General Assembly

US And Israel Oppose Entire World In UN Vote To End Cuba Blockade

November 1, 2024 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report Blockade, Cuba, Embargo, General Assembly, Sanctions, United Nations

For the 32nd consecutive year, the entire world voted at the UN General Assembly to demand an end to the illegal US embargo against Cuba. The United States and Israel opposed the international community in a vote of 187 to 2, on the resolution titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”. Just one country abstained: Moldova, a former Soviet republic that now has a pro-Western government that is seeking to join the European Union and NATO. Ukraine did not vote. In 2023, Kiev had abstained.

USA And Israel Defy World In Vote To Make Palestine Full UN Member

May 12, 2024 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report Czechia, General Assembly, Hungary, Israel, Joe Biden, Palestine, Security Council, UN Security Council, United Nations

The vast majority of countries on Earth voted at the United Nations General Assembly to endorse full membership for Palestine. On May 10, 143 of the UN’s 193 member states supported a resolution that called to make Palestine a full member. However the United States, Israel, and seven small countries, representing just 5% of the global population, stood against the rest of the planet, opposing the measure. In April, the US government used its veto power in the UN Security Council to kill a resolution that would have allowed Palestine to be recognized as a full member. Palestine is an observer state in the United Nations, but without the approval of the Security Council, it cannot be admitted as a full member.

‘Western Dominance Has Ended’, EU Foreign-Policy Chief Admits

February 27, 2024 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Educate! Europe, European Union (EU), Gaza, General Assembly, Global South, Sahel, Ukraine, United Nations (UN)

Europe’s top diplomat has acknowledged that the “era of Western dominance has indeed definitively ended”. Josep Borrell, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs, wrote this in a blog post on the official website of the EU’s diplomatic service on February 25. “If the current global geopolitical tensions continue to evolve in the direction of ‘the West against the Rest’, Europe’s future risks to be bleak”, he warned. The wars in Ukraine and Gaza, along with the anti-colonial uprisings in Africa’s Sahel region, have “significantly increased this risk” of Europe becoming geopolitically irrelevant, Borrell said, lamenting that “Russia has managed to take advantage of the situation”.

West Votes Against Democracy, Human Rights, Cultural Diversity At UN

November 26, 2023 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report Democracy, General Assembly, Human Rights, Sanctions, United Nations (UN), US Imperialism

Western governments frequently claim that their foreign and domestic policies are motivated by “human rights” and “democracy”. They often even lecture their adversaries for purportedly failing to respect these concerns. But on the international stage, Western capitals have shown their commitments to be merely rhetorical, as they have consistently voted against these noble causes and refused to support measures that would tangibly protect them, in flagrant violation of the will of the vast majority of the international community. These stark double standards were on display on November 7 in the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee, which is devoted to social, humanitarian, and cultural issues.

Puerto Rican People’s Assemblies Shift From Protest To Proposal

August 25, 2019 Jacqueline Villarrubia-Mendoza and Roberto Vélez-Vélez, NACLA Organize! General Assembly, Puerto Rico

Puerto Ricans now explore the breadth of these challenges with the formation of people’s assemblies. Assemblies began in August in different parts of the island, from Ponce, Mayaguez, Lares, and Utuado to Caguas, Gurabo, San Juan, and Carolina, as word spread with the help of hashtags such as #asambleadepueblo on social media. Different sectors of civil society have convened these assemblies with the mission of reflecting on how to provide continuity to the mobilized citizenry and entering into deep conversations about governance. The goal of this assembly format is to allow everyone an opportunity to voice their grievances and ideas—especially those who might be new to political activism.

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