UNITED NATIONS, September 21 (IPS) – When Yasser Arafat was denied a US visa for his second visit to New York to address the United Nations back in 1988, the General Assembly defied the United States by temporarily moving the UN’s highest policy making body to Geneva– perhaps for the first time in UN history– providing a less-hostile political environment and a platform, for the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Sudan: Blood on Foreign Powers’ Hands 
The right to development: Why equity, not charity, is a human right 
United Nations Least Developed Country Category – Curse or Boon? 
The race to build a pandemic-proof world 
Why the UN General Assembly still matters 
UN Crime Congress: Technology is transforming crime – and the response to it 
US Visas for Ruthless Autocrats to Address UN– but not for Palestinian Leaders