(Image via Wikipedia) The U.S. government shut down the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on November 18 due to lack of funding. The USCIRF was the government agency that monitored religious freedom in countries around the world. According to reports, the allocation of funding for the commission could not get out of [...]

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announced on Friday (Sept. 16) that he would seek recognition for the new Palestinian state from the UN Security Council next week. While he indicated that the borders of the state were yet to be negotiated with Israel and the 1967 borders were referenced in his UN application, he contended that [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apparently is supporting the UN resolution 16/18 introduced by OIC and plans to hold meetings on how it can be implemented: JEDDAH, Ramadan 1/Aug 1 (IINA)-During the next few months, Washington plans to host a coordination meeting to discuss with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) how to implement resolution [...]

             (UN Human Rights Council via Wikipedia) From Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service: U.S. officials praised a United Nations council for a new statement on religious freedom that sidestepped a divisive debate sponsored by Islamic countries over the "defamation of religions." The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday (March 24) approved a resolution voicing concern [...]

(by retlaw snellac via Flickr) Yesterday the United Nations announced that Saudi Arabia had been selected to be part of the new ‘Women’s Rights’ agency being formed by the international body to promote equality for women around the world. Response: This is the same Saudi Arabia where women are not even allowed to drive or [...]

(Image by US Mission Geneva via Flickr) An anti-Semitic/Israel ‘Blood Libel’ statement made today at the UN Human Rights Council meeting went unchallenged by the Obama administration US Representative. In fact the United States is going to bare some of the costs of the publication and broadcast of this propaganda around the world. From the [...]

(Obama by nasa hq photo via Flickr) The Obama administration supported a UN resolution on Friday calling for a ‘nuclear free’ Middle East. Israel was the only country that was singled out by the document which called for Israelis to receive inspections and presumably give up their nuclear arsenal. There was no mention of Iran’s [...]