Genocide by famine

The situation in Gaza is nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe with the appalling suffering and loss of life and the urgent and deteriorating humanitarian...

Issue #2159

The global plastics treaty: what went wrong, and how you can help

Progress towards a legally binding global treaty on plastics pollution stalled and went into reverse. The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland,...

Issue #2194

DINGO

In an Australian first, the Federal Court last month accepted an application by a UN Special Rapporteur to make submissions in the Australian Conservation Foundation’s...

Palestine Solidarity Protest in San Francisco.

Issue #2120

Palestine: UN experts urge action

“The world stands upon the edge of a knife: Either we travel collectively towards a future of just peace and lawfulness – or hurtle towards...

Issue #2129

EDITORIAL

It was the UN Secretary-General who famously said, “The world is burning. We need a renewables revolution.” It is literally burning in California. Other parts...

Issue #2099

UN votes for Palestine, genocide continues

The United Nations has voted on whether to grant Palestine’s right to recognition as a member-state. The votes have been counted. The killing goes on....

Issue #2196

DINGO

One in 70 people worldwide is forcibly displaced, according to a damning new report released today by the United Nations. The UN High Commissioner for...

Issue #2122

A UN target to protect and restore 30 per cent of nature by 2030 will not be achieved in ocean environments until 2107 on current...

Issue #2119

DINGO

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has vented his frustration at the security council’s failure to end wars in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and the Middle East....

Issue #2116

DINGO

“Free trade” is pushed by the big corporations because it permits them to undercut domestic manufacturers or growers, to drive them out of business or...

Issue #2128

2024: The people, united …

As the year draws to a close, 2024 can be considered as a period of growing struggle world-wide against the voracious dominance of capital, grappling...

Issue #2127

DINGO

A new draft of a deal on cash to adapt to climate change released at the United Nations climate summit (COP29) “has angered” developing nations....

Issue #2104

Palestine: US roadblock to peace

The slaughter in Gaza goes on. Since the United Nations Security Council resolution of a three-phase ‘peace plan’ the death rate in Gaza has significantly...

Pro-Palestine demonstration in Boorloo/Perth

Issue #2136

Statement from the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine calls for the immediate withdrawal of the Israeli occupation from the Gaza Strip,...

Issue #2156

‘Gaza is starving’

Between early March and mid-May, for 80 consecutive days, Israel prevented any aid entering the Gaza Strip, in a calculated move to push the population...

March for action to fight climate change, Paris, September 2025.

Issue #2165

Trump’s climate colonialism

US president Trump stunned and alarmed delegates with his arrogant and reckless one-hour rant to the UN’s 80th General Assembly on 23 September. Most notably,...

Destroyed buildings during Israeli attack in Tehran.

Issue #2150

Israel’s illegal attack on Iran

Israel’s consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the...

Parade for the 80th anniversary of China's victory against Japanese fascism.

Issue #2162

Victory Day in China

As China marked the 80th anniversary of its victory in World War II on 3 September, the gathering in Tiananmen Square was not about swagger,...

Rally for Palestine/Boorloo, Sunday 27 October.

Issue #2124

Israel’s war on aid

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has long been the target of Israeli aggression. Now a massive vote in the...

Issue #2167

EDITORIAL

We all wish the United Nations a happy 80th birthday. Or do we? The UN isn’t an exciting topic to most people. Everyone knows it...

Boorloo/Perth rally for Palestine held on Sunday 10th November, 2024.

Issue #2126

Trump, Israel, and dark days for Palestine

Israel continues its calculated program of starvation and ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza. In a move that surprised no-one, the Biden administration has pledged to...

Rally for Palestine in Boorloo/Perth March 2025.

Issue #2164

Gaza: “The world must act NOW!”

The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to the 60th session of the...

Issue #2151

Stop the war on Iran

No to the law of the jungle Respect for International Law The Communist Party of Australia condemns the unprovoked US unlawful bombing of nuclear facilities...