The Korean War ended in 1953, but its legacy still lingers in American war-making policy today. At a recent conference on “The Unending Korean War” at New York University, the keynote speaker, Bruce Cumings, a…
Category: Ronda Hauben
Ronda Hauben who is an award winning journalist, writer, and resident correspondent for taz.de (Die Tageszeitung) at the United Nations in New York is also a Senior Advisor to the Fourth Media, English Website of the April Media. She also worked as United Nations Special Correspondent for the Ohmynews.com, the most popular citizen web media in South Korea.
The false narrative they conjured up was that their military action was for the protection of unarmed civilians who were peacefully protesting for their rights. What is happening in Libya, however, is an armed insurrection against the government. The insurrection is being led by former Libyan government officials who defected and joined with other opposition forces. The Security Council resolution was crafted to provide foreign military intervention to aid this armed insurrection by attacking the military forces of the Libyan government along with other sites and installations.
“You are the sixteenth member of the Security Council.” China’s UN Ambassador Li Baodong speaking to the international media In March, China took over the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the…
It was Friday afternoon, February 18 at the UN Security Council stakeout shortly before 3 pm. Watching Ambassadors and their staff members coming down the stairs at the UN leading to the Security Council, one…
On Monday, February 14, the UN Security Council held a closed session to hear from representatives of Cambodia and Thailand on the subject of their recent border clashes on February 4, 5 and 6 over…
From January 18 to January 21, Hu Jintao, the President of the People’s Republic of China, made a state visit to the US based on an invitation from US President Barack Obama. How did the…
One of the most perilous situations of the past year was the conflict on the Korean Peninsula that was brought to the UN Security Council in what was the last week of its 2010 session.(1)…
In a statement to the press issued early Saturday evening, December 18, Vitaly Churkin, the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations explains that “This morning (Saturday morning) I sent a letter to the current President…
The issue of the need for a peace treaty to end the Korean War is a critical issue. It is the obligation of both Ban Ki-moon, as Secretary General of the UN, and of the Security Council, to find a way to support the drafting of such a treaty. It is high time the Security Council takes on to meet its actual obligations.
Such actions can only deepen the crises rather than help to provide the needed solutions. The problem represented by the G20 for the majority of nations and peoples of the world is expressed in the simple question posed by Filipino activist Walden Bello–”Who gave them the authority to solve this crisis?”