Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nation’s General Assembly. Delegates from the US, Israel and EU stormed out as Iran’s leader was speaking.  Read More »

The United Arab Emirates is considering the introduction of quotas to restrict the flow of non-Arab immigrants allowed to work in the country. According to the pan-Arab daily, Al-Sharq al-Aswat, the government does not want to limit the entrance for workers from specific countries. But it wants greater control over immigration since 80 percent of the national foreign work force is of Asian origin. For... 

Muigai was in Germany for 10 days on a fact-finding trip Video Report Though Germany has made large strides in fighting racial discrimination, a UN representative said ethnic minorities are still underrepresented in the German public sector. United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism Githu Muigai has spent 10 days visiting various towns in Germany as part of a fact finding mission... 

The colored people of the world are uniting.  Read More »

In his speech the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Israel of being the “most cruel and racist regime”. Anticipating such remarks, several countries had boycotted the gathering. Of those in attendance, dozens of delegates left the auditorium, led by the French Ambassador. Most returned when Ahmadinejad had finished his speech.  Read More »

Obama administration throws support behind a measure that former president George W Bush had refused to sign. The United States today formally endorsed a UN statement calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality, a measure that former president George W Bush had refused to sign. The move was the administration’s latest in reversing Bush-era decisions that have been heavily criticised... 

A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this month to probe racism, an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. The United Nations said Doudou Diene would meet federal and local officials, as well as lawmakers and judicial authorities during the May 19-June 6 visit. “The special rapporteur will…gather... 

Serbs protest in Mitrovica Hundreds of Kosovo Serbs have taken over a UN courthouse in the northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica, raising a Serbian flag to replace the UN’s.The protesters broke into the building in the Serb-dominated part of the city, forcing UN police to retreat. A Kosovo police spokesman said a UN official was negotiating with Serb leaders to try to resolve the issue. Kosovo Serbs...