While the General Assembly was discussing the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is another matter altogether that concerned the diplomats: are the United States still the superpower they have claimed to be…
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President Barack Obama addressed the opening of the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations with his usual oratorical formula. Admittedly, the man is a good speaker with flawless technical delivery. But by now this…
“Washington should also live up to its own Camp David commitment to Palestinian self-rule.” Tomorrow, September 25, 2012, the General Debate of the 67th UN General Assembly will begin and last for a week….
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses diplomats during the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the United Nations headquarters in New York September 24, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz In…