The UN and WHO are in desperate need of fiscal transparency
Becca Wertman discusses how the UN, WHO, and its various arms should not be immune from scrutiny when they call on governments to donate vital resources.
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[Opinion] Missing in action: Antisemitism and human rights
Professor Gerald M Steinberg discusses antisemitsm and human rights.
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[Opinion] Canada’s UN Security Council seat is not worth the cost
Becca Wertman analyzes Canada's abandonment a a longstanding, bi-partisan tradition of voting against UN resolutions that single out Israel.
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[Opinion] Non-state actors’ exploitation of children must end
Becca Wertman analyzes how Civil society actors and the U.N. should help to enforce the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, but regularly fail when it comes to non-state actors like the terrorist groups in Gaza.
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[Opinion] A Taste of Their Own Medicine at the UN
Professor Gerald M Steinberg discusses the UN's International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
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[Opinion] The WHO Propaganda Theatre
Professor Gerald Steinberg addresses the propaganda and antisemitism prevalent in the World Health Organization.
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[Opinion] Can Canada Help Fix the UN's Human Rights Disaster?
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg discusses how Canada is vital in providing a new agenda for the UN.
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[Opinion] UN Humanitarian Agency’s Propaganda War on Israel Continues
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg writes about UN-OCHA's propaganda war against Israel.
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[Opinion] Human Rights Day Nothing to Celebrate
Professor Gerald Steinberg writes about how the agenda of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva continues to be controlled by some of the worst violators.
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[Opinion] There are serious flaws in foreign aid
Given the presence of self-interested actors, such as terror groups posing as human rights NGOs or groups promoting particularistic and not universal values, it is crucial that governments remain vigilant and ensure that aid is used to improve the lives of those for whom it’s intended, writes Becca Wertman.
