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Friday, July 04, 2008   21:08 GMT

Stories by Thalif Deen

IPS UN Bureau Chief Thalif Deen covers political, economic and social issues, including human rights, poverty, population, children, gender empowerment, peacekeeping, disarmament and sustainable development. A winner of the Bronze medal for excellence in UN reporting awarded by the UN Correspondents' Association, he has covered the world body since the late 1970s.
POLITICS: UN Body Tightens Leash on Rights Investigators
by Thalif Deen
The Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva is seeking the right to implicitly retaliate against human rights investigators -- officially known as special rapporteurs -- who are critical of abuses by member states.
RIGHTS: U.N. Investigator Blasts U.S. Justice System
by Thalif Deen
After a two-week fact-finding tour of U.S. prison and detention facilities, a U.N. human rights investigator has blasted the administration of President George W. Bush for a rash of shortcomings in the country's flawed justice system and continued violations of the rule of law.
POLITICS: Was Obama's Rhetoric on Israel for Real?
Analysis by Thalif Deen
When Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic candidate for the November U.S. presidential elections, addressed one of the most influential pro-Israeli lobbying groups last week, he offered himself as a more trusted ally of Israel than his rival, Republican candidate John McCain.
POLITICS: Security Council Loses Credibility Over Iran, Israel
by Thalif Deen
The 15-member U.N. Security Council (UNSC) is set to lose its credibility once again as it prepares to impose a third set of sanctions on Iran while failing to pass any strictures on Israel for its continued heavy-handed repression of Palestinians in Gaza.
POLITICS: Security Council Loses Credibility Over Iran, Israel
by Thalif Deen
The 15-member U.N. Security Council (UNSC) is set to lose its credibility once again as it prepares to impose a third set of sanctions on Iran while failing to pass any strictures on Israel for its continued heavy-handed repression of Palestinians in Gaza.
CHALLENGES 2007-2008: U.N. Remains Impotent as Captive of U.S.
by Thalif Deen
As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon begins his second year in office, he has refused to claim any tangible successes during 2007, nor has he laid out any clear-cut strategy to meet the political and economic challenges facing the United Nations in 2008.
POLITICS: U.S. Asked to Curb Military Excesses in Iraq
by Thalif Deen
The United Nations has asked the United States to help prevent military excesses by multinational troops and private security firms accused of using indiscriminate force against civilians in Iraq.
ENVIRONMENT: U.S., U.N. Stage Dueling Climate Meets
by Thalif Deen
Are the United Nations and the United States trying to outdo each other by hosting two parallel summit meetings on the same subject -- climate change -- during the same week at the end of September?
POLITICS: U.S. Arms Sales Preserve Israel's Edge
by Thalif Deen
When the United States sells state-of-the-art weapons systems to Arab nations, it invariably provides even more lethal and sophisticated arms to its steadfast ally, Israel, in order to help counter the firepower of its neighbours.
POLITICS: South Sceptical of North Korean Assurances
by Thalif Deen
When the six-party talks on the denuclearisation of North Korea ended last week, there was plenty of scepticism in neighbouring South Korea: to what extent can the reneging North be trusted to keep its pledges and promises in the future?
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