“This year, the United States renewed funding of reproductive healthcare through the United Nations Population Fund, and more funding is on the way. The U.S. Congress recently appropriated more than $648 million in foreign assistance to family planning and reproductive health programs worldwide. That's the largest allocation in more than a decade - since we last had a Democratic president, I might add.” WayYearsStatesMightLastsNationsPresidentUnitedMillionsUnited StatesProgramAddDemocraticCongressPopulationDecadesPlanningFundHealthcareAssistanceUnited NationsFundingPopulation ControlFamily PlanningWorld PopulationAllocationReproductive Health Author:Hillary Clinton
“The abuse of the veto power has become so predictable that frequently resolutions are not even tabled because of the certainty of a veto against their adoption. Necessary discussion is thereby suppressed. Concerted action by the Security Council, the General Assembly and other United Nations agencies is necessary to prevent major human rights violations, stop ongoing breaches and provide remedies to victims.” HumansActionNationsUnitedRightsSecurityMajorsAbuseVictimHuman RightsCertaintyDiscussionAgencyResolutionRemedyAdoptionUnited NationsCouncilOngoingViolationPredictableAssemblyBreachVetoSecurity CouncilGeneral Assembly Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“The United Nations is the best hope to spare humanity from the barbarity of war, from the senseless death, destruction and dislocation it brings about.” WarHumanityNationsUnitedDestructionSparesUnited NationsHoping For The BestBarbarityDislocation Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“This new declaration which emphasizes the necessity of global disarmament is based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in particular the prohibition of the threat and use of force, and on the obligation to negotiate disputes in conformity with the UN Charter. It is a strong and positive example for the entire world.” WorldUsePurposeStrongForceNationsUnitedPrinciplesExampleParticularThreatObligationConformityDeclarationUnited NationsDisputesProhibitionDisarmamentCharterUse Of Force Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“A World Parliamentary Assembly functioning outside the United Nations, or a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly set up as a subsidiary body of the General Assembly pursuant to article 22 of the UN Charter, could start initially as a consultative body and gradually develop into a legislative assembly.” WorldBodyNationsUnitedArticlesUnited NationsAssemblyCharterParliamentaryGeneral Assembly Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“The United Nation's goal is to reduce population selectively by encouraging abortion, forced sterilization, and control of human reproduction, and regards two-thirds of the human population as excess baggage, with 350,000 people to be eliminated per day.” PeopleHumansTwoNationsGoalUnitedThirdsRegardPopulationAbortionExcessUnited NationsReproductionBaggageHuman PopulationSterilizationExcess Baggage Author:Jacques Yves Cousteau
“I saw a threat in Saddam Hussein. Members of the United States Congress from both political parties saw that same threat. The United Nation's saw the threat. I made the right decision in getting Saddam Hussein out of power.” MadeStatesPoliticalNationsDecisionUnitedPartyUnited StatesSawsMembersThreatCongressSaddamPolitical PartiesUnited NationsHusseinRight Decision Author:George W. Bush
“As the United Nations pushes for jurisdiction over the globe, it is important to remember how it has acted in Bosnia. The character of an institution, no less than of an individual, is revealed through actions, not words.” ImportantCharacterActionRememberIndividualNationsUnitedInstitutionsGlobesUnited NationsJurisdictionBosniaAction Not Words Author:Wendy McElroy
“The New World Order run by the United Nations ain't gonna happen. Because they've shown their hand, and at least some corner of Congress and the American people are awake to it: they've blown it all.” PeopleWorldHandsHappensRunningOrderNationsUnitedCongressCornersAwakeNew WorldUnited NationsNew World OrderWorld Order Author:Michael Moriarty
“The emerging 'environmentalization' of our civilization and the need for vigorous action in the interest of the entire global community will inevitably have multiple political consequences. Perhaps the most important of them will be a gradual change in the status of the United Nations. Inevitably, it must assume some aspects of a world government.” WorldNeedsImportantGovernmentActionPoliticalNationsInterestCommunityUnitedCivilizationConsequenceAspectAssumingClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingMultipleUnited NationsEmergingVigorousWorld GovernmentGlobal CommunityGradual Change Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed.” KnowsWellsCountryStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesKnow HowOther CountriesUnited Nations Author:Susan Rice
“Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.” SelfNationsUnitedPracticeConceptsLegislationUnited NationsFlawedFunding Author:Susan Rice
“One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.” YearsHandsGovernmentNationsChallengesUnitedFiveAchieveKeysLessonsGreat ThingsFive YearsBroadsPartnershipI Have LearnedSecretaryPhilanthropyUnited NationsHand In HandCivil Society Author:Ban Ki-moon
“One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community.” SchoolNationsCommunityMemoriesUnitedBehindsTreeWalkingMountainRainMy FamilyBurningFedsVillageUnited NationsMuddy Author:Ban Ki-moon
“At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.” MomentsNationsUnitedIsraelUnited Nations Author:Elliott Abrams
“United States and Coalition forces will remain in Iraq and will operate under American command as part of a multinational force authorized by the United Nations.” StatesForceNationsUnitedUnited StatesIraqCommandUnited NationsCoalitionsMultinationals Author:Jim Gerlach
“We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights.” IfsHumansNationsUnitedDemocracyRightsInvolvedAuthorityUnionsHuman RightsPartnersSyriaUnited NationsEuropean UnionDemocracy And Human Rights Author:William Hague
“The United Nations Childrens Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.” ChildrenWarLostNationsParentNaturalUnitedMillionsAidsDisasterReportsFundUnited NationsStarvationNatural Disaster Author:Foster Friess
“Everything will be all right - you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction and see it as a drawing they made themselves.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMadeNationsUnitedMilitaryDrawingAbstractionUnited NationsUnesco Author:Dag Hammarskjold
“And as we [ the Church] move towards setting new (United Nations') sustainable development goals, we also understand that one of our key priorities is improving social inclusion.” MovingNationsSocialGoalChurchUnitedKeysDevelopmentPrioritiesSettingSettingsInclusionImprovingUnited NationsSustainable Development Author:Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo
“I have never believed that there is a secret United Nations plot to take over the US... But, for the first time in my life, I think the formation of some sort of world government is plausible.” ThinkingWorldFirstsGovernmentNationsUnitedSecretFirst TimePlotUnited NationsFormationPlausibleWorld Government Author:Gideon Rachman
“But you'll notice, you will notice that Russia and China, invariably at the United Nations, move to block American action, to repress or hem in or punish other kinds of outlaw. Who stands behind Mugabi at the United Nations? Russia and China do. Who tried successfully to prevent the United Nations from speaking with one voice on its most signal violation of its resolutions, Iraq? Russia and China, again. North Korea the same. Burma the same.” KindActionMovingNationsVoiceUnitedBehindsIraqChinaRussiaBlockResolutionSignalsUnited NationsKoreaViolationNorth KoreaOutlawBurmaHem Author:Christopher Hitchens
“I have a simple answer to any American patriot who claims that there is no conflict between his love of country and his desire to hitch our fate to the United Nations: “You're mistaken.” And, therefore, I'm thinking of adding this corollary to my General Rule of patriotism: The more intellectually consistent and pro-U.N. you are, the less patriotic you are likely to be. I haven't thought that all the way through, but it seems right to me.” ThinkingWayCountrySeemsDesireNationsSimpleAnswersUnitedFateHavensConflictClaimsConsistentPatrioticPatriotMistakenUnited NationsHis LoveAmerican Patriot Author:Jonah Goldberg
“Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.” NationsUnitedFlagsUnited NationsSnailEmblems Author:Mason Cooley
“I am certain that a solution of the general problem of peace must rest on broad and basic understanding on the part of its peoples. Great single endeavors like a League of Nations, a United Nations, and undertakings of that character, are of great importance and in fact absolutely necessary, but they must be treated as steps toward the desired end.” EndsCharacterFactsProblemCertainNationsUnderstandingUnitedStepsSolutionsImportanceTreatedLeagueBroadsEndeavorUnited NationsUndertakingsLeague Of Nations Author:George C. Marshall