Un Celebrates 80th Anniversary in Crisis: Human Rights Under Pressure

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The United Nations is celebrating its 80th anniversary, but there's little reason to celebrate. The 193 member states are still discussing peace, international law, and human rights. However, internal divisions are greater than ever, and budgets are under pressure. America, China, and Russia have a stranglehold on the UN. From 51 countries in 1945 to 193 member states today: eight decades since its founding, the UN's goals have remained unchange…

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Human rights are one of the three pillars of the United Nations. However, according to an ISHR report, they are now threatened by the financial crisis of the UN, but also by the assaults of China, Russia and the United States.The former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, had made it a priority: human rights had to be integrated into the action of all United Nations entities (mainstreaming). Nearly two decades later, they are no…